Don't like the adverts?  Click here to remove them

New to me ex MoD 105

Idle Yorkshireman

New Member
Joined
Mar 7, 2022
Messages
13
Country Flag
uk
All the way from Japan in 2002 to Germany for armour, bullet resistant glass and modifications, then onto Gibraltar before transferring to Lebanon and eventually back to UK last year. 37000 Km. It’s my first ever following an abusive relationship over 20 years with Range Rovers and Defenders.. I’m in love.
I’ve no idea what I’m doing with it but I’m sure it’ll be fun.
 

Attachments

  • 6432130D-D650-4A4B-B577-7D7401BF4848.jpeg
    6432130D-D650-4A4B-B577-7D7401BF4848.jpeg
    386.3 KB · Views: 95
  • 7A32A4FE-3D57-4C1F-948E-BDCB72F300B8.jpeg
    7A32A4FE-3D57-4C1F-948E-BDCB72F300B8.jpeg
    391.1 KB · Views: 73
  • E07B1B23-5DC7-4FD4-8C46-96264B6B88FA.jpeg
    E07B1B23-5DC7-4FD4-8C46-96264B6B88FA.jpeg
    391.1 KB · Views: 76
  • 84BE4B0F-9BCC-40F4-B4CA-A962A0B6F357.jpeg
    84BE4B0F-9BCC-40F4-B4CA-A962A0B6F357.jpeg
    500.9 KB · Views: 72
  • ED589E5E-43EE-4142-B782-494F81F70D36.jpeg
    ED589E5E-43EE-4142-B782-494F81F70D36.jpeg
    526 KB · Views: 71
  • 93F670A9-8E11-485A-BDE5-A50BBAC9447F.jpeg
    93F670A9-8E11-485A-BDE5-A50BBAC9447F.jpeg
    429.2 KB · Views: 67
  • A89F890B-2359-4752-B4C2-F3F6573D599D.jpeg
    A89F890B-2359-4752-B4C2-F3F6573D599D.jpeg
    449.8 KB · Views: 70
  • FF5872F7-0B7B-4BCA-B03A-F7ABB5DBAD3C.jpeg
    FF5872F7-0B7B-4BCA-B03A-F7ABB5DBAD3C.jpeg
    464.5 KB · Views: 64
  • AE0BE703-9B10-425D-9C94-10B50821B8C7.jpeg
    AE0BE703-9B10-425D-9C94-10B50821B8C7.jpeg
    496.4 KB · Views: 64
  • 35EBE992-0AA8-4B1E-9CD9-013B9C0A615D.jpeg
    35EBE992-0AA8-4B1E-9CD9-013B9C0A615D.jpeg
    355.6 KB · Views: 68
  • 61BB1163-7DB5-4379-96CF-B8D7D7A09444.jpeg
    61BB1163-7DB5-4379-96CF-B8D7D7A09444.jpeg
    438.8 KB · Views: 71
  • 90C3350A-F569-419C-B905-5E181C8CA00E.jpeg
    90C3350A-F569-419C-B905-5E181C8CA00E.jpeg
    280.5 KB · Views: 73
  • 7D2B3784-02F6-4A75-96C9-112278E26059.jpeg
    7D2B3784-02F6-4A75-96C9-112278E26059.jpeg
    292.1 KB · Views: 77
  • FCFDD3F1-9B99-4601-822F-6B6ED9C52FBF.jpeg
    FCFDD3F1-9B99-4601-822F-6B6ED9C52FBF.jpeg
    408.9 KB · Views: 73
  • 8CB254BF-F88C-4844-A375-E98FFC472089.jpeg
    8CB254BF-F88C-4844-A375-E98FFC472089.jpeg
    487.7 KB · Views: 78
  • 9937F7AD-281D-4E85-991C-ED5739F675B3.jpeg
    9937F7AD-281D-4E85-991C-ED5739F675B3.jpeg
    265 KB · Views: 76
  • 2F041346-F88E-4BBE-8077-CB6DCDECA59B.jpeg
    2F041346-F88E-4BBE-8077-CB6DCDECA59B.jpeg
    356 KB · Views: 73
  • 82DC1F4C-BF14-49BA-8101-D7B125081100.jpeg
    82DC1F4C-BF14-49BA-8101-D7B125081100.jpeg
    355.6 KB · Views: 73
  • 510EA61B-B4DA-46E0-831D-9D2C5675FC8C.jpeg
    510EA61B-B4DA-46E0-831D-9D2C5675FC8C.jpeg
    245.4 KB · Views: 68
  • 6EF5B85E-A341-4A64-A2C4-161586685A7A.jpeg
    6EF5B85E-A341-4A64-A2C4-161586685A7A.jpeg
    378.6 KB · Views: 68
  • 52E58D96-78C7-49ED-9B70-D85E79F197FF.jpeg
    52E58D96-78C7-49ED-9B70-D85E79F197FF.jpeg
    290.2 KB · Views: 75
  • D42C057F-BC42-48B9-9788-B89C1DB1D870.jpeg
    D42C057F-BC42-48B9-9788-B89C1DB1D870.jpeg
    461.3 KB · Views: 77
  • 7877B44E-9C76-4EB4-BC5E-A04546CA28EA.jpeg
    7877B44E-9C76-4EB4-BC5E-A04546CA28EA.jpeg
    317.4 KB · Views: 75
  • 494CDC03-918C-4E23-BCC8-124F99284861.jpeg
    494CDC03-918C-4E23-BCC8-124F99284861.jpeg
    485.3 KB · Views: 73
  • 14C1774F-B457-4D76-868F-3CA130C76961.jpeg
    14C1774F-B457-4D76-868F-3CA130C76961.jpeg
    454.6 KB · Views: 80
  • 7E85646D-C04D-4E91-ABB6-CC3E7CAA7A30.jpeg
    7E85646D-C04D-4E91-ABB6-CC3E7CAA7A30.jpeg
    477.8 KB · Views: 79
  • F4FDA0A0-76E3-478D-B895-1F125BAF24A5.jpeg
    F4FDA0A0-76E3-478D-B895-1F125BAF24A5.jpeg
    413.6 KB · Views: 78
  • 621C0384-A264-4416-A7F8-E2133E53DB74.jpeg
    621C0384-A264-4416-A7F8-E2133E53DB74.jpeg
    498.9 KB · Views: 84
That looks good. What does it drive like?

Need to get this to the next club meeting for a closer look see :)

Also, 105s rock.
 
Wow. All I can say. Other than lose those awful Bridgestones as soon as you can. Not a good tyre really. Factory fit for noise figures and price.
 
Very nice. What does it weigh? Are you planning on removing the armour?
 
Hi guys it weighs a lot, I'm sure I read it was just under 5 ton (don't know whether that rings true or not)..... all the armour is being retained. The only thing I've added to it is a stereo with reversing camera. Still getting used to the left hand drive, manual, gearbox and petrol engine. Its not as keen on the steep gradients to the top of the pennines where I live as my Defenders or Range Rovers have been but I haven't broken down yet neither : )
Looking forward to a club meet whenever there is one nearest, 3 kids plus 3 foster kids and 3 businesses to run limit my time to get out but can't wait to see other people's cars and find out more about these fantastic machines.
 
Don't like the adverts?  Click here to remove them
Just under 5 tonnes


Probably about right with armour plating etc. wouldn't want to try and bump start that beast! :lol: (Loving the barn doors as well)
 
Last edited by a moderator:
LHD you get used to pretty quickly - main issue I found initially was getting used to positioning on slip roads (e.g. joining motorways). Ref the weight - be aware if you're with the AA then they may not recover the Cruiser if you have an issue - from memory their limit is 3.5T.
 
Nice find. Very unusual for a up armoured vehicle not to be crushed.
 
Nice truck and that grapefruit exhaust tail pipe is vee nice and as for the weight could you legally still pull a 3,5 trailer and if it steel armour in it it is more than likely welded in but the plus side is that you won't have to get it up armoured for living in Yorkshire you got yourself a truck with under 25 thousand miles that's forecourt mileage
 
Nice motor.
Dealt with a few armoured vehicles at work, they're definitely heavy!

Does it have steel floor plating or kevlar? We have a mix depending on the area it covers.
 
@Gary820 @SteveJB not sure to be honest whether it's steel plating or kevlar, will check today if I can. i know it was converted by Stoof in 2002 and commissioned for service in 2004 where it went via Gibraltar to Beirut and was utilised when Israel invaded Lebanon in 2006. According to its service record it has only done 11,000 kms since 2007? I also noticed it had an extra seatbelt in the front middle so it may have had a 3rd seat there at some point which would have made it a 10 seater in total !
I'm new to these motors and wondered whether to get an alarm and tracker installed? Its well locked up and hidden on the smallholding but I've had Defenders nicked from here before. Any advice gratefully accepted.
 
Armoured Range Rovers i used to carry weighed in at 4 tons, side windows could not be wound down with windows an inch think, presumably yours the same, be interesting to shove it on a weighbridge and see.

That's fantastic and in lovely corrosion free condition.
Hang onto it, when the wef authorise the release of the 3rd and 4th apocalypse horsemen later in the decade, that truck of yours will be in demand.

Yes get a tracker fitted, maybe a wheelclamp arrangement too, and you should be able to come up with your own secret immobiliser of some sort, its not as if some twerp is going to drag it onto the back of his car trailer or 7 tonner, but would be interesting to see what happens to him when the winch cable snaps :sunglasses:, we only used to put these on as the last vehicle on an 11 car carrier (7 LR's max and a couple of the load would have to be Defenders to keep the weight under 44 ton gross if you had an armoured jobbie on) where it sat between the wheelarches over the 3 trailer axles, couldn't expect the rams to lift it up to top deck nor would you put a moving deck through it, need a bloody big transporter to nick that beasty of yours.
 
Last edited:
Most definitely get alarm and tracking devices installed apart from the security point it should also reduce your truck insurance costs you should be able to get some recommendations for tracking device and alarms and immobiliser plus a fuel cut off switch of which there is a
 
May want to add something visible. As a deterrent.
 
Back
Top