masonsjeep

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• Jun 23, 2015

• #1

Is there anywhere to find out how many Range Rover P38 were made in each colour.?
I know mine is quite rare , but would like to know how many were made in same colour as mine , Monte Carlo Blue,

 

Littelwill

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• Jun 23, 2015

• #2

I've got two friends with them in the same colour!

 

Saint.V8

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• Jun 23, 2015

• #3

Grab a book by James Taylor called Range Rover: The Second Generation

Brilliant reference book, will give details of models, colours, limited editions, history, design....basically everything!

 

T

tomcat59alan

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• Jun 23, 2015

• #4

masonsjeep said:

Is there anywhere to find out how many Range Rover P38 were made in each colour.?
I know mine is quite rare , but would like to know how many were made in same colour as mine , Monte Carlo Blue,

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Yours is rarer than you think, I've scrapped hundreds in that colour.

 

Saint.V8

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• Jun 23, 2015

• #5

Have you got the paint code from under the bonnet, as Monte Carlo Blue isn't coming up as a P38 colour option....is on the L322 and is a light-ish blue....

Although there are some P38's re-sprayed in that colour...

And Classics....

And Discos...

...And Freelanders...

...also Defenders....

....and (sadly) the Ejoke....

 

masonsjeep

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• Jun 23, 2015

• #6

Its the original paint colour. Mines a 4.6 vogue.

Looks the same as the P38 you just posted.

 

Saint.V8

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• Jun 23, 2015

• #7

If you have the paint code from the VIN plate maybe it was originally called something else when the P38 was brought out....as Monte Carlo Blue isn't listed.....

Icelandic Blue (colour 621) is very very similar - Introduced from September 2001

 

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masonsjeep

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• Jun 23, 2015

• #8

Paint code is 608

 

Saint.V8

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• Jun 23, 2015

• #9

Yep...608 is Monte Carlo Blue....

How interesting. First one I have seen in factory Monte Carlo Blue....

608 is listed as a Land Rover Colour introduced in 2001, but it was not specific to one model and was used over the entire Land Rover brand....but how many were Range Rovers...I have no idea.

 

Q

quavey

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• Jun 23, 2015

• #10

Would anyone know how rare mine is in Cobar blue? 624. I've only ever seen one other and the odd discovery.

 

Saint.V8

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• Jun 23, 2015

• #11

quavey said:

Would anyone know how rare mine is in Cobar blue? 624. I've only ever seen one other and the odd discovery.

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Cobar Blue was offered on the 1998 Limited Edition model, the dHSE, this is based on the HSE model from 1998 aside from no fog lamps (as it is a diesel) and oddly no mudflaps either!

600 examples were made of the dHSE which came in colours: Cobar Blue, Epsom Green, Niagra Grey, Oxford Blue, Riola Red and White Gold.

Body coloured bumpers, mirrors and sills.

All colours except White Gold had a single cream coach line and fitted with 16" Stratos Alloys with the wider HSE spec 255 tyres.

Electric Seats but no memory, all were autos, Harman Karden ICE, auto-dimming mirror.

Lightstone Leather with contrasting piping...on the Cobar Blue it was Atlantic Blue.

List Price of £47,075 was £3,400 less than the 4.6 HSE at the time.

 

domino

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• Jun 23, 2015

• #12

...where all diesels bereft of front fog lights?

 

Saint.V8

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• Jun 23, 2015

• #13

domino said:

...where all diesels bereft of front fog lights?

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Yep, due to the location of the gearbox oil cooler...

 

domino

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• Jun 23, 2015

• #14

Learn something new every day!

 

T

tomcat59alan

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• Jun 23, 2015

• #15

Saint.V8 said:

Yep, due to the location of the gearbox oil cooler...

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Except on the manuals, mine has them.

 

masonsjeep

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• Jun 23, 2015

• #16

Cheers Saint.
Log book says January 2001.

 

wammers

No longer with us, RIP

Donater

• Jun 23, 2015

• #17

tomcat59alan said:

Except on the manuals, mine has them.

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So as mine and it's an auto.

 

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tomcat59alan

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• Jun 23, 2015

• #18

wammers said:

So as mine and it's an auto.

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Well that's blown Ant's theory out of the water as long as yours were factory fitted.

 

Saint.V8

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• Jun 23, 2015

• #19

Auto Desels never had them factory fitted.

And as far as I know only a handful of the Manuals had them fitted as an option...but were never fitted standard to the DT range (1995 Manuals were called DSE until 1996 MY came out)

 

wammers

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Donater

• Jun 23, 2015

• #20

tomcat59alan said:

Well that's blown Ant's theory out of the water as long as yours were factory fitted.

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Don't think they are factory fitted somebody spent a few bob on mine before i got it. Bumper has vents cut in it.