Bought it! "My first Range Rover" a Classic Vogue SE (pics!)
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Well, I bought it! Spent some time deliberating but just went for it and really rather pleased - it's got character that's for sure! Here's a pic for you all, the car is a 1991 H-reg Vogue SE, 3.9 V8 - generally in good condition. Engine is a peach (90k miles), gearbox seems fine, interior is good, bodywork is pretty good - few marks, but then it is 20 years old! Very clean underneath, so generally I'd say its in good nick.
There are a couple of small electrical gremlins which I need to fathom out, so any advice on the following would be great:
- The fuel gauge doesn't work. Apparently it did at the MOT 2 weeks ago, but I put £50 in today and it didn't move, so perhaps a sensor has been knocked or a wire come adrfit, but no idea where to start?
- Speedo is intermittent - most of the time it works fine but if at a constant speed for more than a few minutes, it assumes you know what speed you're doing and then has a rest back at 0mph!! Weirdly if you turn the engine off and then back on it works fine again - very odd.
- Cruise control doesn't work - really don't care about this, unless it's a really easy fix. I understand the common causes are either a vacuum pipe, brake lights not working (they do) or a switch on the brake pedal failing - no idea if this is true or what to check?!
Anyway, that's it! No other problems that I've come across - comments, opinions and advice welcome!
There are a couple of small electrical gremlins which I need to fathom out, so any advice on the following would be great:
- The fuel gauge doesn't work. Apparently it did at the MOT 2 weeks ago, but I put £50 in today and it didn't move, so perhaps a sensor has been knocked or a wire come adrfit, but no idea where to start?
- Speedo is intermittent - most of the time it works fine but if at a constant speed for more than a few minutes, it assumes you know what speed you're doing and then has a rest back at 0mph!! Weirdly if you turn the engine off and then back on it works fine again - very odd.
- Cruise control doesn't work - really don't care about this, unless it's a really easy fix. I understand the common causes are either a vacuum pipe, brake lights not working (they do) or a switch on the brake pedal failing - no idea if this is true or what to check?!
Anyway, that's it! No other problems that I've come across - comments, opinions and advice welcome!
It's not perfect, but its certainly the best I could find without paying silly money - £5k+ for a car that old is too much for my liking! But then it's not my only car, so if something needs doing its not urgent.
Will get a few more pics up tomorrow!
Thanks scoobal - will give that a go!
Anyone got solutions to any of the problems outlined above?
Will get a few more pics up tomorrow!
Thanks scoobal - will give that a go!
Anyone got solutions to any of the problems outlined above?
[IMG]I would say the RR Classic's are quite fashionable in London now, much more so than a P38 or L322 - everyone has those, but a nice RRC is something different! Economical, though, they are not...
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Lol I live in North London and get no end of admiring glances and nods. Seems like I get someone coming and speaking to me about the LSE almost every week!
Regards economy: Last tank 95p/mile ;0 Might have to have another look at those fuel lines...
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Lol I live in North London and get no end of admiring glances and nods. Seems like I get someone coming and speaking to me about the LSE almost every week!
Regards economy: Last tank 95p/mile ;0 Might have to have another look at those fuel lines...
Pigfarmer3][IMG said:
I would say the RR Classic's are quite fashionable in London now, much more so than a P38 or L322 - everyone has those, but a nice RRC is something different! Economical, though, they are not...
Lol I live in North London and get no end of admiring glances and nods. Seems like I get someone coming and speaking to me about the LSE almost every week!Regards economy: Last tank 95p/mile ;0 Might have to have another look at those fuel lines...
Plus, I just noticed that the OverFinch one at Graeme Hunt has just been sold and I suspect that will be remaining in London.
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C126145/
They are certainly gaining in popularity as classic cars for tooling around town in.
Yup. There's a few of us in NW3 now.
Plus, I just noticed that the OverFinch one at Graeme Hunt has just been sold and I suspect that will be remaining in London.
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C126145/
They are certainly gaining in popularity as classic cars for tooling around town in.
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I live in NW3. On Haverstock Hill pretty much next door to The Sir John Steels, park her down the road of the same name. A nice 90 with MUD on his/her plate shares the road with me. There is a beautiful 3.9 with a GB flag on the boot I've seen parked up locally.
That GH OF took a long time to sell, must have been up for over a year! I imagine the 6.2 (or 6.3 can;t remember) conversion took a deal of that time tho!
Plus, I just noticed that the OverFinch one at Graeme Hunt has just been sold and I suspect that will be remaining in London.
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C126145/
They are certainly gaining in popularity as classic cars for tooling around town in.
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I live in NW3. On Haverstock Hill pretty much next door to The Sir John Steels, park her down the road of the same name. A nice 90 with MUD on his/her plate shares the road with me. There is a beautiful 3.9 with a GB flag on the boot I've seen parked up locally.
That GH OF took a long time to sell, must have been up for over a year! I imagine the 6.2 (or 6.3 can;t remember) conversion took a deal of that time tho!
Pigfarmer3 said:
DonkeyApple said:
Yup. There's a few of us in NW3 now.
Plus, I just noticed that the OverFinch one at Graeme Hunt has just been sold and I suspect that will be remaining in London.
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C126145/
They are certainly gaining in popularity as classic cars for tooling around town in.
I live in NW3. On Haverstock Hill pretty much next door to The Sir John Steels, park her down the road of the same name. A nice 90 with MUD on his/her plate shares the road with me. There is a beautiful 3.9 with a GB flag on the boot I've seen parked up locally.Plus, I just noticed that the OverFinch one at Graeme Hunt has just been sold and I suspect that will be remaining in London.
http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C126145/
They are certainly gaining in popularity as classic cars for tooling around town in.
That GH OF took a long time to sell, must have been up for over a year! I imagine the 6.2 (or 6.3 can;t remember) conversion took a deal of that time tho!
Seeing as they did the conversion themselves you wouldn't expect them to have done that unless there was a problem with the original engine. A proper ECU on the 5.7 will get you better BHP. I'm not sure it has a heavy duty gearbox so with that torque I suspect they'll only get a few thousand miles per box.
Very nice paint job and tidy interior. I don't think OverFinch did anything to the interior, just engine and brakes and some other bits.
Edited by DonkeyApple on Friday 12th November 19:34
Pigfarmer3 said:
A nice 90 with MUD on his/her plate shares the road with me.
Is it '5 MUD' per chance?Pigfarmer3 said:
That GH OF took a long time to sell, must have been up for over a year! I imagine the 6.2 (or 6.3 can;t remember) conversion took a deal of that time tho!
It was a bloody nice bit of kit that. I, like many others really like the classic RR's - I still think they look classy and classier than a Q7/X5 despite their age now.O/P - Bonatti grey yours if I'm not mistaken?
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