I wonder if you guys can help. I have the tow bar structure fitted to the car and it looks like this (hopefully I will of uploaded a picture of the area below the rear bumper, showing the tow bar structure mounted on the chassis with a quick release facility for the tow bar end.

Nope. All optional.

The bar comes in several parts

The large armature which attaches to the car with a large square hole into which bolts either
1.farmers drop plate
2.detachable bar

The detachable bar you seem to have is in 2 halves a part which bolts into the main armature square hole and the tow ball itself which is stored in the foam cubby.

The foam cubby is part of the tow bar kit, on cars with no bar there is a storage bucket in its place.

None of this is standard, if it has the armature it has one or other of the above types of tow bar, if it has the bit of the detachable bolted into the square hole (as in your pic) in the armature then it will have had the full detachable kit at some point, as they don't come separately. It may be that the previous owner removed the detachable tow ball part, but t unlikely. Also they aren't £600......

The detachable part of the kit is available new from Pf jones for about £200 for both parts. The whole kit and kaboodle is £383 with the armature!! There is nothing that can't be fixed with a hammer😜😜
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Thanks for a quick response, I appreciate it.

So here's a photo of the part that fits in the square hole in the armature with the safety pin.

you wouldn't have the bit underneath or the foam insert, without the tow ball.

so either the previous owner lost it or had it stolen or it was there all along. There is nothing that can't be fixed with a hammer😜😜
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Thanks, that's what I thought. I forgot to add, that I became suspicious and asked for a receipt and they have given me one but it says 'internal purposes' It is for 'Kit - Tow Bracket' LVUB000730 (anyone know if that is for the whole tray /foam / towing eye complete).

I have just had a close look at the foam mounting for the removable towing eye in the cubby hole and it definitely not new, the strap buckle is tarnished / lightly corroded, the foam worn and the bolts that support the tray are not new. I have now looked closely at the wear on the foam and there are corresponding marks in the paint on the metal towing eye itself, where they have fretted slightly, due to movement of the car, over the past five years. I have been had and its a main dealer and this is just the tip of the iceburg.

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That part no is for the detachable set; the bit which bolts into the armature, the ball, the red cap, the foam insert, the bolts and the tow ball cap.

If it is a MD then the price is probably about right though. As the genuine LR boxed parts are probably that much. The Bar is made by Westfalia, and the same parts are available in westfalia boxes for the prices I said above. Have a look at pfjones.co.uk. There is nothing that can't be fixed with a hammer😜😜
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The armature underneath looks new but the electrics bolts are rusted??

It does look like that but actually, that was me trying to work out what was corrosion and what was mud, so I have wiped it down with WD 40, so it looks better in the photo than it actually is.

northernmonkeyjones - thank you very much for the information, really helpful indeed. 2010 5.0 SC Autobiography