Helderburg’s Classic Defender Restomod Costs 2.5 Times More Than A New Octa
Helderburg’s Land Rover Defender Vermeer retains the original engine. A glimmering shade of white with contrasting black accents is applied to their show car. Inside the cabin, you’ll find high-end Scottish leather with a bright red finish. If there’s anything we’ve learned from the explosion in popularity of restomods in recent years, it’s that these cars are often extraordinarily expensive. Generally built by hand, an ambitious restomod can easily quadruple the going rate of a donor car. Case in point: the latest Land Rover Defender 110 build by Arkansas-based Helderburg. Dubbed Vermeer, it’s named after 17 th -century Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer, and takes inspiration from the artist’s pioneering use of light to create a (very) special Defender. The only issue is that it costs $403,740, meaning you could buy two brand-new Defender Octas and a Range Rover Sport, and still have change to spare. ...