New/old series and defenders

Henry_b · Apr 29, 2019

A company in Poland seems to be making a start in rebuilding and restoring old proper land rovers
They're one of only 4 firms that possess the original tooling so they say the models will be made from scratch with a few tweaks to ensure it doesn't dissolve
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&sou...FjAAegQIAxAB&usg=AOvVaw3Q6kcJD5U8zBmBLbpLjj8_

Trench Rat · Apr 29, 2019

****, i can see them making some cash hopefully.

Not sure they can get away with using the Land Rover name on "new" vehicles though.

Turktowner · Apr 29, 2019

Wyladowac wedroviec?
Don't quite roll of the tongue...

Henry_b · Apr 29, 2019

Turktowner said:
Wyladowac wedroviec?
Don't quite roll of the tongue...

Yeah its easy once you spend a few months over there..

Lovely place, much better than this dump....... I mean country

nobber · Apr 29, 2019

Havent they got a 60k price tag though, I seem to remember reading about these. And are they new or rebuilds? New will have difficulty meeting regs.

Henry_b · Apr 29, 2019

nobber said:
Havent they got a 60k price tag though, I seem to remember reading about these. And are they new or rebuilds? New will have difficulty meeting regs.

They have the original tooling, so built from scratch they will be..

Regs might be alright for them hence the lack of regs being mentioned in the article.

nobber · Apr 29, 2019

Henry_b said:
They have the original tooling, so built from scratch they will be..

Regs might be alright for them hence the lack of regs being mentioned in the article.

I would have thought it being a new vehicle it would have to meet current build and safety regs. which is why JLR stopped building it in the first place?

Henry_b · Apr 29, 2019

nobber said:
I would have thought it being a new vehicle it would have to meet current build and safety regs. which is why JLR stopped building it in the first place?

I dunno your guess is as good as mine..

Maybe it'll be classed as a Historic vehicle or a Kit car

Dunno.

'tis Poland after all.

Safety regs and Modern cars don't really go together in some places.

nobber · Apr 29, 2019

True, cant be a kit car though cos it isnt a kit, build regs might be different in Poland so import might be an issue, or might not? There are lots of people out there building cars , company not far from me builds classic Jag sports cars but I think they use age related plates.

Henry_b · Apr 29, 2019

nobber said:
True, cant be a kit car though cos it isnt a kit, build regs might be different in Poland so import might be an issue, or might not? There are lots of people out there building cars , company not far from me builds classic Jag sports cars but I think they use age related plates.

Since old 'fenders are still legal etc etc

I'd say if it's built in Poland and imported shouldn't be an issue as it doesn't have to meet any safety regs once built, well not really.

Maybe they'll wear age related plates.

Shippers · Apr 29, 2019

If you read the blurb it doesn't say it's going to build a defender from scratch using parts they will manufacture from raw materials...

nobber · Apr 29, 2019

Henry_b said:
Since old 'fenders are still legal etc etc

I'd say if it's built in Poland and imported shouldn't be an issue as it doesn't have to meet any safety regs once built, well not really.

Maybe they'll wear age related plates.

I reckon thats how they will do it, rebuild/restoration, a new old vehicle, and if they have the tooling why not use it. And the difference between a driveway rebuild and a factory rebuild will be immense anyway so the price tag will reflect this. Even a pro restorer may not come close to what these guys are doing.

Henry_b · Apr 29, 2019

nobber said:
I reckon thats how they will do it, rebuild/restoration, a new old vehicle, and if they have the tooling why not use it. And the difference between a driveway rebuild and a factory rebuild will be immense anyway so the price tag will reflect this. Even a pro restorer may not come close to what these guys are doing.

Aye instead of dunking the chassis in **** and sending it out.

They will galv and paint it so hopefully they'll last

Shippers · Apr 29, 2019

How will they get round the registering in the UK it will not be a new build but previously reg somewhere therfore ownership rears it's ugly head does it not?

Henry_b · Apr 29, 2019

Shippers said:
How will they get round the registering in the UK it will not be a new build but previously reg somewhere therfore ownership rears it's ugly head does it not?

There is always a loophole.

They'll find a way..

Maybe they'll fill it with immigrants before sending it on the ferry

That'll get it through

Shippers · Apr 29, 2019

Henry_b said:
There is always a loophole.

They'll find a way..

Maybe they'll fill it with immigrants before sending it on the ferry

That'll get it through

Doubt it...especially after Oct 31st...

Henry_b · Apr 29, 2019

Shippers said:
Doubt it...especially after Oct 31st...

Oct 21st? 2030

Pfft that won't happen they'll find a way to delay it..

Again..

Anywhoo..

Would be nice to see a 101 recreated, so i can have one mooched over hear piece by piece

nobber · Apr 29, 2019

According to their FB page they just took stock of a big old pile of new galvy chassis, they have a fairly huge operation going on.

Henry_b · Apr 29, 2019

nobber said:
According to their FB page they just took stock of a big old pile of new galvy chassis, they have a fairly huge operation going on.

Aye its a mass operation allright..

With the "real" defender being thrown over board by "land rover" which isn't LR really anymore there will be demand for the proper one..

I saw quite a few old landies in Poland when i was last there so i'd say they'll be appealing to a mass market there, in the Majority..

I have no doubt they'll find a way to get them here.

Shippers · Apr 29, 2019

Henry_b said:
There is always a loophole.

Your right there is....

It's called a Q plate...

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