Land Rover NAS Defender 90

1997 Land Rover Defender Wagon Description

Up for bids is a 1997 Land Rover NAS Defender 90. If you are looking for a last year NAS Defender that can be used for what it was made for then this is your truck. This is not a garage queen that has only made trips to the mall and Starbucks. The truck has 126k miles and mechanically runs very good, idles nice and no smoke on startup, has nice power and shifts through all the gears nicely. Since this is the last year 1997 D90 it is an automatic with factory air conditioner.

As you can see in the pictures there has been several modifications done to the D90 over the years. Below is a list of all those items. The body and frame are in overall nice shape for a 20 year old defender that has been used, it does have some rust body rust in several spots (mainly on the rear lower door/gate area). This would be a pretty easy fix as it is rust bubbling in a few spots currently. The frame has no rust and I have taken several underside pictures to show potential buyers. Heat blows hot and AC blows cold with good pressure. I just had a new battery put in about a month ago as well.

I have listed the items below that need to be done on the truck to take it to the next level, I just drove as is and decided not to mess with them. If you don't know these trucks then do your research or don't waste either of our times on bidding. This is not a Lexus everyday turn key vehicle, it is a 20 year old truck that will always need maintenance and little things to keep it running. Also if you are looking for a perfect garage queen please keep looking, this one is defiantly not that, it's just a solid D90 that again has been used, light off road etc.

Modifications

Powder Coated alloy OEM wheels

285/75R16 Fierce Attitude M/T tires with excellent tread life

Kenwood Stereo with aux jack and Bluetooth

26x9 JBL speakers in rear, 2 6.5 speakers mounted in front seats

Plated bonnet and wing tops

Equipe rock sliders

Draken front winch bumper

Draken roof rack

Draken 4 link suspension

Smittybuilt XRC 8000lb winch

6 total Hella lights, 4 mounted on roof rack, 2 on front bumper

Tom Woods double carden frontdrive shaft

Tom Woods double carden rear drive shaft

Con's of D90

-Missing rear tail gate inside cover

-headliner was removed at some point so will need to be done or left only

-was rhino lined at some point on the interior but doesn't look great in the front driver passenger area.

-passenger role up window handle pops on and off

-I would change back the suspension to OEM or do a slee off road OME conversion, the suspension on it now is old and pretty worn out.

-Brakes need to be gone through, it stops fine but there is a scraping noise front the rotors I assume, just didn't get around to addressing.

- Odometer is digital and goes in and out, this was a common problem with NAS D90's

- E-brake light on dash goes off and on, no other lights on dash on.

- bubble rust areas on rear gate, right rear of D90.

- There is rust through areas on rear roof area, have pictures that will be posted.

- I have 2 new in the box additional rear jump seats that will go with the truck but just aren't installed

The truck has a clean clear Kentuckytitle and will be sold as is with no warranty to the highest bidder, I am starting the bid low with a very low reserve for one of these last year defender 90. Again this is a solid overall truck but if you are looking for perfect low miles garage kept D90this IS NOT the D90 for you, go buy another one for65-85K. Don't bid if you don't have good ebay feedback or history. I will work with any buyer if they will need to have vehicle shipped. Can also email additional pics. Have a video as well I cansend. Thanks!