Landrover 88 series 2a - keep or sell?

Knappster said:

Hi and welcome!

What a fantastic Landy! You don’t see many in that original condition come up very often! You might find a service and some attention gives a very usable vehicle, as mentioned, but if you want to do a chassis change you could easily head towards the £7-10k mark easily depending on what you change with it. If you do restore, keepnthe bodywork as far as is possible, it’s got history and patina to it, which you cannot buy.

In terms of value, it depends what someone will pay. If you put in an auction, two bidders could really push the price up. Personally, I’d keep it.

Good luck with whatever you do. Keep us updated.

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lynall said:

Make it so it works and enjoy it, looks like you have some land so no need to be road legal.
The important thing to remember if it is (for example) worth 5k now, it will still be worth at least that if not more in 5/10 years time, so if you are not desperate for the money have some fun, genuine original low mileage s2 are like rocking horse poo.

Join the series 2 forum, some very knowledgable people on there, who will be able to tell you exactly what you have, they normally have local area meets etc, so you can sweet talk someone to come and have a look and maybe jelp get it running.

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Blinkingsaddler said:

Thank you thats really helpful to know.

A few have said its rare to see a 2a cab and with the low millage and unique number plate it really is a keeper.

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lynall said:

IThe cab/van/sw tops are just a nut and bolt exercise to change, not counting the rope hooks on the tub.
It is the fact it is original that will make it valuable, original chassis with chassis number visible is pretty rare, as people are obsessed with galv chassis, I reckon in years to come the car with the original chassis will have the greater provenance and therefore be worth more.
Most want shiny paint, real collectors crave originality.

Watch ebay, every now and then a truly nice original slightly beaten up s2 comes up for sale, watch the prices!

There are a hardcore bunch of people out there who want early s2/s2a/s3/90, spend enough time on the forums and you get to know who they are.

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Shimsteriom said:

Many a good toon played on an old fiddle.

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Blinkingsaddler said:

Genuine 25k miles. Used for the last 8 years to carry fishing equipment from one end of farm to another.
3 owners.
Last MOT recorded 2005 with 23,120 on the clock

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Knappster said:

Keep us updated!

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Blinkingsaddler said:

Spit and polish be as good as new ‍

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Marmaduke said:

Ahh that looks scrap. You'd better sell it to me for a tenner and you'd be ripping me off at that
Cleaning, paint and recommissioning is all that needs

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Blinkingsaddler said:

Does it really look that bad?

I honestly felt like saying to the farmer, who stores it for me, heres the keys it's all yours

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Marmaduke said:

What are the brakes like? If they are crap by modern standards then they are good for a series Drive it to the nearest supermarket and jetwash it to death underneath.
From those pictures you've got the makings of a solud nice series.
Congrats in very jealous

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Blinkingsaddler said:

Thats the closest I could get underneath today.

Caked in mud and more mud so couldn't see a great deal but overall the chassis doesn't seem too bad.

Apparently it was flooded in Feb and the brakes aren't the best.

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Marmaduke said:

Get the jetwash on it and clear all that crap out of the footwells cos that'll hold moisture against the metal and rot it through. Brakes might just need fettling but it looks very tidy to me. You and yer missus should be well chuffed

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Blinkingsaddler said:

Your absolutely right, i didn't think of the footwells.

We are both excited to see where this journey takes us as this is all completely new to us.

Thanks again for the advice, much appreciated

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Marmaduke said:

No worries, if it wasn't for this covid crap I'd come over in bobb and have a good look over it for you

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Blinkingsaddler said:

That would have been ideal and greatly appreciated but I completely understand ( covid )

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Marmaduke said:

I'll be honest I don't know what the rules about meeting folk anyway but I'm working the next couple of weekends

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Marmaduke said:

I'll be honest I don't know what the rules about meeting folk anyway but I'm working the next couple of weekends

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Marmaduke said:

I'll be honest I don't know what the rules about meeting folk anyway but I'm working the next couple of weekends

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