Good evening all and thank you for having me. I'm really interested in a P38, love the styling. I've found one which will hopefully only fetch a rock bottom price but it has no keys? Am I a mad man for even considering it? Would it be more trouble than it's worth? I've done quite a bit of digging and seen about disengaging the transfer case to put it into neutral and tweaking the steering column to unlock it to move it till I get the key cut by main dealer? Any hints and tips much appreciated.
Buying a P38 4.0 with no keys?
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Hi there and welcome!
The cynic would say the keys have been 'lost' so you can't see it running or test drive it
Plan for at least a new engine and/or gearbox
The cynic would say the keys have been 'lost' so you can't see it running or test drive it
Plan for at least a new engine and/or gearbox
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Has the seller the right to sell ?
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didn't know dvla sold/auctioned vehicles
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Ah, then you'll pay an indemnity on top of the price too .
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Its a landrover with no keys walk away...no wait run.....
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If it's cheap enough and you have the time/skill/money to fix the unknown..
Just trying to say, go in with eyes fully open.
Keys are available from main dealers of you can prove ownership, just about anything is fixable with enough resource but the chances are, some things will need fixing even if it was looked after
Just trying to say, go in with eyes fully open.
Keys are available from main dealers of you can prove ownership, just about anything is fixable with enough resource but the chances are, some things will need fixing even if it was looked after
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If you can find the old owner and you are a brave man go and get the keys from him, you might have to offer him a bit of cash but would be the cheapest way, could also ask him if he knows if anything wrong with car
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MOT history will be sound though.
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would be a good start and having some history might help. It all depends on the price but if you look at scrap value if you do not pay much over that then if all goes wrong will not lose too much
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The MOT will give some idea, also will say where it may have come from, near the coast and it's a walk fast away jobbie ....
Been in Devon it's almost guaranteed to be near the sea sadly. But it is still MOT'd for a month or two and I've definitely seen worse MOT histories.
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You don't get the test location on mot history anymore. IIRC
You're right, you can only get the test location if you have the V5.
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I think if you can get it at the right money and it’s legitimate, it may be a risk worth taking. After all we may be all in tier “5” soon, and you may need something to do.
Good luck with your search, and welcome to the Landyzone.
I hope you get a Landy and stick around, as you can string a sentence together.
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