The Range Rover Classic thread:

[josh00mac]

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C688287#

One of the more expensive ones to give you an idea

[squirdan]

does look reasonable value I agree. Very good if you want LHD. otherwise by the time youve converted it to RHD, and done the V8 swap you might just as well buy a S African RHD import. cant help on local sites though, sorry

[RicksAlfas]

You see a lot in the south of France.

Use leboncoin.fr and then click on a region in the south.
e.g. This one in Montpellier:
https://www.leboncoin.fr/voitures/993581517.htm?ca...

[squirdan]

"expensive restoration" including a "new galvanised chassis" could you get new chassis then? you cant now. And a later chassis is not the same as an early one

so is it really still a 71 car?

looks perhaps more likely the dash and a few other bits were fitted to a later car...noting position of gearlever clearly not a period correct gearbox, steering wheel, later seats,C pillars should be painted etc



http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C769191

no doubt someone more knowledgable than me will have comments

meanwhile this one looks absolutely 100% weapons grade original, appreciate its £10k more but I think it could cost that to get the red car there. If its not riddled with rot it looks a great buy

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C767439

[grumpy52]

working for its living ,Thats a VDP EFI on the trailer .

[squirdan]

acquisitions done...now its time for the fun bit. aka the expensive bit

which will be done by RRC specialists Twenty Ten in Redditch

Edited by squirdan on Friday 12th August 21:32

[Jammez]

Here's my 2 out in the sunshine at the weekend.

Niagra Grey is a soft dash, pretty solid but all the usual bits and pieces to sort out! The silver one is a Japanese import in amazing condition underneath. Bit of damage to the bonnet to sort and the interior has been abused when the previous owners installed/removed the stero. lots of bits of cracked dash trim to replace but apart from that she's in fantastic condition. Once all sorted she'll be going up for sale

[squirdan]

an In Vogue has just come up for sale. although rather a shame they cant spell it properly

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/PROJECT-FOR-SALE-1981-RA...

£15k..restoration project



or £32k for the one at Graeme Hunt thats referred to earlier in this thread and is immaculate

I like a project but still, I doubt you could get this done for £17k could you?

[NomduJour]

£17k buys an awful lot of work on a simple car like an old Range Rover.

[squirdan]

NomduJour said:

£17k buys an awful lot of work on a simple car like an old Range Rover.

I certainly hope so. I'll be finding out myself in future months

not saying its a bad buy, just interesting how the market prices projects vs "done" cars.

looks like its all there, nice to have an overdrive fitted and the number plate flap still extant. dash looks in good order and aircon is a nice to have

v tempting given the rarity, the colour doesnt do it for me, bit effete for the shape imho, but I know they are sought after

[DKL]

NomduJour said:

£17k buys an awful lot of work on a simple car like an old Range Rover.

I'd say you'd struggle to turn that into a finished version for £17k if you aren't doing anything yourself. If you farmed the bits out to individual companies, stripped body for resto and paint, engine/box rebuild etc and/or did a chunk yourself maybe.

[squirdan]

One of my recent purchases was full of parts but hadn't hD chance to have a look until today

Not a bad haul of multiple bits of trim, carpet, an overdrive and an original jack. As well as an onubtanium original Firestone tyre fitted to the spare

Once I've worked out what I need I'll put a list on here

[stevehg1]

josh00mac said:

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C688287#

One of the more expensive ones to give you an idea

Interesting comment. Where are all of the cheaper ones??

[plasticpig]

Just ordered a new rear bumper for my soft dash. I resprayed the old one a couple of years ago and despite spraying it with a rust inhibitor it's gone rusty again. £66 for a new one including delivery. So I will spend 15 minutes swapping it over instead of faffing around for a day cleaning up the old one and respraying it.

[RicksAlfas]

I ordered a new rear bumper last year and it came...unpainted.
So you might be painting your new one anyway!

[plasticpig]

RicksAlfas said:

I ordered a new rear bumper last year and it came...unpainted.
So you might be painting your new one anyway!

Hmm. The pictures show them painted.




Or is that just a black coloured primer to prevent them rusting?

[RicksAlfas]

Yes, it was a (thin) black primer on mine.
Mine came from Craddocks, but I'm sure all the suppliers use the same sources.

[krusty]

I'm trying to hunt down a Valve Block driver for a '93 Classic....... Has anyone got one they want to sell or know of where I can get one from.... Thanks

[Vixpy1]

ebay usually

[NomduJour]

Could try LRR in Charlton.