Advice on buying a Series 3

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A friend of mine has 3 Land Rovers and his Series 3 is sat on his drive in a state of disrepair. It would take a bit of elbow grease and late nights to get it road worthy again but he is wanting to sell it to me for £1k. I have never done a project before and don't really have the space or time at the minute, would I be stupid to miss an opportunity like this?
(p.s all the parts are there to put back on it)
 
My experience of owning series 2's, is avoid having them as a car you need use of as most jobs take longer than you think they will.
If you have the room and can have it sitting there while you tinker then why not, you can always sell it on if it doesn't work out..
 
shadyadie said:
My experience of owning series 2's, is avoid having them as a car you need use of as most jobs take longer than you think they will.
If you have the room and can have it sitting there while you tinker then why not, you can always sell it on if it doesn't work out..
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Cheers pal, I think my mate would be heart broke if I sold it. He's owned it since 1993 and wants me to have it so I can keep it forever. I have another car as a daily driver but no space to repair the Series.
 
I wouldn't.

No time, no space, just means it'll sit rotting till you have space or time/inclination or get rid again .. :) If you had somewhere to store it and could visit and fettle it in small chunks then maybe.

I'd also ask why it's just sat in bits on his drive.

In my experience there's normally a couple of reasons .. Something broke, he started to fix it and the fault(s) just growed and growed ... He tried to update it/fettle it/fix it and found he didn't have time or inclination so left it.

I know 'cos I've done it, though my excuse is (sort of) ill health, 'cos I get depressed. First time with my Disco when I started adding rockslider sills to it, they took a year, then again with the Disco when it drowned, then again with my current '90 from January this year ish ... Mind, they did get done eventually, in a fashion .. ;)
 
Paul D said:
I wouldn't.

No time, no space, just means it'll sit rotting till you have space or time/inclination or get rid again .. :) If you had somewhere to store it and could visit and fettle it in small chunks then maybe.

I'd also ask why it's just sat in bits on his drive.

In my experience there's normally a couple of reasons .. Something broke, he started to fix it and the fault(s) just growed and growed ... He tried to update it/fettle it/fix it and found he didn't have time or inclination so left it.

I know 'cos I've done it, though my excuse is (sort of) ill health, 'cos I get depressed. First time with my Disco when I started adding rockslider sills to it, they took a year, then again with the Disco when it drowned, then again with my current '90 from January this year ish ... Mind, they did get done eventually, in a fashion .. ;)
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He rescued it from a quarry so it was battered, he got it to a workable stage then decided to buy a 90, then he decided to fix his mk2 jag he has in his garage. Then he got a load of PPI back and bought a 2014 Puma defender (which is what he always wanted). He says it shouldn't take long really to get road worthy it would just be a pain if it was stored somewhere else to drive to fettle with.
 
kee said:
Cheers pal, I think my mate would be heart broke if I sold it. He's owned it since 1993 and wants me to have it so I can keep it forever. I have another car as a daily driver but no space to repair the Series.
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If you haven't got space then leave it, as you'll need lots of room to put all the bits that need fixing as well as the car, mine sits at the back of the drive out the way of everyone, would be better in a garage, but you can't have everything.
 
shadyadie said:
If you haven't got space then leave it, as you'll need lots of room to put all the bits that need fixing as well as the car, mine sits at the back of the drive out the way of everyone, would be better in a garage, but you can't have everything.
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Yeh that's what I'm thinking, its a damn shame because the whole thing is practically together. The dash needs putting back and then a bit of rewiring. The engine needs attention as its not ran in 20+yrs. Looks like I'll have to give it a miss and wait for a running project I can get to grips with.
 
+ 1 to all that's been said, don't let your heart rule your head as the only alternative would be paying to have the beast restored & that's going to require more money than the value of the finished job. Once you start you're committed & the work will become a money-pit, but if that's chosen course of action make sure your bank account is flexible & you have the 'phone number of the Samaritans ;)
 
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