Marmaduke said:
The quality item I bought was blue :D
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@YorkshYorkshireDallas how much did you pay for it to begin with and how long do you think you'll keep it?
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I paid £1200 for it and the plan was to restore it back to its glory and keep it until I die lol. Your photo is the exact same as mine.

Now with the chassis I'm in two minds whether to get shut and get a better one of stick with this old bird and bring her back to life.
 
If it's got to be a D2 you can maintain on the drive, get one on as late a plate as possible with as solid a chassis as possible. Everything else is fixable.

Late D2s in this condition and age are not cheap. If it's what you want, spend the money.

Or you could spend c£5k on an early D3 with most big jobs already done. Or a freelander 2 can be had for similar money.

Or a tidy, solid p38 @Henry_b one of those would keep you busy on the drive

You say your engine and drivetrain is PERFECT. Is it? It would have to be 100% along with everything else, an absolute ill-die-before-i-sell-it-keeper to warrant a chassis replacement. £3k just for the chassis. You ain't doing that on the drive are you?

Then again, if everything is perfect, why would you be changing all the bits as a project? Get the rear half chassis done and use it if this is the case.

It's my personal opinion D2s are not worth dropping thousands into on a chassis change, there's enough out there with solid chassis if you look carefully or better LR models for similar money.
 
Look at the one @doriz linked to. If that's solid enough for the next 3 or 4 mots you're laughing already. Less than the price of a galv chassis but you get a whole car
 
Is there any Dicovery 2s out there that doesn't require a new chassis?

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Yup mines as I have a galvanised chassis :D & nearly on 260,000 miles (109 to go)
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& its silver :p
 
My 2 cents:-

Keep it if it is as good as you say mechanically.

Put a full galv chassis under it, and service it yourself more regularly than you do anything else.

Buy your own diagnostics.

Personally, i wouldn't buy one more modern than 2000 due the changes in VED and other such regulations ....

Be aware that you will NEED to get agreed value insurance, or they will have your pants down :rolleyes: :(
 
YorkshYorkshireDallas said:
I paid £1200 for it and the plan was to restore it back to its glory and keep it until I die lol. Your photo is the exact same as mine.

Now with the chassis I'm in two minds whether to get shut and get a better one of stick with this old bird and bring her back to life.
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Maybe buy a nice body/chassis one with toasted mechanicals and make your project dreams come true, if such a thing exists.
But if as you say, you want to keep it a long time get the repair done as well as you can afford, then the project is only overcapitalised if you want to sell it, and you'll naturally lose money, but it remains a good investment if it's a keeper.
 
P38 is a weird vehicle.

One minute you love it, the next you're contemplating beating the thing to death with a hammer and marvelling at the snivelling piece of ****..

Mind you, i wouldn't mind a nice D2..

The best all rounder, the comfort of the P38 without the unnecessary excess.

Whoever designed the P38's electrical system needs a swift punch in the bollocks.

Anyway i digress,,

Keep the D2.
 
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Not being rude but a 99 D2 cant be worth enough to justify a galv chassis?
If anyone I knew told me they had spent that sort of money on a chassis for a D2 I would think they were nuts.

You can sort of justify it on a Defender as they are never really going to depreciate like a disco.

People always says its a keeper/car for life etc etc and then some time later they sell it for one reason or another, so the trick is to invest as litlte time/money as possible into any old car, its hard to admit that sometimes its an old car not a classic car, and people get wrapped up in it for some reason, but its not old enough to interest any classic followers (maybe in 20 yrs time), the herd dont want it as they see it as an old heap.
 
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lynall said:
This is what happens when you spend bucket loads on an old motor, then a couple of years later something big goes wrong and you/your partner/wallet says enough is enough and common sense kicks on.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/LAND-ROV...044554?hash=item546acc924a:g:D5wAAOSw5q9cd~3K
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My point exactly, good value to someone with good mechanicals to put into it and something such as that maybe the way forward for the OP.
But your so right about most of these old cars being a road to poverty and disappointment, if it isn't a rare collectible example keep your spending on it under strict control. Different of course if it's just something to occupy time and your not spending big.
 
Marmaduke said:
He'd be better off buying that and putting his engine in it :eek:
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I was going to suggest that as there will be oodles of spares to boot.

I did smile whan I read the advert and it said its just the head gasket, yep Im sure it is!
 
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