Looking at buying a Range Rover classic

Just viewed a Range Rover locally in arctic white. 1983/84 with a 3.5 v8 and 5 speed lt77 long shift gearbox. It is all completely original so will be a tasteful restoration if I do get it.
The bloke wants £300 it needs one new sill, one new inner wing at the front and one new one at the rear as well as both doors of the tailgate.
The clutch pedal is solid and I haven't heard it run or been able to drive it.
Has any Range Rover classic owners got any advice regarding restoring and owning an old Range Rover. I've got series land rovers and defenders so know a fair bit.

If you want it to drive,its restoration is fairly straighforward. you do as much or as little as you need. However if you want it to be worth all its money, you need to strip it completely and do a ground up restoration with new parts and photographic evidence.

£300 seems cheap to me,hear it running and as long as you are good at welding go for it.

GO & give the man the money they fetch silly money as well you know

Looking to keep it not make money on it. It's not been hacked about at all very straight body work but been sat in a field for 4 years and has taken its toll a little bit

Still worth it as a keeper !
Keeps you out of SWMBO hair a bit longer !!LOL

Then the thing to do is get it to mot standard and drive and restore it as you go.you can spend as much or as little as you need and there is no time constraints. buy bits overhaul them and fit them , definitely worth buying if its straight . everything can be fixed and they are a good motor,easy to work on and no electronics

Why have you not bought it? Ring the feller now and say yes.
Everything else is fairly simple nd and lots of good info is available

I have officially bought it and will collect it next weekend hopefully. Are 5 land rovers too many? Haha

I would definitely think it's worth three hundred quid. If it's white and of that age I'd also bear a couple of things in mind - first is it ex Police ( fleet line spec), second is it export spec. Neither should necessarily put you off but if you are restoring to original spec it would be relevant. My first RR was an 84 export spec in arctic white which had spent the first 12 months of its life in Saudi as a demonstrator and it was superb if a bit tired even when I bought it in 1995

Ex police of that era usually had a sun roof fitted to get rid of the holes in the roof where they fitted lights/aerials

check threads by UKAdamwest as he is into Classic restos....and they take a lot of hard work!

Rear wheel inner arches may need the body side panels off to do properly.

Magicgrotto said:

GO & give the man the money they fetch silly money as well you know

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See my comments on the 'deal or no deal' post on this section, but for that money it's a steal