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Redwingback · May 13, 2014

Have seen this series three advertised locally, (I have a Freelander, q the abuse....).

It is easy to buy and fit a hard top back and safari style door to replace the hood ? Tried a search, but not much came back...

Price seems reasonable, providing it's solid as stated, doubtful about mileage obviously....

Land Rover Series Iii

Appreciate your thoughts.....

Freetime101 · May 13, 2014

Dead easy, just a few bolts - I wouldn't be so hasty though, try the soft top, you might prefer it

Redwingback · May 13, 2014

Thanks, would do for a while. Expensive to buy the parts ?

Chris W · May 13, 2014

if you get a hard top i'd give you a fair price for the hood and sticks

darius · May 13, 2014

Looks good but pricey, nowt wrong with the hood as it will be quieter than a hard top. Where are the door tops? Check they are included

Freetime101 · May 13, 2014

£200 or so for a hard top, sides and door - the canvas and sticks are worth a bit though with summer approaching - I'll do you a straight swap if you like

Redwingback · May 14, 2014

darius said:
Looks good but pricey, nowt wrong with the hood as it will be quieter than a hard top. Where are the door tops? Check they are included

I was hoping not to pay that much, but what do you think would be a more realistic price?

I will check on the door tops, thanks.

divie · May 14, 2014

I paid £45 for a pair of station wagon sides, £25 for a roof and the same for a rear door.
When fitted and painted they looked good.

Freetime101 · May 14, 2014

divie said:
I paid £45 for a pair of station wagon sides, £25 for a roof and the same for a rear door.
When fitted and painted they looked good.

Jammie git! I need to get better at ebay

honolulujoe · May 14, 2014

I have seen lots of hardtops on the bay over the years that don't sell.

it must be possible to pic one up for relatively little money

Redwingback · May 14, 2014

Thanks everyone, what about the price of the LR itself ? was mentioned as being 'pricey' any idea what is a more realistic asking price for it's age condition ? (Appreciate that would be just from visuals).. Cheers

blue beasty · May 14, 2014

Redwingback said:
Thanks everyone, what about the price of the LR itself ? was mentioned as being 'pricey' any idea what is a more realistic asking price for it's age condition ? (Appreciate that would be just from visuals).. Cheers

Would have to be something special (eg low mileage original) for me to consider anything over 1800, even then I'd expect recent work along the lines of verifiable gearbox recon or similar. Having said that they go for seemingly random amounts

Redwingback · May 14, 2014

Thanks, I was hoping to get it at a reasonable price seeming as the owner is heading abroad.. I will see how flexible they are...

I've noticed how they range considerably in price - seems to be no real sense as to how they come to it...

blue beasty · May 14, 2014

I suspect they've bought a new ragtop and added that onto how much they think its worth.....doesn't quite work like that though

Redwingback · May 14, 2014

Yeah I thought as much too, saw that it was made special mention of being new, in the ad...

countryest · May 14, 2014

Got my hardtop for £25 once sides with windows, and £11 for the rear door. All from eBay just have to wait until they come up in your area.

Trev

Bump · May 14, 2014

I have a truck cab on mine and just bought a rag top with poles - trust me they are worth very good money!

For that Series, it looks ok - cruck lock is a bit of a joke! that wouldn't do anything, but, from the few photos looks reasonable. Personally I wouldn'y pay more than £1500 for it and if someone told me they'd paid more than £2k for it i'd be worried for them.

But, people have this weird perseption that their landy is worth more than it is (bare in mind this one is not tax exempt too) anyone i've ever contacted trying to sell and over priced project after the sale has ended with no bids, has always said they're going to keep it instead... maybe they're hoping it will be worth more with 10 years more rust on it :/

Chris W · May 14, 2014

blue beasty said:
I suspect they've bought a new ragtop and added that onto how much they think its worth.....doesn't quite work like that though

+1

buy it without the rag top.. offer £1,900 . if its sound

you can pick a hard top up relatively cheap . :scratching_chin:

NiteMare · May 15, 2014

the one and only hard top i've bought cost me 99p from ebay, this came with van sides that had strange windows fitted to it (god knows what they came out of but they were slide opening windows) i never used it in the end

purchased about 4 years ago

WITCHBRO · May 17, 2014

That's a new canvas on this, why change it..... as above easy to change if you want to. Soft top a little more maintenance but I would stick with it.

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