The Range Rover Classic thread:

[Sterillium]

Are there secret Range Rover Classic forums where obsessive owners buy and sell these old beauties?

Or is that here?

Edited by Sterillium on Tuesday 26th August 13:57

[Spottedlaurel]

I suspect this is the closest I'll get to owning one:

Matchbox Superfast Range Rover Police Patrol #20 by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

But here are a few I've seen for comment/discussion:

Range Rover 2dr by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

Range Rover 2dr diesel by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

2dr bodystyle seems to have been popular in France, have photos of others there too.

1986 Range Rover 5dr by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

Fitted with the bumper/spoiler off a later one? Only reason I say that is because of this one:

1986 Range Rover V8 5dr by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

1971 Range Rover by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

1990 Range Rover CSK 3.9 by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

Chopped-down SWB Range Rover by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

[DonkeyApple]

Nice. They still sold 2 doors in Europe almost to the end in the mid 90's under some kind of commercial user tax break or similar.

Lots of shells coming back from Portugal, Spain and Italy to be used in Suffix A restos but the shells are different even from the later CSK so it ends up being a bit of a scam.

[DonkeyApple]

Sterillium said:

Are there secret Range Rover Classic forums where obsessive owners buy and sell these old beauties?

Or is that here?

Edited by Sterillium on Tuesday 26th August 13:57

Not found one, hence this thread.

Most forums are about offroading and many are just swamped with threads asking why their P38 is a bucket of turd.

Only on PH have I found fellow 'fast road' Rangie enthusiasts.

[anonymous-user]

Mine's off to Kingsley later in the week,

I am hoping Damon convinces me the sensible thing to do is sell it - rather than respray in a more sedate colour and then drop in the JE Engineering V8 I have.

If it's sold I'll definitely be looking for another 2 door soon.

[DonkeyApple]

Spottedlaurel said:

I suspect this is the closest I'll get to owning one:

Matchbox Superfast Range Rover Police Patrol #20 by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

But here are a few I've seen for comment/discussion:

Range Rover 2dr by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

Range Rover 2dr diesel by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

2dr bodystyle seems to have been popular in France, have photos of others there too.

1986 Range Rover 5dr by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

Fitted with the bumper/spoiler off a later one? Only reason I say that is because of this one:

1986 Range Rover V8 5dr by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

1971 Range Rover by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

1990 Range Rover CSK 3.9 by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

Chopped-down SWB Range Rover by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

The C reg may just have the right bumper/spoiler as '86 was a change over year. By D reg the last inaction was out with higher rear seats, spoilers, electric wing mirrors and unicolour lettering. Those change over years for Land Rover and many old Leyland entities always seemed to be a bit of a mix around.

[Spottedlaurel]

DonkeyApple said:

The C reg may just have the right bumper/spoiler as '86 was a change over year. By D reg the last inaction was out with higher rear seats, spoilers, electric wing mirrors and unicolour lettering. Those change over years for Land Rover and many old Leyland entities always seemed to be a bit of a mix around.

Cheers. One thing I noticed about that spoiler on the first C-reg 5dr was that it's different to that on the CSK and other later ones I have photos of. Appears to have less vents in it.

[krusty]

These are all on a farm near where I live. The Brown one is very interesting though.

Note the wing grommits and cover plates on the bonnet. Could this be a flag mount & or blues&twos?
There is also a lock on the bonnet edge.

[DonkeyApple]

It's amazing how many little Rangie collections there are like this. There is one in a barn in The Netherlands and one in Ireland where the chap is slowly selling them.

I recently learned that the original and only Olympic, which is a properly important Rangie, is just being used as a farm hack and is all banged up. And the chap has a VELAR sitting next to it just rotting away.

He clearly knows what they are as he writes weird articles for a Landy magazine and yet two of the most historically valuable Rangies are deliberately being left to rot to nothing.

[0llie]

Sterillium said:

Are there secret Range Rover Classic forums where obsessive owners buy and sell these old beauties?

Or is that here?

They pop up just about everywhere (Car and Classic is probably the best, I check in there at least twice a day ), but I do know of one of the best Suffix-As in the country possibly coming up for sale very soon

Spottedlaurel said:

1986 Range Rover 5dr by Spottedlaurel, on Flickr

Fitted with the bumper/spoiler off a later one?

As mentioned above, 1986 was a bit of a changeover year. The Vogue had the lower spoiler as standard, the standard car went without. These are really quite rare, and are probably my favourite RR to look at, although I much prefer the interior of the 3.9 cars.

[0llie]

DonkeyApple said:

I recently learned that the original and only Olympic

I thought there was at least one more alive and kicking?

I'm sure I remember reading about the prototype in LRM a couple of years back.



ETA - The image I remember from the magazine.

[DonkeyApple]

0llie said:

DonkeyApple said:

I recently learned that the original and only Olympic

I thought there was at least one more alive and kicking?

I'm sure I remember reading about the prototype in LRM a couple of years back.



ETA - The image I remember from the magazine.

There were two made in the mid 80s but I've been led to believe that the second one was destroyed at some point.

[RicksAlfas]

Markh said:

My offering

Snap!



Please excuse the baubles.
It was Christmas!

[Harleyboy]

So here is mine. 91 Vogue SE 3.9. Plymouth Blue. 106,000. I bought it 18 months ago. It looks great at 5 paces and not that bad a little closer! Inside is pretty tidy, outside has been repainted and has had new tailgates. Welding done on rear arches and drivers floor for last MOT and I am hoping nothing needed this year! Kept in the dry now but used weekly for general burbling, occassional horse box towing and shooting - just what a Rangie was made for! Only changes are BFG AT's and a new stereo.

Needs: Headlining (surprise) and, I think, a new radiator as she runs hot when under load....anyone got a good s/h rad?

I love it and hope to keep it forever! My 12 and 14 year old girls drive it around the field and want it as their first car. They don't understand fuel consumption yet....

People really seem to like these old RR's judging by the comments. Enjoy.

[Harleyboy]

I love this photo....

[ClaphamGT3]

A few more of mine taken at Goodwood today.







Sorry for the poor photo quality - was using my Blackberry

[DonkeyApple]

Harleyboy said:

So here is mine. 91 Vogue SE 3.9. Plymouth Blue. 106,000. I bought it 18 months ago. It looks great at 5 paces and not that bad a little closer! Inside is pretty tidy, outside has been repainted and has had new tailgates. Welding done on rear arches and drivers floor for last MOT and I am hoping nothing needed this year! Kept in the dry now but used weekly for general burbling, occassional horse box towing and shooting - just what a Rangie was made for! Only changes are BFG AT's and a new stereo.

Needs: Headlining (surprise) and, I think, a new radiator as she runs hot when under load....anyone got a good s/h rad?

I love it and hope to keep it forever! My 12 and 14 year old girls drive it around the field and want it as their first car. They don't understand fuel consumption yet....

People really seem to like these old RR's judging by the comments. Enjoy.

106k miles is a lot of dead bugs in a radiator. Have you tried spraying a garden hose jet through the foils from the engine bay side to blow all the carcasses back out?

Also worth flushing. But temps rising on heavy load can sometimes be a clue to head gasket leaking. Worth keeping an eye open for water loss and creamy oil cap?

[anonymous-user]

Re fast road use, yes old Rangeys are great for that, but although I am not a serious mudplugger I took mine into some mud and snow and found it very capable. The autobox turned out much better on the clag than I had expected it to be.

[Harleyboy]

DonkeyApple said:

106k miles is a lot of dead bugs in a radiator. Have you tried spraying a garden hose jet through the foils from the engine bay side to blow all the carcasses back out?

Also worth flushing. But temps rising on heavy load can sometimes be a clue to head gasket leaking. Worth keeping an eye open for water loss and creamy oil cap?

Hi, yes, I did that as there was loads of crap between the front rad and the main radiator. I then had it flushed but it didnt make any difference. I haven't noticed a loss of water or creamy oil cap as I was a bit worried it might be head gasket too. You've reminded me to double check though. Radiators are expensive but then so is a head gasket replacement

Cheers

[RicksAlfas]

Is the water pump OK? Try and rock the fan backwards and forwards - it shouldn't move.
When my water pump was on it's way out there was a lot of play when I moved the fan.