What should I do?

Evening all,

As a few may know I've got an '82 Series 3 109 hi-cap in pieces at the moment, trying to get it back on the road. Admittedly it's been somewhat neglected over the last couple of months, too many projects on the go (trying to get the canal boat in a usable state for the summer mainly)

Was on a course at work last week that (for some unknown reason) involved an offroad driving course, and also involved me getting the works 110 very stuck! We'll keep quiet about having to get it pulled out by an L200 though lol.


The 109 I've got is far from a quick fix, needs work on suspension, welding in a few places, complete re-wire, engine conversion to be done, brakes and clutch not working, panels replacing, paint, etc.

Anyway, went to a family do with the girlfriend on Sunday and got chatting to one of her uncles, he told me he's got a 'mark 3 land rover 110' ( :doh: ) that's been laid up for a while and just needs a starter motor.

Had a scoot round earlier and it turns out it's actually a 1977 series 3 88", beautiful interior with seats & windows in the back, overdrive and freewheeling hubs fitted and looked solid underneath from a quick look. I know he wants rid of it, but I stupidly didn't find a price out and he's away at the moment.

A quick plan formulated:
- Buy the 88
- Run it until the winter/next year/whenever I've finished everything else
- Drop the 2.25 out of the 88 and stick it in the 109, and put the 200tdi thats on my workshop floor in the 88
- Fix the 109 up and sell it

Or am I being completely nuts and should I just persevere with what I've got? If I dispose of some other assets I should be able to afford to keep both, and I've got the luxury of a large secure garage at work

As a matter of interest what sort of money should I be looking at paying for said 88?

Any advice/opinions very welcome!

do that but sell the 88 leave 109 with 200tdi £500for88

Stuck on this now, ive just chatted to the bloke and he said to 'make him an offer' bearing in mind he paid £1500 for it, and he will service it and put an MOT on it and it's had 2 new Tyres on the front....it's been standing for about 3 years from what I've heard...so have series 3 prices gone up or down?

Don't want to pay over the odds for it as much as I really want it, but don't want to take the **** as it's the girlfriends uncle, so realistically what price should I be looking at?

I'll return with pics when I've ha a proper look at it....

Grand if its a good 'un.

That's what I was feeling, had an upper limit of a grand in my head

Depends. If she gives really good head, up the price, if she don't then pay little.

protactor said:

Depends. If he gives really good head, up the price, if he don't then pay little.

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Edited for a laugh!

£1k with tax and mot, £500 without.

He's told the mother in law he's after £950 for it now so looks like we could be onto a deal....I'll see him a week on Monday and see where we go from there, might get it down a bit by sending him some (free to me) oil, antifreeze, red diesel and batteries....my job is useful for some things!

Blimey, don't where you chaps live but an SIII with a great interior, solid chassis and overdrive plus 2 new tyres costs at least £1500 ish, knock him down a couple of hundred for the starter motor of course. If you're unsure maybe 'watch' similar models on eBay and use that as a bartering bench mark.

Johnny_Regis said:

Blimey, don't where you chaps live but an SIII with a great interior, solid chassis and overdrive plus 2 new tyres costs at least £1500 ish, knock him down a couple of hundred for the starter motor of course. If you're unsure maybe 'watch' similar models on eBay and use that as a bartering bench mark.

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When someone says 'make me an offer' then comparisons to ebay go out of the window...if he's happy to accept a grand then everyones happy.