Land Rover Santana Defender SW 1982

1980 Land Rover Defender Description

I am selling my 1982 Land Rover Santana with a clean Ohio title. This truck is a Spanish-built Santana version of the Land Rover Defender, with a 3.4L diesel and leaf spring suspension and is left hand drive. It is equipped with a 4-speed manual transmission with over drive and shows 105.089 kilometers. All gears, low and high and diff lock work perfectly. Trucks heater works good as well.

The truck is in great running condition and has very little rust. Frame and bulk head are in great condition. The body has some minor scratches. You won’t find many Land Rovers in this shape. Fun for everyday driver or just weekend trips. Truck starts easy and is a blast to drive. A real head turner.

The truck has been repainted, Red, from its original color of brown. A new master cylinder and clutch have been installed. All 6 glow plugs have been replaced in 2016 along with coolant hoses and all fluids. The truck comes with a set of 1993 NAS Defender seats, front seats are installed. It also comes with a Mantec style snorkel (not install) and a Momo Quark steering wheel. Tires are new Cooper STT Pro 235/85 16R.

The underside and inside of the truck is finished in black.

A little history:

The 6-cylinder, 3.4 liter petrol (104 hp) and diesel (94 hp) engines were produced essentially by adding two more cylinders to the current Land Rover 2.25 liter 4-cylinder engine design. Because of this new longer engine type, 6-cylinder equipped vehicles were redesigned with the radiator grille moving out flush with the wings, whilst the gearbox and axles were upgraded to deal with the extra power.
The engine was only available on the 109" versions as this allowed the capacity of the fuel tank to be increased, although on request it was installed on military models and in some versions of the '1300'. Overdrive and free-wheeling hubs were offered as a factory fitted option for the first time.

One of the good qualities of a 6-cylinder equipped 109 was that it allowed road travel speeds previously unknown to the owners of Santana Land-Rovers, but against them was difficult starting due to the starter motor being too small, and fuel consumption was high.

In 1982 Santana Land Rovers with a 6-cylinder engine were renamed 'Cazorla' and 1983's four-cylinder engine models were renamed 'Super'. The new 'Cazorla' version was visually rather like Land Rover's Stage 1 vehicle, it was fitted as standard with overdrive, front disc brakes, power steering and three windscreen wipers on the one-piece windscreen. The new 6-cylinder, 3.4 litre petrol (104 hp) and diesel (94 hp) engines were produced essentially by adding two more cylinders to the current Land Rover 2.25 litre 4-cylinder engine design. Because of this new longer engine type, 6-cylinder equipped vehicles were redesigned with the radiator grille moving out flush with the wings, whilst the gearbox and axles were upgraded to deal with the extra power. The vehicle was fitted with two fuel tanks to accommodate the extra power. Overdrive and free-wheeling hubs were offered as a factory fitted option for the first time.