DIFFLOCKEDTHE REGISTRY NAMED MODEL · 1995–2010
NAMED MODELSpecial · Low volume runsSouth Africa

Defender 147 Stretch.

The Defender 147 — a South African seven-door estate conversion of the 110 station wagon stretched by 37 inches to seat eleven, built in small numbers for safari lodges, mines and large families and occasionally imported to Europe.

Drive it in the gameSources & evidence
Defender 147 Stretch — front three-quarter view, registry 3D render
BASE VEHICLEDefenderBUILT BYLand Rover South Africa (Defender 110 station wagon) with South African stretch conversionIN SERVICE1995–2010OPERATED INSouth Africa, GermanyPRODUCTIONSmall batchLAYOUT4 wheels · 147″

The record

Land Rover South Africa's Rosslyn plant assembled Defenders for local sale, and several Pretoria and Johannesburg specialists offered stretched versions: the 147, with a third pair of side doors inserted behind the front doors and the wheelbase lengthened by 37 inches (940 mm) to 147 inches, seating eleven across four rows for game-viewing, mine transport and big families. Wikipedia's Defender history lists the 147 among the low-volume derivatives. The example offered by Classic Sterne in Germany — grey with a white roof, A-bar, side steps and white steel wheels on big tyres — shows the six side doors and rear quarter windows of the conversion.

The registry's model is built from the 110 station wagon with the section behind the front doors moved back 940 mm and an extra door and pillar inserted, plus A-bar, steps and rear spare.

Specification

MANUFACTURERLand Rover South Africa (Defender 110 station wagon) with South African stretch conversion
MODIFIER / COACHBUILDERSouth African stretch specialist (147-inch seven-door conversion)
MANUFACTUREDTd5 and Puma era conversions
ENGINELand Rover Td5 2.5 L or Puma 2.4 L turbo-diesel
PRODUCTION RUNSmall batch; count unknown
COUNTRY OF ORIGINSouth Africa
OPERATED INSouth Africa, Germany
STATUSpreserved
WHEELBASE147 in (3,734 mm) — 110 plus 37 in
SEATINGEleven, seven doors
RECORD KINDNamed model
MODEL LINEDefender
WHEELS4
NOMINAL WHEELBASE147″
CATEGORYSpecial · Low volume runs

Catalogue fields describe the vehicle's structure and body as this registry records it. They are not certified factory measurements, and no performance figures are published here.

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Where it was

ZA South Africa2000–2026DE Germany2010–2026 · Imported examples
  1. ConvertedSouth AfricaSouth Africa · 2000–2016-25.75, 28.19

Sources

  1. 1Land Rover Defender (L316) ↗Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-11SOURCE
  2. 2Land Rover Defender 147 — 6 doors ↗Classic Sterne · accessed 2026-09-11SOURCE
  3. 3https://www.classic-sterne.de/en/cars/car-details/land-rover-defender-147-6-doors.htmlhttps://www.classic-sterne.de/en/cars/car-details/land-rover-defender-147-6-doors.html ↗REFERENCE

Registry record updated 2026-09-16T05:55:32.036Z · status: researched