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    One can see theres a lot of love time and efforts invested in your 109. True beauty
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    That's my problem, I don't have any experience to say good from bad. All I have is understanding of physics and common sense. I can probably tell quite a lot just by using those but experience is priceless Give me a nudge if you see one nicely rebuilt Series 2a or early 3 flying around :)
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    Thanks Nite for your thoughts. I will be using it frequently in the local vicinity, it's just never long distances. It's like 2 miles trip twice or three times a week. It's trips like going to local B&Q for various material for DIY. It will not be standing still, I just don't plan to use it for...
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    If we're talking this month I can squeeze about 2200, I can imagine going a bit higher lets say 2500-2700 if I wait with purchase 2 more months
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    lorri just won 10 reputation points :) but seriously what are the places where rust damage can impact the practical usability of the car the most? There is no doubt about frame I can imagine swapping that or even stripping all off to weld some patches on it will be major task costing me probably...
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    not afraid of mechanics!
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    I don't have a car at the moment and i actually never had one, but to my benefit I used to drive in mountains on snow and ice in Paugeot 206 and never ended up in trouble. This Landy I'm looking for will be my first car
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    Thank you for help blue. My intended use is predominantly local not a big distances. I live on farm and we have unmade access road which especially in the winter is a no go for pretty much any non 4x4 car and when it gets really nasty it's just my neighbours tractor which can make it up. I...
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    Hi Peeps, I don't seam to find any buyers guide for Series Land-rover on the site. I am interested in hearing from experienced serviceman and peeps doing restorations what are the key places to look for rust, what things I better properly test to save me spending more on fixing it up then the...
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    Too cautious to buy one without getting to know a bit more about them

    Hi everybody, let me shortly introduce myself. I have filled bits and bobs in the biography but lets get the ball rolling here as well. I was born in Czech Republic and i moved to UK about 5 years ago. I come from family where nobody ever had car, neither my parents nor myself and neither any...