Purchase advice please...

Right, I know nothing about Land Rovers, but have seen in passing a '68 SWB
petrol Land Rover, it has an MOT till January, and the guy says he'll accept
£500. It's got a hard top. I reackon I can get him to to £400 if I try.


I've started it, it runs ok, but it's a bit on the tatty side. Interior
doors held closed by bits of bungee cord, that sort of thing. I know that's
no description, but am prepared to take a bit of a risk - I just need
assurance of what the minimum a roadworthy vehicle of this age is likely to
be worth? Even if I buy a lemon, it's still got to be worth something,
right?

I only really need something to do a 5 mile round trip now and again when my
wife has the everyday car, and I'm figuring that with cheap insurance, no
tax, and low running costs it could be quite a cheap vehicle to run.

TIA

Andy

On Sun, 10 Apr 2005 19:43:35 +0100, "Andy F Batter"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Right, I know nothing about Land Rovers, but have seen in passing a '68 SWB
>petrol Land Rover, it has an MOT till January, and the guy says he'll accept
>£500. It's got a hard top. I reackon I can get him to to £400 if I try.
>
>
>I've started it, it runs ok, but it's a bit on the tatty side. Interior
>doors held closed by bits of bungee cord, that sort of thing. I know that's
>no description, but am prepared to take a bit of a risk - I just need
>assurance of what the minimum a roadworthy vehicle of this age is likely to
>be worth? Even if I buy a lemon, it's still got to be worth something,
>right?
>
>I only really need something to do a 5 mile round trip now and again when my
>wife has the everyday car, and I'm figuring that with cheap insurance, no
>tax, and low running costs it could be quite a cheap vehicle to run.
>
>TIA
>
>Andy
>

Before doing anything, take it for your own MOT. My S2 came with a
fresh MOT and it was a complete deathtrap. You will then at least
know whether you have an MoT or an 'MoT'....


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> >Right, I know nothing about Land Rovers, but have seen in passing a '68
SWB
> >petrol Land Rover, it has an MOT till January, and the guy says he'll
accept
> >£500. It's got a hard top. I reackon I can get him to to £400 if I try.
>
I doubt if you'll lose on it, there's 400 quids worth of spares there for
someone I should think!
TonyB

"Andy F Batter" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Right, I know nothing about Land Rovers, but have seen in passing a '68
> SWB petrol Land Rover, it has an MOT till January, and the guy says he'll
> accept £500. It's got a hard top. I reackon I can get him to to £400 if
> I try.
>
> I've started it, it runs ok, but it's a bit on the tatty side. Interior
> doors held closed by bits of bungee cord, that sort of thing. I know
> that's no description, but am prepared to take a bit of a risk - I just
> need assurance of what the minimum a roadworthy vehicle of this age is
> likely to be worth? Even if I buy a lemon, it's still got to be worth
> something, right?
>
> I only really need something to do a 5 mile round trip now and again when
> my wife has the everyday car, and I'm figuring that with cheap insurance,
> no tax, and low running costs it could be quite a cheap vehicle to run.
>
> TIA
>
> Andy
>

Ey up, fancy seeing you in here...............