The Five Hundred Quid Range Rover

[wackojacko]

Buying a £500 classic Rangey is one thing.

Trusting it from the midlands to London is quite another !

[mwstewart]

Absolutely superb, well done!

[Six Fiend]

Quite simply that is excellent- agree with the frayed Bristol comment too, it just looks right

[n_const]

Awesome !! Off to ebay i go.....

[anonymous-user]

The comment about Bristols (er....) is indeed spot on.

There are two slightly frayed at the cuff 410s living in my neighbourhood and used as daily drivers. Alas, I can never own a Bristol, as I am a self made oik, and not a gentleman. This is one reason why I have an Interceptor (a car that makes the Rangey seem like an econo-box), as that is a car that is perfect for the slightly flash git who has rather less money than he wants women to think he has.

[car crazy]

Nice one, I paid 1800 for my disco but it was from ppi claim so basically a free landrover. Mot Monday everything crossed.

[miniman]

Awesome shedding, I salute you, Sir.

[ClaphamGT3]

Breadvan72 said:

The comment about Bristols (er....) is indeed spot on.

There are two slightly frayed at the cuff 410s living in my neighbourhood and used as daily drivers. Alas, I can never own a Bristol, as I am a self made oik, and not a gentleman. This is one reason why I have an Interceptor (a car that makes the Rangey seem like an econo-box), as that is a car that is perfect for the slightly flash git who has rather less money than he wants women to think he has.

If that is your automotive end-game, you really need a Mk VII-IX Jag; a vehicle that my Grandfather never tired of describing as "A car for cads and counter-jumpers"

[Hoofy]

Good luck! Very brave.

[Borghetto]

Blimey, you must have some sizeable cojones. Loved your description, made me laugh.

[Gatsby]

Heroic. That is all.

[Caulkhead]

Breadvan72 said:

The steering is so light that you can have some exciting pilot induced oscillations on swoopy Motorway bends,

What a lovely RR for the money. With regard to the steering this means your steering damper is shot. They are dirt cheap and require undoing and doing up two whole nuts to fit:

http://www.island-4x4.co.uk/steering-damper-britpa...

While you're at it, check the steering box is full of Hypoy90 and adjust out any slack:

http://www.rangerovers.net/repairdetails/steering/...

You will now still have an old RR but now it will steer properly for less than a tenner.

[Mark Benson]

Breadvan72 said:

Cheers, and note also the bonus factor - if you squint at it, the number plate spells GAY.

Or gravy. The Range Rover Gravy Edition, because every self-made oik likes a bit of gravy on his beef.

I'm wasted in IT, should have been in advertising, me.

[HarryW]

I doth my titfa, govner............

[Deva Link]

juan king said:

Love the battery extension! Bodgit'n'scarper!

I'd be pretty nervous about how close the battery terminals are to the metal at the front of the car.

[Dr Mike Oxgreen]

Breadvan72 said:

a well spent monkey

[Wolands Advocate]

Bravo!

[Kitchski]

Nicely done! Do you suffer from insomnia by chance?

[Shirt587]

Breadvan72 said:

The steering is so light that you can have some exciting pilot induced oscillations on swoopy Motorway bends, or at least you can if you drive it like a dick. The engine is quiet, but the door seals are a bit shagged, so the wind noise is a bit high. I like the clonk-bonk when the electric windows go up. You

Quite possibly the best lines I've seen on PH recently. "It's not a fault, it's a feature!"

Seriously nice piece of kit though, I'd quite like one of these if I had somewhere to park it. But not with pink wheels.

[Lefty]

Top work!

I'm on the lookout for a decent LSE, can't beat an old range rover.