How much have you spent restoring your Series?

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Big Mat

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Hi all,

Was just wondering how much you have spent restoring your series land rovers?

I'm hunting down a series to restore at the moment so lets hear how much its cost you to give me a rough idea.

atm
mat
 
iannotts said:
i see you paid the same price as me for yours ;)
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bloody right:D best things in life are free my uncle bought it about 6 years back then a couple of years ago he was driving up a hill and the rear prop snapped wich in turns ripped out a brake line then he rolled back into a freelander:D YES!!:p finnaly landed up in a ditch on its side somehow the knob:p
 
Big Mat said:
Looks like i best be finding myself a job so i can afford to restore a series when i find one :rolleyes: i wish more people wanted to employ a 16yo :doh:
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ye its **** work wise atm, i had my series at 16 done her up ready for when i was 17, lets say it wasnt a perfect car for a 17 year old :p so had a vw polo for a year hated it:mad: then bought my defender 90 :D my old series is here to stay though shes like part of the garden;)
 
gcoo8154 said:
ye its **** work wise atm, i had my series at 16 done her up ready for when i was 17, lets say it wasnt a perfect car for a 17 year old :p so had a vw polo for a year hated it:mad: then bought my defender 90 :D my old series is here to stay though shes like part of the garden;)
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Yeh thats my plan to restore one for when i turn 17, i'm going to need to cart straw and hay and feed sacks around because i keep a couple of goats and chickens and ducks so i might as well get something thats practical for that.
 
nothing wrong with a series landy as a first car at 17
mine was a 62 88" that i did up
my mates loved it we could fit loads in it and go down the beach for the day
cost about a grand to fix up and took around a year
me new 1 has already cost about £500 and i hardlly even started yet
there is no limit to what it can cost for a rebuild just depends how bad it is to start and how far you want to go
 
Big Mat said:
Yeh thats my plan to restore one for when i turn 17, i'm going to need to cart straw and hay and feed sacks around because i keep a couple of goats and chickens and ducks so i might as well get something thats practical for that.
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ah tidy :D
have you ever driven an old series??:p

if your going to use it as your main car id look at getting an older 90 to restore:D slighty ever so slightly more useable as everyday car well i do and i love it:D
 
gcoo8154 said:
ah tidy :D
have you ever driven an old series??:p

if your going to use it as your main car id look at getting an older 90 to restore:D slighty ever so slightly more useable as everyday car well i do and i love it:D
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Its not going to be an everyday car so i think i'll stick to finding an old series :D
 
I have spent about £1500 including a Galvo chassis. The S3 was free from my Dad :cool: Been in the Family all of its life.

I too am 16 and planning to have it on the road for when i Turn 17 (Which is next month.. :doh: Not a hope springs to mind).

Wan't my advice? Don't bother with one to restore, You end up spending much more time and money than it is worth. If mine was not as sentemtal, I would have bought a S2a and used that whilst doing jobs to it at the weekend (I.e Rolling Restoration). With a rebuild you just find thing after thing and i can't bring myself to put dirty bits back on it so everything gets cleaned and painted.

Btw... Ignore the poof who went soft and bought a 90 :p Bit of sound proofing and some decent seats with some well oiled springs and they are just as good comfort wise.
 
Nothing yet. Just getting started so that'l change. Fortunately rust isnt an issue in these parts.
 

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as with any restro project its all the money you want to spend plus a little bit more, lots and lots of hours work and in your own mind it will never be finished, but it will be a car you wont forget
 
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