my dad just came back from africa, before he left i said as a joke" get me a land cruiser or some cool safari vehicle", well, he actually did, he talked to a guy and for 6k hes buying me a 79 african land rover and he says he is importing it as father son project, a 1979 African Land rover wow, i know, now it needs some work but thats why he wants to bring it over, i dont have the EXACT pics up, but ill describe it... its all white, hard top, 2 door, needs some engine work...ill get more details on it soon, O and its a right hand drive

heres the closest pic iu can get of it....any input? they good? im sure parts are gonna be a bitch to find
its a petrol V6, any one know how these are? my dad is gettin it for 6k
plus does any one know where to get parts for this lil 2 door beast?

 

Holy sh¡t, man - that's badass!! That's going to be fun as hell to restore. Congrats, man.

 

I'm actually jealous I want an old Landrover Defender90 really, really,really bad as a BAMF off road vehicle and something to get muddy and of course you get one

 

Oh yeah parts shouldn't be that hard, it looks like a defender body so you should be able to use those parts.

 

im also speaking in sense of the engine, not sure how it is, exactly, from the pics its pretty dirty, but when my dad drove this Right hand drive beast it ran good with a top speed of 70 MPH, petrol V6, defender the same engine?

 

I have owned Land Rover Disco for5 yrs, and it was fun. It is fun to do it and fix it, and you will be surprised how easy are those to repair and restore. Most technology is just simple and is made to withstand any torture. However, I am not a fan of Land Rovers after Ford era, and the Range Rovers, because they had too much electronics like Audi et all.

I am sure you will have fun, make sure you subscribe to the Land Rover magazine, as most information you will get from their is from owners in UK, those who are 60 yrs old and are not computer savvy...so LR online forums is not like Audi or BMW forums.

Cab, believe me, I am looking for the old beaten up defender too....to do the same. But, I want to have a diesel engine in it. Last when I tried, I was getting the defender for 12K...and an diesel engine (re-built)from UK for 6k quid....but shipping and other cost was too much.

 

not sure 100% but I think there were some V6 petrol Defenders out there.
here some wiki info on the defender - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_Rover_Defender

and why I want one

 

sweet, im def gonna snorkal it and put on a grill gaurd, and Overhead lights FTW

 

You know you have just tortured me by posting those pics...and I really want one now again..so badly!

 

My dad used to have a Series IIA 88 back in the day! Hella sweet find!