Land Rover Monthly

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A case of mistaken identity

I AM a bit puzzled by the pictures in the article George’s Defender on page 96 of the May edition. The article refers to the Defender as a late TDCi, but some of the pictures show a pre-TDCi Defender with the hinged vent flaps and no bonnet bulge.

There are three pictures of front ends of Defenders on page 98 but two pictures show a bonnet bulge and air con while one picture is without bonnet bulge or air con. It might be the same colour, but it’s not the same truck.

John Pierce

After your email I made a few phone calls and did a bit of digging. You

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