Land Rover has two-door Defender 90 and four-door Defender 110 and Defender 130 physique kinds however no coupe or convertible choices.

For consumers on the lookout for one thing distinctive, a Dutch firm specializing in modified Defenders has launched a Defender 90 convertible conversion.

The corporate is Heritage Customs, which is co-owned by Niels van Roij, whose separate Niels van Roij Design has supplied coach-built specials previously such because the Adventum Coupe two-door Land Rover Vary Rover and Ferrari 550 Maranello-based Breadvan homage. Van Roij has now helped develop distinctive particulars for Heritage Customs’ Defender 90 convertible, a few of which have by no means been featured on a Defender earlier than.

Heritage Customs calls its Defender drop-top the Valiance Convertible, and the price of the conversion begins at 82,500 euros (roughly $90,000). Relying on the specification, the method takes about three months.

The conversion begins with the removing of the fastened roof. The B-pillars stay and are joined by a customized crossbar to assist preserve structural rigidity. The lacking roof is then changed by an automatic soft-top roof that folds again behind the rear seats. Since prospects select their very own donor Defender 90, it means a V-8 powertrain is feasible.

Like Heritage Customs’ common line of Valiance Defenders, the Valiance Convertible advantages from customized exterior and inside colours, together with distinctive trim choices, cast wheels, and out there bucket seats for the motive force and entrance passenger.

One fascinating trim choice is what Heritage Customs calls Magic Steel. In accordance with the corporate, it might probably apply a metal-like floor by way of a paint course of, and this floor may even bear an oxidization course of to create a rust-like impact. Because of this strange plastic elements could be made to appear like outdated metallic with a long time of patina.

HIGH-RES GALLERY: Heritage Customs Valiance Convertible based mostly on the Land Rover Defender 90

This text was initially revealed by Motor Authority, an editorial accomplice of ClassicCars.com