The Range Rover Classic thread:
Discussion
squirdan said:
wildcat45 said:
Yes I was expecting screen after screen of RRC porn.
there is a well known Oxfordshire based purveyor of suchI have tended to find in classic car land an inverse correlation between website and quality of work...somehow the good guys are always over-run with work and dont need to bother with proper web presence
http://www.revoclassics.co.uk/cars/landrover/range...
Something to aspire to with resto of running gear.
Something to aspire to with resto of running gear.
CSKs are an odd one. On paper you would expect them to be the holy grail. 2 door, limited numbers, documented, all mod cons, distinctive yet after being in the vanguard of the early rise in prices, like soft dashes which also led the charge they've buckled in the last few years. It's like they had their own bubble bursting a few years ago.
There was a chap who I think was ex AML and based somewhere in Bucks who had snapped up a whole load of wrecks that I assume he planned to restore but that all seems to have disappeared. And there has been a restored one that has spent the last two years having its price dropped and failed at a couple of auctions. I seem to recall the last asking price was £60k having started at £100k. I don't know if it is one of the above cars?
They definitely don't seem to be wanted by collectors.
There was a chap who I think was ex AML and based somewhere in Bucks who had snapped up a whole load of wrecks that I assume he planned to restore but that all seems to have disappeared. And there has been a restored one that has spent the last two years having its price dropped and failed at a couple of auctions. I seem to recall the last asking price was £60k having started at £100k. I don't know if it is one of the above cars?
They definitely don't seem to be wanted by collectors.
DonkeyApple said:
CSKs are an odd one. On paper you would expect them to be the holy grail. 2 door, limited numbers, documented, all mod cons, distinctive yet after being in the vanguard of the early rise in prices, like soft dashes which also led the charge they've buckled in the last few years. It's like they had their own bubble bursting a few years ago.
There was a chap who I think was ex AML and based somewhere in Bucks who had snapped up a whole load of wrecks that I assume he planned to restore but that all seems to have disappeared. And there has been a restored one that has spent the last two years having its price dropped and failed at a couple of auctions. I seem to recall the last asking price was £60k having started at £100k. I don't know if it is one of the above cars?
They definitely don't seem to be wanted by collectors.
that one was done by Steve Tromans who is a Porsche nut. It had a 4.6 engine in and and looked pretty nice. It was a complete nut and bolt job and was up for £70k from memory (having also been on with Julien Sumner and at auctions)..I called 4 star classics who had it , told them I was coming to see it, drove down there and it was at the back of the showroom behind about 30 cars. Of course they wanted to crawl all over my px but I couldnt drive the CSK. to my mind it was improved vs factory spec but worth less as a result.There was a chap who I think was ex AML and based somewhere in Bucks who had snapped up a whole load of wrecks that I assume he planned to restore but that all seems to have disappeared. And there has been a restored one that has spent the last two years having its price dropped and failed at a couple of auctions. I seem to recall the last asking price was £60k having started at £100k. I don't know if it is one of the above cars?
They definitely don't seem to be wanted by collectors.
i did plan to restore it and drive it
BUT
suffix A should I think be kept factory correct. I learned a painful lesson modifying both a 72 and a 73 911. both were awesome to drive and track and had the iconic looks but enhanced kit. eg Exe T C dampers. but I impaired the value massively and would have done better to just stick in storage.
and, not wishing to offend anyone on here, but an early car just isnt that good to drive as std imho
so, the plan for this one is precisely zero, other than collect a few bits over time, and eventually restore it. It was Davos White from factory
my modified driver will be either a 1980 2 door or an 83 4 door...not decided yet but prob the 4 door. as the 80 2 door is pretty complete and just 3 owners so wll probably sell that
BUT
suffix A should I think be kept factory correct. I learned a painful lesson modifying both a 72 and a 73 911. both were awesome to drive and track and had the iconic looks but enhanced kit. eg Exe T C dampers. but I impaired the value massively and would have done better to just stick in storage.
and, not wishing to offend anyone on here, but an early car just isnt that good to drive as std imho
so, the plan for this one is precisely zero, other than collect a few bits over time, and eventually restore it. It was Davos White from factory
my modified driver will be either a 1980 2 door or an 83 4 door...not decided yet but prob the 4 door. as the 80 2 door is pretty complete and just 3 owners so wll probably sell that
This one has just cropped up in eBay. Identical to my first one except this is auto whereas mine was 4speed manual. Will be interesting to see how it fares
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1982-RHD-Range-Rover-Cla...
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1982-RHD-Range-Rover-Cla...
squirdan said:
DonkeyApple said:
That's the one. Is which does it either of the ones above?
Not sure! But I think it's now on eBay for £40kWhich does finally look good value as I don't believe you could make the maths work doing one up yourself
Anyway. £20-£30k seems to have settled as the range for good, solid restored cars but that still won't cover the costs of doing a proper job. Especially a CSK which will have a lot of hidden rot that means it has to be a full body off and total resto of the metalwork to be considered a proper job.
Interestingly, the later white 2 door import that I have was originally sourced as a body shell swap for a CSK that was bought for very strong money as a restored car and transpired to be pure iron oxide. But, the shells are different although from the same era. I can't recall what the difference was but any CSK resto which has used a period body swap can be spotted.
wildcat45 said:
Is that an original colour? I've not seen one like that before.
Looks odd doesn't it but could be the low sun?I think the three light colours from that period were Arctic White, Sahara Dust and a new one Shetland Beige.
Maybe it's Sahara Dust and the low sun is giving it that creme englais colour?
There was a yellow like that in the export market because you can see them in Aus and South Africa but the sun has faded them to that sort of shade.
In short, I don't know.
Resto looks nice in the photos.
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