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Originally Posted by green van man
There was, it was a landrover defender. They legislated it out of production on safety grounds allegedly.
My disco 1 is repairable and as a hobby car is repaired, as a commercial repair the welding time alone would of seen it scrapped long ago. Legislation is my worry, it's pre euro3 and the environmentalists hate it.
Paul.
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Late 80's I owned a series III lightweight landrover that I always thought of endlessly repairable ( partly because it often needed repair). I was never quite sure who thought the twin 15 gallon petrol tanks under the driver and passenger seat were a good idea for a military vehicle though,especially since you had to lift the seats to fill them. Safety and environmental issues,as well as 16-18 mpg would probably explain why I haven't seen any on the road for a while as well!