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1993 NAS Defender 110 #69/500 Service and Upgrades
This 1993 NAS Defender 110 has come to us from Nantucket so that we can make it into what the customer wants it to be. This 110 was recently purchased and it doesn't fit the new owners intended use. The good news is that we can get this 110 massaged around to be exactly what the new owner wants it to be. As with any 110 that arrives at ECR, the first step is to fully evaluate the vehicle from top to bottom. Then we discuss that evaluation with the customer and go over what he/she does and does not want done to the vehicle. In this 110s case it will mean returning it to a more stock exterior form and making the interior a much nicer place to be.
One of the first things to do on this 110 is to remove all the seats and get them ready to be recovered in black leather. The 110 had after-market front seats as well, so we have removed those and sourced a set of factory front seats that will be set up with new foams and new black leather. In removing the seats we found an all too common problem with the 110, busted up rear jump seats. Some of this damage is due to age, and some of it is because some folks don't know how to use the jump seats. They forget to put the support leg down and they sit in the seat, thereby breaking it over time. The image above shows the rear jump seat base removed from the 110.
You can also see that the fiberboard bottom cover is damaged and cracked and generally just looks nasty. The new 110s use plastic in this application, but that cracks too.
Dig a little deeper into the jump seat base and you can see the wooden frame that supports the seat.
After a few times of the seat being used incorrectly and over a decade of use the wooden frames just give up. They were made from some pretty poor materials anyway. You can see the broken seat frame above.
To combat this problem we throw away the old wooden seat frame and make a new one from much stronger materials and with better techniques. This new frame will now stand up to the seat being used incorrectly, if that happens, and will not rot and decay quickly like the original. You could buy replacement seats, but those are made from even weaker materials than the originals were, so we find this to be the only solution for a long lasting repair
Here you can see the new seat frame ready for its new covering of black leather. When the leather work is done we wiill trim the bottom with a piece of powder coated aluminum for the ultimate in a long lasting rear jump seat.
Stay tuned as the rest of the 110 gets serviced, upgraded and made ready for the new owner.
If you have needs for your Defender, from routine service to wild modifications, contact ECR. We'll be happy to help get your Defender back into shape.
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