rare 110 v8 - chance for me to buy - is it worth it?

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Been offered a chance to take a 110 of someones hands.

It's a VERY early 110 V8 County station wagon on a y-suffix plate with the 2 part doors and SELECTABLE 4 wheel drive.

Chassis has gone, but all else is straight - is it rare enough to be arsed buying and doing up with a thought of selling it in the USofA?

Much profit in it? (it's £500)
 
So it's an early 110, not a stage one 109"? To be honest whichever it is, by the time you've re-chassied it you're not going to be looking at profit. Do it if you want it, but for profit, nah. Not even to a dum Merkin..........once you've added the export costs.
 
Flogging it to the Merkins is a good way to make money. The earliest 110's are fetching about $8000, (£4000). But it costs around £1000 to £1500 in shipping and taxes, plus the £500 cost of buying it plus repair costs. It soon eats in to possible profit. So unless it's dirt cheap and the chassis is in good nick then It's probably not worth doing.
 
I don't believe any Selectable 110s were sold to the public, yours sounds like a development/preproduction/launch vehicle. Surprised it is a V8 as I thought they all (early ones) had the RR box with permanent 4WD. The main reason LR went permanent 4WD with the RR was to prevent all the torque fro the V8 going through one diff, so I would be surprised they would consider it 10 years later.
Of course if it has been modifies, any extra value gained by being a rare (unique?) preproduction will be greatly reduced.
Whether it would have much extra value in the first place is anyone's guess. As always, depends how desperately anyone wants an unusual OneTen.
It will probably be another ten or more years before people are prepared to pay much extra (look what a Prepro 80 can fetch now)
 
From ::: Land Rover Madness - Have you got it? - Land Rover 90 / 110 / Defender :::
Externally, there was little to distinguish the 90 & 110 vehicles from the Series Land Rovers which had been in production since the late 1940s.
A mild facelift of revised grille styling and the fitting of wheel arch extensions to cover the wider-track axles are the most noticeable changes.
Also the windscreen was made larger and came as one piece.
The grille was moved forward, as it was on the stage 1, to allow sufficient space in the engine compartment for the Rover V8 as well as the new engines planned.
Inside, the furnishings were improved, and the rear load space was increased by restricting the boxed-in sections to the wheel arches only.

Leaf springs were replaced by coil spring suspension, which gave a more comfortable ride when the vehicle was lightly laden and also improved axle articulation.
Power-assisted steering was added as an option.
The Series III 4-cylinder engine options were increased to 2.5 litre, and the Rover V8 became a standard option.
The 90 / 110 incorporated a full-time four wheel drive system similar to the early Range Rover & Stage 1 V8, with a transfer gearbox with a lockable centre differential.
However the very earliest 110" models did retain the Series gearbox with a free wheeling front axle.
 
muddythelandy said:
Been offered a chance to take a 110 of someones hands.

It's a VERY early 110 V8 County station wagon on a y-suffix plate with the 2 part doors and SELECTABLE 4 wheel drive.

Chassis has gone, but all else is straight - is it rare enough to be arsed buying and doing up with a thought of selling it in the USofA?

Much profit in it? (it's £500)
Click to expand...

yes buy it and I'll help you sell it. i have several US clients waiting for 110's

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redhand said:
From ::: Land Rover Madness - Have you got it? - Land Rover 90 / 110 / Defender :::
Externally, there was little to distinguish the 90 & 110 vehicles from the Series Land Rovers which had been in production since the late 1940s.
A mild facelift of revised grille styling and the fitting of wheel arch extensions to cover the wider-track axles are the most noticeable changes.
Also the windscreen was made larger and came as one piece.
The grille was moved forward, as it was on the stage 1, to allow sufficient space in the engine compartment for the Rover V8 as well as the new engines planned.
Inside, the furnishings were improved, and the rear load space was increased by restricting the boxed-in sections to the wheel arches only.

Leaf springs were replaced by coil spring suspension, which gave a more comfortable ride when the vehicle was lightly laden and also improved axle articulation.
Power-assisted steering was added as an option.
The Series III 4-cylinder engine options were increased to 2.5 litre, and the Rover V8 became a standard option.
The 90 / 110 incorporated a full-time four wheel drive system similar to the early Range Rover & Stage 1 V8, with a transfer gearbox with a lockable centre differential.
However the very earliest 110" models did retain the Series gearbox with a free wheeling front axle.
Click to expand...

If it says so on the web, it must be true. But actually, it's b****x.
I have yet to see any evidence that selectable 4wd made it into production for vehicles for sale to the public, a view born out by conversations I have had with engineers involved with the OneTen Launch.
If you are certain that everything on the web must be true, what about the line:-
Inside, the furnishings were improved, and the rear load space was increased by restricting the boxed-in sections to the wheel arches only.

Someone doesn't know the difference between OneTens and High Capacity Pickups. Makes you wonder where he got his information from.
 
The V8 only came with full time 4wd never ever with selectable :cool:
I have driven petrol 110 4 cyl with selectable but whether it was preprod cant be sure, angled sliding windows . :confused:
I agree about hicap wheelarches :)
 
I'm now intrigued, I had read about them but never come across them, and as I said I believed they never made it to the public.
There was a company (French I think) selling a kit to convert permanent 4wd to selectable.
 
That one was definitely a pre-pro/press launch from the same batch as the one that started this thread.
Unfortunately Ghost hasn't been on Landyzone for ages to follow it up (too busy buying motorbikes) but his mother, who is using it at present, assures me it is now permanent 4wd.
 
I Have A 110 With The 2.286 Petrol With Selectable Four Wheel Drive, She Runs Very Well As I Have Just Rebuilt Her, Even Achieves 70mph ON Motorways On A Run!
 

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