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Oldfogey

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This offering is looking interesting to me:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/271998048412?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT
I had been thinking of a 300tdi, but all the fuss about diesels is making me think again about petrol. I know they are thirsty, but I do love the sound of the V8 (I've had 4 so far).
The paint colour is horrible, but a respray would cure that.
The aspect I am not sure about is the gearbox. I would have thought a 5-speed would be easier on the engine and the fuel, so is it practical to change the box? What would one use - LT77?
 
I want it to wind up our Technical support guys. I know what your saying about the colour though.
 
The diesel emission stuff that is going around shouldn't affect a 300tdi as emission based road tax was only brought in for post 2002 (or thereabout) cars. Even if newer vehicles did get re-banded to their true life emission levels the 300 was never officially measured to start with so is taxed on its capacity.

As for the v8 - cack colour!
 
Oldfogey said:
This offering is looking interesting to me:
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/271998048412?_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649&ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT
I had been thinking of a 300tdi, but all the fuss about diesels is making me think again about petrol. I know they are thirsty, but I do love the sound of the V8 (I've had 4 so far).
The paint colour is horrible, but a respray would cure that.
The aspect I am not sure about is the gearbox. I would have thought a 5-speed would be easier on the engine and the fuel, so is it practical to change the box? What would one use - LT77?
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http://www.useddudley.co.uk/classified-ad/2005-2495-cc-DIESEL-LAND-ROVER_24680339
Is that one a better colour?
 
If its had outriggers and a rear x member then the rest of the chassis would be getting a bit thin in places as well ,
would be a good starting point for a complete rebuild JMHO
 
If it's a genuine CSW, what I'd probably do is repaint it a period-correct colour. I think the two-tone brown/cream you got on the early 110s actually suits it really well. It's a colour that (apart from GWR railway carriages) very few vehicles can pull off.

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I'd give my right testicle ( not my left ) for a good condition v8 SW with original colour scheme. The one pictured above is timelessly beautiful and a real head-turner.
 
You can really see on the early ones how it is fundamentally a series 3 body on a lengthened Range Rover chassis. I think aesthetically it's bits like the galvanised body cappings that divide the two colours, plus the body lines carried over from the series 2. It was (at a minimum) 12 year-old technology in 1983, but Land Rover stuck with it and it worked.
 
I'm surprised it didn't sell. My rebuild has cost me nearly that much so far and I only have half a car! I was going to go for that brown colour scheme but the kids were not impressed so had to have red.
 
I wonder what the reserve is. With a new chassis needed in a couple of years, a respray, and whatever other bits undoubtedly need doing, it is going to cost quite a bit more than the cover price.

If you go and look at the two-tone Bluedog, and don't buy it, perhaps you could report back on what you see? It's 15 years older than what I was thinking of, and a 2 day trip to get a good look at it for me!
 
When you look at one next to the Stage One V8, you can see all they had to do was add wider axles and wing extenders - simple, logical evolution.
land-rover-v8-stage-1-station-wagon-05.jpg
 
Oldfogey said:
I wonder what the reserve is. With a new chassis needed in a couple of years, a respray, and whatever other bits undoubtedly need doing, it is going to cost quite a bit more than the cover price.

If you go and look at the two-tone Bluedog, and don't buy it, perhaps you could report back on what you see? It's 15 years older than what I was thinking of, and a 2 day trip to get a good look at it for me!
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Hi Oldfogey. I'm not planning on buying it, just saying it's my perfect Landy if I had the money!
If you were considering bidding on it then I would perhaps go and have a look at it.
 
zeaphod said:
When you look at one next to the Stage One V8, you can see all they had to do was add wider axles and wing extenders - simple, logical evolution.View attachment 91395
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The Stage One really is the 'missing link' between the series 3 and the 110. The early ones are almost the same externally, apart from the wider Range Rover axles. You can trace the evolution of the design from the series 2 right up to today and it shows how much has really been carried over.
 
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