900 Club Forum

Now we have all heard this term bandied about, usually referring to the ANR... rim which is sort of a bit like a 569204 rim but not quite.

Now like most I assume, I though that all 127s had such rims, going on the thought that they were just a modernised version of the 569204 which was still being seen in the early 80s on things like Series III fire tenders, and were fitted to the 127 as it had a higher gross weight than a 110. Recently I found some nice photos of two SEB 127 V8s, one A reg, the other E reg, and noticed that both vehicles are on 5.5" rims with 7.50x16 tyres. A check of my photo stash shows that the photo I have of a brand new mid-1980s 127 is also on 5.5" rims. So, when did the ANR rim come into being? I do have a photo of a late 1980s MEB 127 on deep dish rims, vehicle still has the silver grille badge so before 1989.







Also, am I right that for the 1990 model year (the one BEFORE the Defender re-brand) that the 130 had its own grille badge alongside the "90" and "110" badges?

I always thought that the 130 only appeared when it was rebranded as a Defender.. I thought they were just 127s up to then.

I'm not 100% sure, hence why I asked about the badges. At my parents place I do have a 1989/90 model year brochure which I know had the 90 and 110 badges, but not sure about the 130 ones.

Correct as above, 130 once Defender. 127 before.

Obviously same wheelbase on both though!

Any idea what grille badge they wore for that transitional year?