I recently gave my 90 up to my dad, in exchange he gave me his disco which he was going to scrap. But, it's been in the family for SO LONG now, it's got many problems with it, many of which will result in a failed MOT due this year, but it's been such a great vehicle that i don't want to give up on it just yet. It needs work done on the engine, body and a few other bits, including a new boot floor, glowplugs, propshafts, and other bits and bobs like that. Is it worth repairing it? bearing in mind i'm in France, and over here people charge ridiculous prices for them.

Do you have a list of what is required?
Do you have space, tools, and skills?

Without all of that info, noone will be able to tell you.

You seem to be contemplating the maintenance/restoration of a family heirloom. Back luck on you that it turns out to be a rusty Disco.

But I think you should see it as exactly that. As long as it doesn't compete with the roof over your head, basic sustenance and clothing, and maybe broadband then you should spend the money. Once you have the initial emergencies sorted, put all the initial effort in to establishing cost efficient means of getting it to where you want it.

Somewhere in my head is an old Mk1 1.2L Cortina Estate that my Grandfather had for many years and then sold to my Dad. As a very young lad I helped my Dad renovate and install a 1.5 engine in that and it was one of the longest lasting family cars we owned. It was the first car I drove (properly, with the pedals and gear change). I can still remember the reg plate and I was probably only 10 or 11 when it finally got moved on.

I have all the necessary tools to do the job, i'll have to do a general inspection of everything to establish a list.

If it is LHD in France it will be worth a fair sum if in usable order. There is not a lot on a Discovery that can not be done in the home workshop. Treat it as a hobby and work through it if you fancy such a task. But buy the bits from the UK. Parts in France tend to be silly money.

Sheffield said:

If it is LHD in France it will be worth a fair sum if in usable order. There is not a lot on a Discovery that can not be done in the home workshop. Treat it as a hobby and work through it if you fancy such a task. But buy the bits from the UK. Parts in France tend to be silly money.

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It's a RHD, unfortunately. But still, people charge stupid sums of money for RHD disco's over here. Today i did some work on the old bus, blanked off EGR and cleaned out the inlet manifolds and such, it has made a noticeable difference to performance.
It's got a fair whack of stuff wrong with it, but i'll have to see what i want to do with it once it gets closer to it's MOT.

When you say silly prices what do they go for ?

I have just had a quick look at a French internet site. Not easy as their filter system seems to ignore what search details I put in.
I found just two 300TDIs, a 1998 260,500kms Euros5,900 and another 1998 with a claimed 31,000km at euros 15,000 .
Also a 2000 V8 164,000km euros 5,200,. A TD5 2000 at 333,000kms euros 5,900, a 2002 TD5 141,000km euros 11,900 and a 2002 TD5 134,000km at euros 11,900.
All of the Discovery1s I see locally, and thats not many, seem in very poor condition.