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Yeah, Santana just kept drifting further and further away from being a simple CKD assembler for Land Rover products in Spain. I think they separated ways in the early 1980's. One thing I was thankful for was the fact that Santana pioneered the use of parabolic springs on the old Series Rovers. I used a variation of those springs on my Series III. They were made by a Dutch company, TI Console.
Santana tried to really improve on the old Land Rovers, including things like disc brakes and the like long before Rover got around to it in the Defender. The '70's and early '80's were rough times for BL and Rover. Some of those trucks like the Stage 1 were rolling nightmares. This Santana lightweight, while kind of strange, is no more odd than a Belgian Minerva or some of the other Land Rover specials that were made in other countries. Sad thing is it was probably more reliable than any of the Land Rover lightweights built around the same time.
I have to disagree with you on the Longitude Expedition DII up for sale. The trucks that were used went on a global expedition that was, for some, over 44,000 miles long. These five, or eight, trucks (the numbers seem to differ from story to story) were low mileage vehicles turned in at the end of the leases. Land Rover wanted to show, just like they did with the Camel Trophy, that a stock Discovery, modified slightly, was capable of traveling the world over, through all sorts of terrain. These Longitudes are highly collectible so the price the seller is looking for isn't out of the question.
Google Land Rover Discovery Longitude Expedition and you'll get an idea of how rare these trucks are and how much they went through.
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. And I'm guessing the red valve covers and intake adds at least 150hp. Probably why they needed to vent the hood > 1994 Land Rover Defender Range Rover pickup. for sale craigslist | Used Cars for Sale
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