I fell in love.....but

...damn she's ugly! My Dad told me the best ones always are though


What do you guys reckon? Just up the road from me, thinking about making an offer if chassis and bulkhead are OK. Really wanted a V8 but have a budget of about 2K and I like this one, don't know why

Ex MOD Land Rover Series 3 109 2 Axle Rigid Body 1983 on eBay, also, Land Rover Range Rover, Cars, Cars, Parts Vehicles (end time 30-Mar-08 19:21:05 BST)

looks rotten underneath!i think you can do better than that for your 2k.

Well its gone past my max bid, i'm not going to stand in your way!

There is a lot of surface rust under there but i didnt see any holes and it looks like she hasnt been maintained except for some new break pipes.

ex mod landies usually have about 1" of thick black underseal on em. in ten years of working on em i never seen one that had any rust underneath, cept fer one used soley fer launching boats. if i wur thinking about buying it that would be a main point of concern or for those that have english as a second langauge , main issue.

it certainly looks abit fooked underneath and if that has bin neglected then what else has? take someone with yer that knows series landies and give it a good going over.
from the pics i'd say yer shocks are likely to be fooked, the diff pan looks like it might be leaking, there int a piccy of the front swivels yet he a shot of underneath the back,are the leaky front swvels the reason fer lack of piccies of em?

and the mileage...58,000kms thats around 40,000miles.ish. somehow i don't think so!

its has all the appearance of something thats bin laid up in a barn fer years

I know fk all about Landrovers at the minute (I learn quick tho') but it don't 'alf make me feel better about my 800 quids worth of same year Landy!

you sure yours is a '83?

Yep, it's a dog

OK, looking for alternatives. I want anything with a V8 and minimal rust. Prefer a soft top. I know you can change the tops but seems like it could be a pain and soft top kits seem expensive.

So, V8 (or decent alternative), minimal rust, soft top, prefer 110 so I can move my motocross bike around

Guess I might have to go over budget. I read the buying guide on here, very good guide so thanks for that

Does anyone know the load area dimensions of 90 and 110s?

slob said:

you sure yours is a '83?

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It's not mine, and after listeneing to the wise forumers it's never going to be

V8s seem rare, how much is it to have the engine swapped? Is it a massive job or straight forward? I can do electrics no hassle, just the mechanical stuff stumps me sometimes.

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It's not mine, and after listeneing to the wise forumers it's never going to be

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wint folking asking you

and yer can get a kit of bits to stick a v8 into it but it int cheap.
just keep looking one ill come along

this looks worth a punt,ebay item number 310035241249.

bigchap said:

this looks worth a punt,ebay item number 310035241249.

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• Chassis is sound, but at some point in the future it could do with replacing. It has got to that age where at every MOT it may need a new bit of chassis repair.
• Bulkhead has a repairable hole in the passenger footwell, and I think it is starting to deterioate in the box section under the windscreen, again at some point in the future it could do with replacing.
• Reverse gate spring is tired or missing, needs careful selection of 4th gear. This is a straightforward job to do.

Doesn't sound good

piece of **** to sort out and it's got a long mot so plenty of time to sort it,patching the chassis isn't hard and a footwell repair is easy.it's fairly close to you and it's ticking all your boxes and it looks like it is going to go cheap.i'd buy it if i didn't already have one.
if you can't weld then learn because sometime during your land rover ownership that skill will come in handy,as an old fabricator friend of mine says 'if you can **** you can weld'!!!!

has to be a v8 or will a v6 do?

I can sort of weld (I can stick two bits of metal together with a mig welder!!!). Just didn't want the hassle.

V6 is is fine, just love the V8 sound (pathetic reason to buy a car I know but...)

had a couple of v8s myself...it is a good sound

David6214 said:

had a couple of v8s myself...it is a good sound

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The best. My dad had a rover V8 in a Transit, I used to start it all the time just to listen to it Music.

there is a really straight v8 in the back of the LRO mag with 20k never been welded looks spot on for 2500 of your english pounds

trunkneck said:

there is a really straight v8 in the back of the LRO mag with 20k never been welded looks spot on for 2500 of your english pounds

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Where sells LRO? or can you post the details pls

Sounds ideal