Series 1, 3.5 liter tdi diesel, galvanized chassis, early Defender drivetrain

1957 107" SW with the following features/modifications:

- galvanized 109 one-ton frame

- Salisbury one-ton rear end with ARB air locker (4.75 gearing)

- Series front end with chrome-moly Dana 44 axles and Ashcroft air locker (4.75 gearing)

- 315 75R16 BFG KM2s (very little wear) on steel rover wheels

- Mazda 3.5 SL tdi diesel engine (common conversion in England; pins you back in your seat!)

- LT77 5-speed gearbox

- LT230 t-case

- Overland Engineering power steering system with P38A box and pump

- Heavy duty Performance Unlimited steering links

- Warn 8000 winch/synthetic on bulletproof custom Research in Recovery custom front bumper

- 109" rear fuel tank with custom Overland Engineering skid plate (equally bulletproof) and standard receiver hitch

- Interior roll cage with custom Performance Unlimited interior spare tire mount (full size spare).

- Custom Red Barn Engineering battery box with ARB locker compressor under driver seat and cubby box under driver seat and Custom Overland Engineering storage cubby under passenger seat

- Jegs heater

- Bestop soft top truck cab setup with custom plastic windows (original hard top also comes with the vehicle).

- CB radio, modern fuel, oil pressure and temp gauges tastefully mounted in dash, in-line electric engine block heater. Zero rust, never driven in winter.

Here are some pics:

1957 107" Land Rover SW

I imported the truck myself from England two years ago and have all importation papers (I employed a really good import agent so everything went exceedingly smoothly). Truck is registered, inspected and insured here in VT.

This truck is built to tackle anything off-road but still provide comfortable and powerful on-road performance including plenty of horsepower to keep up with highway traffic. It's a one-of-a-kind truly practical Series 1 built entirely with easily serviceable and sourced parts, including the Mazda engine, parts for which are sourced at M & D Engineering in the UK. I'm running the truck with the soft-top truck cab at the moment and it's just awesome for utility as a pickup. Huge payload and you can get at everything through the rear passenger doors. As stated, I do have the original hard-top with alpine windows and safari roof as well as the original rear bench seat which actually folds flat into a bed (a 107" exclusive feature) but I so prefer running the truck as a pickup for the better handling and utility.

NOTE TO BUY IT NOW CUSTOMERS: Buy it now purchase includes a brand new set of RCV cv-jointed lifetime warranty front axle assemblies and a front disc brake conversion kit that's taken half a year to get from England and Performance Unlimited in Bridgewater Vermont is poised to install them for you. As I'm sure you can gather, I have far more than $35k into this truck and I feel that this price is incredibly reasonable in light of other recent northeast Series 1 rover sales:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Land-Rover-Defender-86in-Soft-Top-/201502124533?forcerrptr=true&hash=item2eea7669f5:g:5CsAAOSw5dNWlU1o&item=201502124533

Selling because my main Vermont Overland vehicle is my LR3 and, to be very honest, with kids heading into college, I can't justify owning two rovers anymore.

On Apr-01-16 at 08:19:39 PDT, seller added the following information:

Here's a vid of the truck's current setup: https://youtu.be/LkEC7GgD7fI