The Range Rover Classic thread

[MrMoonyMan]

jon-yprpe said:

Is that Cypress Green? Looks to be a 87-88 car?

You need the tailgate lettering and some mudflaps!

I always think Classics look naked without a full set of mudflaps….maybe that’s some sort of repressed childhood thing…

Tail gate lettering and pin stripe is all bought and will go on eventually!

It’s an ‘89 registered car.

I will be putting mud flaps back on too at some point I think. Although I quite like it without.

I know what you mean about a repressed childhood thing; I always used to draw cars with extra driving lights and fog lights on the front.

All my cars are due to things I saw as a child.

[MDMA .]

At the local car meet this morning.

I believe it was Roger Taylor’s old one.

Edited by MDMA . on Sunday 6th April 12:02

[Sebastian Tombs]

Queen or Duran Duran?

[MDMA .]

Queen.

[eltax91]

Big trouble with my LSE resto yesterday. A pal and I have followed the ABS bleed procedure several times. We get free flowing fluid on 3 calipers but the top nipples on the front offside doesn’t flow well.

The pump runs for under 45 seconds and primes up. But the calipers just lock solid!

Pump the pedal 30 times and it raises the fluid level and releases the pressure, but as soon as we start it again, or use the pedal, it locks solid again.

All brake pipes and flexi’s are new. The module and pump are being reused.

A bit lost as to what’s next…. This is out of my sphere of expertise

[NomduJour]

What happens if you unplug the ABS relay?

[eltax91]

NomduJour said:

What happens if you unplug the ABS relay?

Not tried that... what should happen??!!

[eltax91]

A other couple of bleeds of the ABS system and it now doesn’t lock on. Seems the pedal needs some adjustment because it doesn’t fully return which isn’t helping.

I now have a moving car which is nice!

Still got the abs light on, I can only get up to about 6mph on my drive, but the pedal pulsates if I brake hard from 5mph. So not exactly sure what do so there. Wondering if running it on the ramp for a bit might help the system pickup the sensors?

Two rear are new. Fronts reused

[A.J.M]

To give a final answer to my own question from the end of last year.

A couple of cars have moved so I could see the plate fully.
It’s a 1994 Vogue with a 200tdi originally according to total car check.
On sorn from 2020 after a mot fail. It’s got 178k on it.

[m20b25]

The dampers are well worn on my 92 2.5vm 2 door so I’m weighing up some options to refresh the lot. Criteria is a balance between improving handling while maintaining ride comfort. This is a 90% road car 10% moderate green laning. In price order:

Air suspension (custom ride heights for motorway vs offroad, good comfort), Kingsley’s fast road kit (seems like a good all-round kit but ££), famousfours kit with -1” heavy duty springs (lower price but could be firm) or just new dampers + ARB kit (as it was intended)

Any real-life experiences of the first 2? (Saw the earlier post on the famous 4 kit)

[Filibuster]

MDMA . said:

At the local car meet this morning.

I believe it was Roger Taylor’s old one.

Edited by MDMA . on Sunday 6th April 12:02

That looks great! More info here:

https://www.rogertaylor.info/facts-and-trivia/hobb...

Above link states that the conversion has been done by swiss company "Monte Verdes". Surely they mean Monteverdi, no? They are the original designer of the 5 door Range Rover and where located just next door to me

[MarkwG]

Yep, Montiverdi, as you say: love the idea, not sure I've got the cajones to be seen in it though

[RicksAlfas]

Filibuster said:

MDMA . said:

At the local car meet this morning.

I believe it was Roger Taylor’s old one.

Edited by MDMA . on Sunday 6th April 12:02

That looks great! More info here:

https://www.rogertaylor.info/facts-and-trivia/hobb...

Above link states that the conversion has been done by swiss company "Monte Verdes". Surely they mean Monteverdi, no? They are the original designer of the 5 door Range Rover and where located just next door to me

I recently watched a documentary about Queen. Roger Taylor was driving an early manual Range Rover with an enormous sunroof and pop up perspex win deflector. John Deacon was sat on the passenger seat talking to Bob Harris in the back. No headrests or seatbelts so he was just twisted round chatting away. It would have been 1976/77 so earlier than this car.

[NomduJour]

2-4-1:

[TarquinMX5]

Filibuster said:

MDMA . said:

At the local car meet this morning.

I believe it was Roger Taylor’s old one.

Edited by MDMA . on Sunday 6th April 12:02

That looks great! More info here:

https://www.rogertaylor.info/facts-and-trivia/hobb...

Above link states that the conversion has been done by swiss company "Monte Verdes". Surely they mean Monteverdi, no? They are the original designer of the 5 door Range Rover and where located just next door to me

I'm not sure that's strictly correct; Rover had a 4-door (regd JXC 905K) up and running in early 1972, basically as launched later in 1981, even the door handles were the same. However, the (LR-licensed) Monteverdi was the first (1980) 4-door that could be purchased via (some) Land Rover dealers, but others were available before that , ie FLM.

I wonder if the 'Monte Verdes' reference to the convertible is correct, it looks very much like a Wood & Pickett or possibly FLM.

[DonkeyApple]

m20b25 said:

The dampers are well worn on my 92 2.5vm 2 door so I’m weighing up some options to refresh the lot. Criteria is a balance between improving handling while maintaining ride comfort. This is a 90% road car 10% moderate green laning. In price order:

Air suspension (custom ride heights for motorway vs offroad, good comfort), Kingsley’s fast road kit (seems like a good all-round kit but ££), famousfours kit with -1” heavy duty springs (lower price but could be firm) or just new dampers + ARB kit (as it was intended)

Any real-life experiences of the first 2? (Saw the earlier post on the famous 4 kit)

I put the the one inch drop, heavy duty springs on mine. You definitely feel the car is firmer so if you move around on mostly rubbish tarmac then personally, I wouldn't fit them. They certainly made motorway travel better and and I enjoyed them overall.

I ended up removing them because on hard right handers there was something grinding under the car and we couldn't establish what it was. This may not be an issue for later cars, it might just have been something related to the earlier imperial axles etc.

Re air suspension, don't bother. Yes, it's really good but it's a weak point. Plus, I wouldn't have any great desire to have anything to do with Kingsley.

[NomduJour]

TarquinMX5 said:

I wonder if the 'Monte Verdes' reference to the convertible is correct, it looks very much like a Wood & Pickett or possibly FLM

It’s Townley.

[TarquinMX5]

NomduJour said:

TarquinMX5 said:

I wonder if the 'Monte Verdes' reference to the convertible is correct, it looks very much like a Wood & Pickett or possibly FLM

It’s Townley.

Thanks, I've now seen some articles about it.

[993BPT]

Spotted in Cheltenham. Looks to be in excellent condition

[DonkeyApple]

993BPT said:

Spotted in Cheltenham. Looks to be in excellent condition

Looks like jon-yprpe may have found some CSK/LSE wheels?