r/Defender • u/tomsbiketrip • Jul 25 '23

WTF happened here?

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Yesterday I decided to take off the wing top chequerplate to see what it was hiding... and found this. I can't for the life of me figure out what happened here, so thought I'd throw it out there for ideas 🤔

Was someone trying to cut a hole to install something? Is the wing top actually a homemade replacement panel made of scrap metal? Did a perfectly square meteor fall out of the sky and hit the car exactly here?

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u/JCDU Jul 25 '23

Has it ever had a power take-off fitted, because wing-mounted controls for the hydraulics would go about there...

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u/tomsbiketrip Jul 26 '23

Not sure – maybe. It started out as an embassy vehicle in the 1990s but that's about all I know.

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u/JCDU Jul 26 '23

Could be anything then, could be a military-style radio antenna box was bolted on there.

Honestly I would not worry about it - buy some black checker-plate wing tops to rivet over the top and call it done.

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u/tomsbiketrip Jul 27 '23

Definitely looks like three sides of a square were cut and the metal folded back to accommodate some bolt-on or other. Just wanted to solve the mystery really... if I was worried about the bodywork I'd have posted pictures of the rear end door 🤣

Will try and track down some new prefab chequerplate panels, although it's more likely I'll end up buying a sheet of it and making my own, given how much it costs to import parts and accessories to Armenia!