1997 Land Rover Defender

ST Convertible

4.0 V8

Automatic

saldv2244va116035

Rebuilt, Rebuildable & Reconstructed

Gasoline

Up for auction is my NAS Defender 90, #1574. I had hoped to keep this car forever, however we have found a house that we'd like to buy and naturally my play toy gets sacrificed (per wife's orders). This Rover had been in an accident back in 2006 and sat in a garage for 6 years when I bought it. The front passenger fender was damaged along with the air conditioning condenser and freon lines. All these items were replaced with new ones. There is no body filler (Bondo) on the car. I then had the entire Rover repainted, only after I removed just about everything off of it (doors, door latches, hinges, full roll cage, all signals and lights, grill, bonnet, tire carrier, tailgate, door rubber seals, etc) so that there would be no overspray (again I hoped to keep it forever and wanted it done right). I re-assembled as much as I could with stainless steel bolts (door hinges, bonnet hinges, front grill, headlight surrounds, body to rear crossmember, etc). Then the Rover was wet sanded, compounded, and polished for a nice smooth finish. I replaced all signals with new ones (originals were somewhat cloudy), replace all four wheel spats (originals had become dull). The Rover looks great, and more importantly it runs and drives great. It drives well at highway speeds and doesn't shimmy, or pull to one side, etc. The engine is nice and powerful and doesn't smoke, burn oil, etc. the automatic transmission is nice and smooth and shifts as it should. The soft top is in good shape with only one small 1/2" tear at the top of the rear window (could easily be patched if desired, it doesn't let in water so I didn't worry about it). The interior is in good shape with no tears on any of the seats, no cracks in the dashboard, etc. It has a nice set of Goodyear tires with I'd guess 90% tread left (matching spare tire that has never been on the ground). The heat and air-conditioning both work well. I installed a Sony cd stereo, however I will include the original Land Rover cassette stereo with the sale. There is essentially no rust on the frame, bulkhead or rear crossmember. The drivers door has a very small amount on the bottom door frame, the passenger side door has none. The battery box has no rust as well. The original jack, wheel lug wrench, and tools are still there and have never been used. I am embarrassed to say that this Rover has never been off-roading, but I guess that's a good thing. The Defender only has 50,360 original miles on it. When I bought it, like almost all '97 Defenders, the digital odometer would scramble back and forth between jumble and the correct millage. I sent the entire speedometer off to Hollywood Clock and Speedometer Shop, they verified the millage and repaired the digital screen (I have the paperwork documenting this). Please look at the Carfax report to validate this in the "state inspection field". Unfortunately when I bought the Rover the business that sold it to me could not read the odometer and they checked "not actual" millage and the Virginia DMV would not make the correction. Feel free to email or call me with questions, my number is 540-598-8331, and I will walk around it with you on the phone and describe every detail. I welcome and encourage anyone interested to come see/drive it in person before bidding, if you're long distant, I will happily pick you up at the Roanoke Airport. This truly is an awesome Defender, these things are amazingly capable of going just about anywhere, just point and go. I hope to be as forthright and honest in my representing it as possible. ***IMPORTANT: the Warn winch is not included in the auction**** This is a used car and therefore is sold AS-IS. Buyer is responsible for picking up or shipping, however I am happy to drop it off at any local shipping depot. $1000.00 deposit through Paypal at auction end, the balance at pickup. The Defender is also for sale locally, therefore I reserve the right to end the auction early. On Nov-28-13 at 08:17:19 PST, seller added the following information: I would like to make clear that on the title it states "REBUILT" it does not state "SALVAGE". I do not know what the difference is, however this is all it says. It is currently insured, tagged, and titled in Virginia and I drive it regularly. I am happy to send a photo of the title if you would like to see it. I have had several questions about frame damage, so I crawled under it and looked. The Carfax report stated that the Rover hit a pole on the passenger front side, so this is where I looked. The bulkhead/firewall where the front door hinges bolt is just fine, however the rover must have hit the pole around the front wheel, because it looks like there was work done where the front radius arm bolts to the frame. I did not have this work performed and have no knowledge about it. There is also evidence that the passenger side foot well was dented in where the floor meets the 45 degree angle in the front bulkhead, it can be seen that it was hammered out to it's original shape (it is not visible from inside the car because it is behind the A/C assembly). Someone apparently purchased the Defender before me and performed some work to it. When I bought it, it had dented front wings (fenders) and missing an alloy wheel (I'm assuming that is what hit the pole and was damaged). Again, the Rover runs, drives, and tracks well without pulling toward one side, etc. If you have any further questions or you would like additional photos, please feel free to call me at 540-598-8331 or come check it out in person.