Land Rover V8 Stage 1

Just bought myself one of these rare beasts. Leaf springs, V8 engine and
full time 4-wheel drive makes for an interesting combination.
Anyone know what they're worth?
This one's a bit rough, but repairable - the usual Series Land Rover
welding to chassis required. The engine wasn't running when I bought it,
but replacing the starter motor had that sorted. It fired up nicely, but
I ran out of petrol before getting a chance to see if it'd move.
My big decision will be whether to get it MOT'd and sell it on or strip
it for parts. Some bits - the front propshaft, axles and radiator are
unique to the model and apparently sought after, but I've no idea of
values so any ideas appreciated.

Willy Eckerslyke (oss108no_spam (AT) bangor (DOT) ac.uk) gurgled happily, sounding
much like they were saying :

It fired up nicely, but
I ran out of petrol before getting a chance to see if it'd move.

Sounds about right for a v8 Landy.

Adrian wrote:

Willy Eckerslyke (oss108no_spam (AT) bangor (DOT) ac.uk) gurgled happily, sounding
much like they were saying :


It fired up nicely, but
I ran out of petrol before getting a chance to see if it'd move.

Sounds about right for a v8 Landy.

My own thoughts too! That's why I won't be keeping it. It does sound
marvellous though, and I had to laugh when all the sheep in the
neighbouring field ran away when the engine started up!

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Just bought myself one of these rare beasts. Leaf springs, V8 engine
and full time 4-wheel drive makes for an interesting combination.
Anyone know what they're worth?
This one's a bit rough, but repairable - the usual Series Land Rover
welding to chassis required. The engine wasn't running when I bought
it, but replacing the starter motor had that sorted. It fired up
nicely, but I ran out of petrol before getting a chance to see if
it'd move. My big decision will be whether to get it MOT'd and sell it on
or
strip it for parts. Some bits - the front propshaft, axles and
radiator are unique to the model and apparently sought after, but
I've no idea of values so any ideas appreciated.

a 109? :-D

I like those.

It's worth anywhere between 750 and 3k.


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Golf GTi Mk2 (2.0 transplant in progress),
Golf GTi Mk1 (For Sale)
OMF#9

Currently listening to The White Stripes

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Just bought myself one of these rare beasts. Leaf springs, V8 engine
and full time 4-wheel drive makes for an interesting combination.
Anyone know what they're worth?
This one's a bit rough, but repairable - the usual Series Land Rover
welding to chassis required. The engine wasn't running when I bought
it, but replacing the starter motor had that sorted. It fired up
nicely, but I ran out of petrol before getting a chance to see if
it'd move. My big decision will be whether to get it MOT'd and sell
it on or
strip it for parts. Some bits - the front propshaft, axles and
radiator are unique to the model and apparently sought after, but
I've no idea of values so any ideas appreciated.

a 109? :-D

I like those.

It's worth anywhere between 750 and 3k.

with the welding done...


--
Pete M - Using the Scouse Side of the Force -
Golf GTi Mk2 (2.0 transplant in progress),
Golf GTi Mk1 (For Sale)
OMF#9

Currently listening to The White Stripes

Willy Eckerslyke <oss108no_spam (AT) bangor (DOT) ac.uk> wrote:

Just bought myself one of these rare beasts. Leaf springs, V8 engine and
full time 4-wheel drive makes for an interesting combination.

Did you get that doggy one off eBay?

Anyone know what they're worth?

If it's the one off eBay about half what he was asking. It needed a lot
doing to it.

This one's a bit rough, but repairable - the usual Series Land Rover
welding to chassis required. The engine wasn't running when I bought it,
but replacing the starter motor had that sorted. It fired up nicely, but
I ran out of petrol before getting a chance to see if it'd move.
My big decision will be whether to get it MOT'd and sell it on or strip
it for parts. Some bits - the front propshaft, axles and radiator are
unique to the model and apparently sought after, but I've no idea of
values so any ideas appreciated.

It's a lovely vehicle, I've wanted one for some time. You need to remove
the restrictors from the inlet manifold if that has not been done.

Pete M wrote:

Just bought myself one of these rare beasts. Leaf springs, V8 engine
and full time 4-wheel drive makes for an interesting combination.
Anyone know what they're worth?

It's worth anywhere between 750 and 3k.

with the welding done...

That's encouraging, thanks, and a fair bit more than I'd assume the
parts alone are worth, so I'd best get welding.

I reckon I got a bit of a bargain on this one, just 70 quid off eBay.
It's got damned good tyres too.

BTW, they were all 109 inchers, apart from two 88 inch prototypes
according to a website I've just been reading.

Steve Firth wrote:

Ah, a different one to the one I was thinking of, which was red and the
seller admited that the chassis was badly rotted.

I hadn't noticed that one. But then I haven't actually been looking out
for one. I only bought this because it was local and too cheap to lose
on. Same reason I'll be buying a Triumph Stag for 200 quid tomorrow
morning unless someone else has beaten me to it!

Willy Eckerslyke <oss108no_spam (AT) bangor (DOT) ac.uk> wrote:

Steve Firth wrote:

Ah, a different one to the one I was thinking of, which was red and the
seller admited that the chassis was badly rotted.

I hadn't noticed that one. But then I haven't actually been looking out
for one. I only bought this because it was local and too cheap to lose
on. Same reason I'll be buying a Triumph Stag for 200 quid tomorrow
morning unless someone else has beaten me to it!

There's a tempting Overfinch 500 just down the road from me, but at
present an incredibly original Discovery V8 in showroom condition has
caught my eye. That's for sale just around the corner from here and it
has a genuine 24k miles on it as well as having all the original Conran
design touches intact - even the handbag built into the armrest.

On Fri, 13 Apr 2007 14:33:09 +0100, Steve Firth wrote:

There's a tempting Overfinch 500 just down the road from me, but at
present an incredibly original Discovery V8 in showroom condition has
caught my eye. That's for sale just around the corner from here and it
has a genuine 24k miles on it...

Some original Discoveries made it to 24k?

Ian