99t's Bangernomics Range Rover - A Good Idea?
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I've always fancied an original shape Range Rover (I can't stand the use of the word "classic" to identify the Mk1 version of something) and finally managed to free up a small amount of space and an even smaller amount of money with which to purchase one.
Only criteria really was that it had to be a V8 manual, so I went to see this on Friday (with pretty low expectations to be honest) and it was much better than expected, drove well and almost everything on it seemed to work, so I bought it for £900. It has 2 months MOT remaining.
Picking it up tonight, lets see how long it takes to break!!
Only criteria really was that it had to be a V8 manual, so I went to see this on Friday (with pretty low expectations to be honest) and it was much better than expected, drove well and almost everything on it seemed to work, so I bought it for £900. It has 2 months MOT remaining.
Picking it up tonight, lets see how long it takes to break!!
Edited by 99t on Saturday 4th February 18:27
Vixpy !!!His seems not to work very much ....... at all
Lovely vehicles though, saved yourself a headache by getting a rare V8 Manual as the the big stuff after a while the Auto box (torque converter to be specific) starts to fail and apparently that is a b
d/tad expensive to change.'Topsparks' is your man if you need any help or advice on anything from Landrover.
wackojacko said:
Vixpy !!!His seems not to work very much ....... at all
Lovely vehicles though, saved yourself a headache by getting a rare V8 Manual as the the big stuff after a while the Auto box (torque converter to be specific) starts to fail and apparently that is a b
d/tad expensive to change.'Topsparks' is your man if you need any help or advice on anything from Landrover.
OP: nice looking landy, but I hope you have a few hundred spare for MOT time...
£900 is a bargain though for a classic
al1991 said:
Shaw Tarse said:
Very nice!
What does the badge in pic 2 say?
Land Rover Classic I think?What does the badge in pic 2 say?
I presume that's coming off then OP?
Nice Rangie.
I don't for one minute expect to run this in true bangernomics "run it 'till it breaks then throw it away" style, but I hope to keep costs sensible by doing the basic maintenance myself, using second hand replacement parts where appropriate and so on.
I also plan to improve it gradually where I can do so myself e.g. tidy the headlining, repair and repaint the tailgate frame etc..
I'll log the costs in my profile.
bakerstreet said:
If its the same manual gearbox that they put in the Discos, then sometinmes the auto is more desiable as the manuals are fitted witha dual mass flywheel which has to be replaced when the clutch is replaced and its nearly £600 in parts before you even get started on the labour!!
OP: nice looking landy, but I hope you have a few hundred spare for MOT time...
£900 is a bargain though for a classic
Nope, normal flywheel on the Range Rover Classic.OP: nice looking landy, but I hope you have a few hundred spare for MOT time...
£900 is a bargain though for a classic
Nice looking beast, hope you're good with a welder though!
Can see light at the end of the tunnel with my CSK rebuild.
So far so good, it got me home 30 miles in 27 degree heat and rush hour traffic without falling to bits or blowing up!
Crawled all over it this evening and I'm pretty happy, there is plenty of evidence of new parts and regular servicing / light restorative work, plus the underside doesn't appear to have led a hard life.
The shortlist of things that don't work
- Passenger window inop.
- Sunroof tilts but won't slide (though the motor runs)
- one rear number plate inop.
- instrument lights inop.
The floors will need some repairs sooner rather than later, but I can weld reasonably well and I've not spotted anything that's worried me too much yet...
The lower tailgate is nearly mint, though the upper is pretty shot. There are some areas of corrosion of the alloy panels under the paint - mainly around the rear arches and back doors which will need attending to at some point too, but probably not a high priority. Anyway, a few more pics
Crawled all over it this evening and I'm pretty happy, there is plenty of evidence of new parts and regular servicing / light restorative work, plus the underside doesn't appear to have led a hard life.
The shortlist of things that don't work
- Passenger window inop.
- Sunroof tilts but won't slide (though the motor runs)
- one rear number plate inop.
- instrument lights inop.
The floors will need some repairs sooner rather than later, but I can weld reasonably well and I've not spotted anything that's worried me too much yet...
The lower tailgate is nearly mint, though the upper is pretty shot. There are some areas of corrosion of the alloy panels under the paint - mainly around the rear arches and back doors which will need attending to at some point too, but probably not a high priority. Anyway, a few more pics
Edited by 99t on Saturday 4th February 18:32
99t said:
The shortlist of things that don't work
-Passenger window inop.
- Sunroof tilts but won't slide (though the motor runs)
- one rear number light plate inop.
- instrument lights inop.
It fixes itself!! -
- Sunroof tilts but won't slide (though the motor runs)
- one rear number light plate inop.
- instrument lights inop.
Passenger window started working today
Been using it as my daily driver this week, no reals problems so far although it seems to tramline and bump steer a little more than expected on anything other than ultra smooth surfaces, but at least no steering wheel "death wobble" over bumps so that's good..
Re: the tramlining / bump steer (over changes of camber mainly) it is a case of:-
a) "they all do that sir"
b) some worn bushes and linkages underneath
c) as I suspect - a degree of both of the above??
Regarding the front suspension/tramlining/wobble stuff. My experience (5 of these over the years) is that these cars are really tyre sensitive. Any uneven tyre wear or having worn or different front tyres magnifies itself enormously.
A pair of new front tyres transforms the driving experience!
A pair of new front tyres transforms the driving experience!
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