Land Rover Series III 'v' Range Rover Classic
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In my search for a winter car I have narrowed it down to a Series III Land Rover or a Range Rover Classic. I live in a small hilly village and have to do a 35 mile round trip at least a few days per week. Once a week I go to another village and park on a VERY steep slope.
Pros and cons of both please.
What sort of money should I be spending to get -
one with plenty of test (MOT) and
not too much rust
Pros and cons of both please.
What sort of money should I be spending to get -
one with plenty of test (MOT) and
not too much rust
Are you powerfully built?
If you are, a Land Rover might need a bit of adjusting. Its leg room and right arm room. Best go and sit in one first.
Also if you want to drive in a warm cabin with a working heater, then the Strange Rover will be better.
Thats not to say the heater is rubbish in the Land Rover, just that i have not been in a Landrover with a working one yet.
If you are, a Land Rover might need a bit of adjusting. Its leg room and right arm room. Best go and sit in one first.
Also if you want to drive in a warm cabin with a working heater, then the Strange Rover will be better.
Thats not to say the heater is rubbish in the Land Rover, just that i have not been in a Landrover with a working one yet.
Major Fallout said:
Are you powerfully built?
If you are, a Land Rover might need a bit of adjusting. Its leg room and right arm room. Best go and sit in one first.
Also if you want to drive in a warm cabin with a working heater, then the Strange Rover will be better.
Thats not to say the heater is rubbish in the Land Rover, just that i have not been in a Landrover with a working one yet.
I'm as far from "powerfully built" as you can get If you are, a Land Rover might need a bit of adjusting. Its leg room and right arm room. Best go and sit in one first.
Also if you want to drive in a warm cabin with a working heater, then the Strange Rover will be better.
Thats not to say the heater is rubbish in the Land Rover, just that i have not been in a Landrover with a working one yet.
I'm 5'2" and a girl. So, fit in one fine, I have drove a Series III before and didn't have no problem with leg room / arm room! Not sure about my partner though, he is about 5'10".V8Triumph said:
Major Fallout said:
Are you powerfully built?
If you are, a Land Rover might need a bit of adjusting. Its leg room and right arm room. Best go and sit in one first.
Also if you want to drive in a warm cabin with a working heater, then the Strange Rover will be better.
Thats not to say the heater is rubbish in the Land Rover, just that i have not been in a Landrover with a working one yet.
I'm as far from "powerfully built" as you can get If you are, a Land Rover might need a bit of adjusting. Its leg room and right arm room. Best go and sit in one first.
Also if you want to drive in a warm cabin with a working heater, then the Strange Rover will be better.
Thats not to say the heater is rubbish in the Land Rover, just that i have not been in a Landrover with a working one yet.
I'm 5'2" and a girl. So, fit in one fine, I have drove a Series III before and didn't have no problem with leg room / arm room! Not sure about my partner though, he is about 5'10".
tomsugden said:
Series III will be a lot more basic, but you can put a canvas roof on it in summer and have some fun.
Thats a really good idea! Rust is going to be your biggest problem with either of those.
On the SIII it will be the chassis, footwells and bulkhead.
On the Rangey, it will be the inner wings, floor, wheelarches etc.
Having had a SIII, I really didn't think it was the nicest place to be in the winter. I had a truck cab which gives even less legroom. My other half really struggled to drive it as her legs were jammed against the bottom of the steering wheel.
The roof leaked, it was unreliable, it was cold, it misted up constantly, it was heavy to drive, it was very slow and thirsty, it was very noisy and uncomfortable but I loved it!
The Rangey is worlds away in terms of comfort and practicality, but they'll be a bit thin on the ground at that sort of age now.
On the SIII it will be the chassis, footwells and bulkhead.
On the Rangey, it will be the inner wings, floor, wheelarches etc.
Having had a SIII, I really didn't think it was the nicest place to be in the winter. I had a truck cab which gives even less legroom. My other half really struggled to drive it as her legs were jammed against the bottom of the steering wheel.
The roof leaked, it was unreliable, it was cold, it misted up constantly, it was heavy to drive, it was very slow and thirsty, it was very noisy and uncomfortable but I loved it!
The Rangey is worlds away in terms of comfort and practicality, but they'll be a bit thin on the ground at that sort of age now.
If your looking pre 80s you will get a lot better S3 than RR for the money. Your bloke at 5-10 should be ok, I'm 6-2 and fit in my S2a happily enough.
You can 'posh up' a Series as money allows (better seats etc) and I've found the 200tdi in my 2 puts plenty of heat into the cab.
Good luck with whichever choice though, I do love old Landies in General (mines a '67)
PS Just seen your profile garage
, think a IIa may be a more 'period' addition lol. If you're doing alot of parking in tight spaces a 109" will be cheaper than gym membership!
You can 'posh up' a Series as money allows (better seats etc) and I've found the 200tdi in my 2 puts plenty of heat into the cab.
Good luck with whichever choice though, I do love old Landies in General (mines a '67)
PS Just seen your profile garage
, think a IIa may be a more 'period' addition lol. If you're doing alot of parking in tight spaces a 109" will be cheaper than gym membership!Edited by carmadgaz on Friday 21st October 15:24
kooky guy said:
Rust is going to be your biggest problem with either of those.
On the SIII it will be the chassis, footwells and bulkhead.
On the Rangey, it will be the inner wings, floor, wheelarches etc.
Having had a SIII, I really didn't think it was the nicest place to be in the winter. I had a truck cab which gives even less legroom. My other half really struggled to drive it as her legs were jammed against the bottom of the steering wheel.
The roof leaked, it was unreliable, it was cold, it misted up constantly, it was heavy to drive, it was very slow and thirsty, it was very noisy and uncomfortable but I loved it!
The Rangey is worlds away in terms of comfort and practicality, but they'll be a bit thin on the ground at that sort of age now.
I'm finding the same issues On the SIII it will be the chassis, footwells and bulkhead.
On the Rangey, it will be the inner wings, floor, wheelarches etc.
Having had a SIII, I really didn't think it was the nicest place to be in the winter. I had a truck cab which gives even less legroom. My other half really struggled to drive it as her legs were jammed against the bottom of the steering wheel.
The roof leaked, it was unreliable, it was cold, it misted up constantly, it was heavy to drive, it was very slow and thirsty, it was very noisy and uncomfortable but I loved it!
The Rangey is worlds away in terms of comfort and practicality, but they'll be a bit thin on the ground at that sort of age now.
The Rangeys ARE REALLY thin on the ground not many seemed to have survived.carmadgaz said:
If your looking pre 80s you will get a lot better S3 than RR for the money. Your bloke at 5-10 should be ok, I'm 6-2 and fit in my S2a happily enough.
You can 'posh up' a Series as money allows (better seats etc) and I've found the 200tdi in my 2 puts plenty of heat into the cab.
Good luck with whichever choice though, I do love old Landies in General (mines a '67)
PS Just seen your profile garage, think a IIa may be a more 'period' addition lol. If you're doing alot of parking in tight spaces a 109" will be cheaper than gym membership!
Thanks for the advice You can 'posh up' a Series as money allows (better seats etc) and I've found the 200tdi in my 2 puts plenty of heat into the cab.
Good luck with whichever choice though, I do love old Landies in General (mines a '67)
PS Just seen your profile garage
, think a IIa may be a more 'period' addition lol. If you're doing alot of parking in tight spaces a 109" will be cheaper than gym membership!Edited by carmadgaz on Friday 21st October 15:24
PS - saw your garage too :thumbsup:
V8Triumph said:
Shaw Tarse said:
Cheaper option would be a Cherokee or Shogun 
But I look forward to seeing what you buy.
Not with silly insurance prices that I get charged due to a. being under 25 and b. no NCB as only have cars on classic policies! So, it's 1980's made at the absolute latest!But I look forward to seeing what you buy.
Old bangers are the future!
V8Triumph said:
I'm finding the same issues The Rangeys ARE REALLY thin on the ground not many seemed to have survived.
They all suddenly disappeared a few years back didn't they? The Rangeys ARE REALLY thin on the ground not many seemed to have survived.Most lived a very hard life towing horse boxes out of fields and ended up being scrapped due to rot or hacked about into off road creations. Nice classics without rust and clackety old V8's are like hens teeth now
I think you would really want a s3 to have one. They are very, very agricultural. As for values, you need £2k ish to get a decent one, maybe a bit less. At least that's what I had to spend to get a swb, petrol, with overdrive which I consider essential. I had a diesel, and one without o/d and they took the fun out of it.
A decent series 3 will be £1500-£2000 that will avoid stuff that while it may have MOT the next one wont be so easy to get through finding one with a galv chassis would be a big bonus. If your not doing mega miles then petrol or diesel shouldnt be a worry with price of fuel if you use it more often then a 200tdi is a pretty easy fit and they go very well!
No offence but have you driven an S3 and if so can you steer it? I struggled to park one and I'm a 6 foot plus bloke!
Rangie every day for me, the S3 is brilliant, but too slow, cold and noisy to use for normal car stuff. I nearly bought one last winter but ended up with a Subaru Forester as the Landie was too slow to cope with my B road and motorway commute. No brakes either!
Rangie every day for me, the S3 is brilliant, but too slow, cold and noisy to use for normal car stuff. I nearly bought one last winter but ended up with a Subaru Forester as the Landie was too slow to cope with my B road and motorway commute. No brakes either!
theironduke said:
How do you manage to get solely classic policies? I'm 26 and have pretty much been doing the same but i've always had to have a "daily" (which i use my NCB on) in order to get the silly cheap classic stuff. ATM i'm driving a Renault Kango as my work hack (£300) and then have my Chim and Merc SEC on classics, £295 and £110 respectively.
Old bangers are the future!
I just rang a few insurance companies - Lancaster and Performance Direct are the two I've used, both were happy to insure a classic for commuting.Old bangers are the future!
Bear in mind the definition of "classic" is usually 15 years old or more, so that actually gets you anything older than 1996; I'd be looking at Mk1 Discos, and the aforementioned Shoguns. At least they won't leak so much.
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