Is this restorable do you think?

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First one looks like a joke to me, buy it for the numberplate and scrap
it, second one is a little better.

A

"David J. Button" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> What you reckon - restorable or not - looks like a lot of work to me -
and
> no, I did not buy it!
>
>
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=4500434779&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT
>
> or, what about this one then, might have considered this if it had got
some
> doors!!!
>
>
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=4500441632&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT
>
> Same seller as you will notice.
>
>
>


 

"David J. Button" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> What you reckon - restorable or not - looks like a lot of work to me - and no, I did not buy it!
>
> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=4500434779&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT
>
> or, what about this one then, might have considered this if it had got some doors!!!
>
> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=4500441632&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT
>
> Same seller as you will notice.
>
>
>

First one went for £70!!! Gotta be worth that for the number plate alone. It's really not worth the
effort I would imagine.

Cheers

Nige


 
>
> First one went for £70!!! Gotta be worth that for the number plate alone.
It's really not worth the
> effort I would imagine.
>
The number plate is worthless without an MOT


 

"SimonJ" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:[email protected]...
> >
>> First one went for £70!!! Gotta be worth that for the number plate alone.
> It's really not worth the
>> effort I would imagine.
>>
> The number plate is worthless without an MOT
>
>

Really? how come?

Nige


 
A number plate is not transferable with out the car being legal tax mot
insurance Paul
"Nige" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> "SimonJ" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> > >
> >> First one went for £70!!! Gotta be worth that for the number plate
alone.
> > It's really not worth the
> >> effort I would imagine.
> >>
> > The number plate is worthless without an MOT
> >
> >
>
> Really? how come?
>
> Nige
>
>


 
"David J. Button" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> What you reckon - restorable or not - looks like a lot of work to me - and
> no, I did not buy it!
>
>
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=4500434779&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT
>

It's quite obvious whoever bought that is just after the ID & plates, as it
happens I used to work for the guy selling it, he has several terminal
wrecks lying around. If you were wondering about the front wing we
accidentally reversed an Alvis APC tracked tank into it, oops. Think the
Ambi was quite a good buy though, he offered it to me last month for £500
but didn't need that much of a project.

Fergus



 
On Sat, 06 Nov 2004 16:31:35 GMT, "Andrew Renshaw" <andrew.hart.i hate
[email protected]> wrote:

> First one looks like a joke to me, buy it for the numberplate and scrap
>it, second one is a little better.
>

Any landrover is restorable if you try hard enough

Alex
 
> >> First one went for £70!!! Gotta be worth that for the number plate
alone.
> > It's really not worth the
> >> effort I would imagine.
> >>
> > The number plate is worthless without an MOT
> >
> >
>
> Really? how come?
>
You can only transfer a number plate from a vehicle which has tax and test.


 
On or around Sat, 6 Nov 2004 15:50:00 +0000 (UTC), "David J. Button"
<[email protected]> enlightened us thusly:

>What you reckon - restorable or not - looks like a lot of work to me - and
>no, I did not buy it!
>
>http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=4500434779&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT

looks surprisingly straight. Anything's restorable, at a price.

>
>or, what about this one then, might have considered this if it had got some
>doors!!!
>
>http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=4500441632&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT
>
Blimey, that's a rough one.

 
On Sat, 6 Nov 2004 17:35:17 -0000, "Nige"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>First one went for £70!!! Gotta be worth that for the number plate alone.

In order to transfer the VRN the donor needs to be taxed and tested.

 
On Sat, 06 Nov 2004 19:41:02 GMT, "fergus.kendall"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>he offered it to me last month for £500
>but didn't need that much of a project.

I think we REALLY need to have a little chat at some point, Fergus.

 
On or around Sun, 07 Nov 2004 00:19:23 +0000, Mother <"@ {m} @"@101fc.net>
enlightened us thusly:

>On Sat, 6 Nov 2004 17:35:17 -0000, "Nige"
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>First one went for £70!!! Gotta be worth that for the number plate alone.
>
>In order to transfer the VRN the donor needs to be taxed and tested.

Also, the number in itself is no use to you for tax-exempt purposes unless
you have a '73 or '74 SIII to "restore" to pre-'72 condition.


 
On Sat, 06 Nov 2004 20:45:53 GMT, Alex <[email protected]>
wrote:

>On Sat, 06 Nov 2004 16:31:35 GMT, "Andrew Renshaw" <andrew.hart.i hate
>[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> First one looks like a joke to me, buy it for the numberplate and scrap
>>it, second one is a little better.
>>
>
>Any landrover is restorable if you try hard enough

Aye. I've never understood how people can write off a landrover as
being scrap.
Not worth the effort of restoring is a different thing. I'd say that
with a tax exempt one it is worth the effort, even if it means getting
hold of another one to use as a donor.


 
On Sat, 06 Nov 2004 16:24:35 +0000, "[email protected]"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>David J. Button wrote:
>
>
>> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=4500441632&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT
>
>Door parts are available from the 101 club and, as it just so happens,
>we are just about to remove a fully working 3.5litre V8 from our Ambi in
>order to fit a diesel......
>
>Lizzy

You're not pulling out the gearbox as well are you?


--

Tim Hobbs

'58 Series 2 88" aka "Stig"
'77 101FC Ambulance aka "Burrt"
'03 Volvo V70

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Tom Woods wrote:

> Not worth the effort of restoring is a different thing. I'd say that
> with a tax exempt one it is worth the effort, even if it means getting
> hold of another one to use as a donor.

What's the big draw of a vehicle being tax exempt? It's a saving of
?160 per year - that's all. Pales into insignificance really - it's
not even three tanks of petrol in a Range Rover.

What will ?160 buy these days? A half decent meal for two (sans wine),
a couple of ordianaryish tyres. A single mens welted shoe. It's a tiny
drop in the ocean compared to the running costs of our Land-Rovers (and
lives generally).

So why the hype and people fiddling 1975 Landies to look older?
 
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