--- title: "This Is The All-American Take On The Land Rover Defender 110" url: "https://pickuptrucktalk.com/2019/01/e-c-d-defender-110-custom/" publisher: "Pickup Truck + SUV Talk" content_signal: "search=yes, ai-input=yes, ai-train=no" author: "Tim Esterdahl" published: "2019-01-15T18:27:47+00:00" modified: "2025-07-23T15:20:43+00:00" image: "https://pickuptrucktalk.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/maxresdefault.jpg" --- # This Is The All-American Take On The Land Rover Defender 110 By Tim Esterdahl Published: 2019-01-15T18:27:47+00:00 Updated: 2025-07-23T15:20:43+00:00 ![Featured image]() ![Project Viking]() Project Viking E.C.D. Automotive Design, known for their prestigious, high-end luxury vehicles, has come up with its own ‘all-American’ variant of the Land Rover Defender 100 that E.C.D. calls “mammoth.” Standing 7-foot-four-inches tall, this behemoth slathered in Liquid Silver Metallic paint is powered by a 340-horsepower 5.3-liter LC9 V8 engine that rumbles with a Borla Performance exhaust. ![Project Viking]() Project Viking For as tall as it is, this Defender only has a 2-inch lift over the stock ride height. That’s enough to let it run 37″ Maxxis M-8060 Trepador Mud Terrain tires at all four corners, which are wrapped around 16-inch beadlock wheels. ![Project Viking]() Project Viking This Defender might be from the 1990s. The inside is anything but. It has Corbeau RRS seats in the front and middle row; Bench seats in the rear load area—all wrapped in Envy Umber and Super-soft Black leathers. ![Project Viking]() Project Viking There might be a [new Defender]() coming. But this E.C.D. Defender 110 shows that there is no lack of passion for the last-gen truck. 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