A straightforward utility adaption

Defender 130: Tipper pick up (1997)

As we have seen, Land Rovers did not aways leave the factory in a form ready for the eventual customer. As in this instance, a Land Rover could be sold in Chassis Cab form, configured with a driving station (with or without a cab) mounted on a bare chassis that reached out behind. This enabled the new owner or after-sales manufacturers to build specific adaptions off the ladder chassis which still survived from the earliest days through into the Defender range. This vehicle is no exception.

Sometimes less is more. This tipper is simply conceived and sits on a regular 109" LWB chassis powered by the ever-reliable 2.5 Ltr TDi 300 Diesel power unit. This fairly conventional treatment of the 1997 Defender chassis cab delivers a tidy 110 tipper. The lift is delivered by way of an electrically driven hydrolic pump and piston.

We exhibit this vehicle to illustrate the continuing role that the Defender played as a light workhorse in Britain's industrial scene up to the end of the millennium. But Landy's are not just to be looked at. "GOJ" joined us in 2019 to be used both as a workhorse and an exhibit. It has become a particular favourite of a nearby Scout troupe to whom it is leant from time to time to assist them in essential work undertaken at their outdoor centre.

Part of:
Defenders Working Rovers The Collection

Vehicle Owner: Land Rover Heritage Collection

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