'john player' defender for sale, anyone on here?

hey all,
passing through melksham, I've noticed a red defender 90 for sale. Its a 'john player edition', tinted windows, checker platin etc. £3500.

anyhoo, not interested in buying, but just wandered if the owner is on here?!

worth a shot!

shouldn't it be in black with a gold pinstripe???????

fook me be careful up there some peeps never been seen again after a trip to melksham

it has that on the windscreens, at the top!dont know if all the lil cosmetic mods is wat makes it a 'special edition' or if its jus a special edition windscreen!!!

so jim, a trip to melksham, you wouldnt enDORSET then!?!

personaly i have never heard of a John Player edition (as in JPS who used to sponsor lotus F1), but if it were a pukka one it should be in JPS colours i.e. black with a gold pinstripe and the jps logo on the rear quarters

G-man said:

personaly i have never heard of a John Player edition (as in JPS who used to sponsor lotus F1), but if it were a pukka one it should be in JPS colours i.e. black with a gold pinstripe and the jps logo on the rear quarters

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hopefully the owner is on here and can explain things then!!

G-man said:

personaly i have never heard of a John Player edition (as in JPS who used to sponsor lotus F1), but if it were a pukka one it should be in JPS colours i.e. black with a gold pinstripe and the jps logo on the rear quarters

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A used tae av a Capri 2ltr s JPS,, an that wis all black wi a thin twin gold pin stripe,,, Ohhh that wis a lovely motor,,:car:

If its Red & White it could be the older colours before they went to black & gold.

Davec said:

If its Red & White it could be the older colours before they went to black & gold.

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Kinell how long ago wis that,,,,,(was every thing else in black + white):rofl: :bolt:

yu sure yu arent thinking of Team Gold Leaf Lotus - Red and white with a gold stripe separating?

Early '70s (might have been late '60s, but they were still running in red/white in the 70s)
I think they were the first F1 cars painted in sponsors colours rather than national colours, and coursed quite a stir. They changed to black/ gold in the early '70s.

case solved then!!

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Apologies, it seems it was Players Gold Leaf first, not a smoker so missed such details.

The Mad Hat Man said:

yu sure yu arent thinking of Team Gold Leaf Lotus - Red and white with a gold stripe separating?

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:your_wrong: :mooning:

Sorry, I must be falling into traditional LZ habits and not reading threads before posting!

rafa_surf said:

so jim, a trip to melksham, you wouldnt enDORSET then!?!

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worked there fo 18 months load of inbreds, avon tyres right in the middle so if you like the smell of carbon black just the place to live

baggyjim said:

worked there fo 18 months load of inbreds, avon tyres right in the middle so if you like the smell of carbon black just the place to live

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kinell, I used to do the fire detection and alarm systems in that plant ! Used to f**k me right up as we had to travel there, do the job, then travel home again, all in one day. Still, did get paid travelling time each way.