BTD1
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Righto people, really would appreciate advice on a bit of a dilemma.
this is my 1994 Discovery 1, 3.9 V8 ES. It has done 91,000 miles with a complete service history. Condition wise it is very very good. Very little rust - and what little there was I have sorted. I have spent around £1500 on everything from dinitrol underseal to new window seals, maintenance, sourcing original parts to bring it up to good as possible condition, before we get onto the roof rack/suspension + wheels etc. Its not mint as it has lived a life, but personally haven't seen a cleaner one outside of restorations or a rare one here or there.
The dilemma I have is, that out of good care in the next 18 months/year I would likely want to get the engine a bit of tlc (cam, gaskets, timing chain etc) as well as rebuilt TC, + new exhaust etc to keep the old girl purring as good as possible - worth noting that I would only do this for peace of mind, there is no signs at all of any issues, but as we know these are basically maintenance items on this engines.
This is will cost likely circa 6/7k (rough numbers, still not sure if I will do the work myself for lack of time). That is money that I will almost certainly never get back - and I'm wondering if I'm better off selling now for 4500-5000 while its in perfectly working order with no imminent need of work, and putting that plus 6/7k into getting a 90, which is more likely to maintain/grow in value).
At this point this is a purely logical thought process (emotions are another thing!) The good thing about keeping it is I can stagger the work over the next year or so.
I would be very interested in how others approach this - appreciate I am probably viewing this with a bit too much logic but also aware that Disco 1's are still very much a lower value vehicle, and reality is I don't want to spend money that others won't see the same value in - I could put 4k into over the next couple of years, and in reality only be able to sell it for a bit more.
Can someone help guide my thoughts?
this is my 1994 Discovery 1, 3.9 V8 ES. It has done 91,000 miles with a complete service history. Condition wise it is very very good. Very little rust - and what little there was I have sorted. I have spent around £1500 on everything from dinitrol underseal to new window seals, maintenance, sourcing original parts to bring it up to good as possible condition, before we get onto the roof rack/suspension + wheels etc. Its not mint as it has lived a life, but personally haven't seen a cleaner one outside of restorations or a rare one here or there.
The dilemma I have is, that out of good care in the next 18 months/year I would likely want to get the engine a bit of tlc (cam, gaskets, timing chain etc) as well as rebuilt TC, + new exhaust etc to keep the old girl purring as good as possible - worth noting that I would only do this for peace of mind, there is no signs at all of any issues, but as we know these are basically maintenance items on this engines.
This is will cost likely circa 6/7k (rough numbers, still not sure if I will do the work myself for lack of time). That is money that I will almost certainly never get back - and I'm wondering if I'm better off selling now for 4500-5000 while its in perfectly working order with no imminent need of work, and putting that plus 6/7k into getting a 90, which is more likely to maintain/grow in value).
At this point this is a purely logical thought process (emotions are another thing!) The good thing about keeping it is I can stagger the work over the next year or so.
I would be very interested in how others approach this - appreciate I am probably viewing this with a bit too much logic but also aware that Disco 1's are still very much a lower value vehicle, and reality is I don't want to spend money that others won't see the same value in - I could put 4k into over the next couple of years, and in reality only be able to sell it for a bit more.
Can someone help guide my thoughts?
