Classic Range Rover $1500 NC

berkeleyING AWESOME

http://asheville.craigslist.org/cto/4465667422.html

Runs for how long would be the question I would ask. LOL

Lucas fuel injection. I never thought I'd say this.....But I'd rather have SU carbs.

So their willing to pay someone $1500.00 to remove it from the property?

It just needs one of these:

Or one of these:

Then you're set.

That's actually kind of pricey for around here. I've seen a bunch available for $800.

Woody wrote: That's actually kind of pricey for around here. I've seen a bunch available for $800.

Oh really?

Yup. More than a few.

Woody wrote: That's actually kind of pricey for around here. I've seen a bunch available for $800.

I've seen 2 in the flesh. Ever.

Must be a Connecticut thing.

My first big automotive mistake was one just like that. Still dead in the backyard as a reminder to not be such an idiot. I did love how it drove for the very short time that it drove.

I see the new $100k all the time. Just never the old ones.

Note that they said it RUNS, not that it drives. I'd be very wary.

If I remember right, these were actually pretty reliable in the most basic definition of the word.

They'll get you home. You might not have any lights, your radio might be stuck on the factory weatherband station on full blast, and your memory power seat jamming you into the dash, but you'll get there.

In other news, I saw one of these with a BMW i6 swap a while back.

there's a handful of these still dragging themselves around town where I live. Price seems typical.

The engine is one of the more reliable parts of the car. It's weak in the massively underpowered for the weight of the vehicle sense but an engine swap would do approximately nothing to make it more reliable.

Swank Force One wrote: If I remember right, these were actually pretty reliable in the most basic definition of the word. They'll get you home. You might not have any lights, your radio might be stuck on the factory weatherband station on full blast, and your memory power seat jamming you into the dash, but you'll get there.

This is accurate. Mine ran and drove fine with almost zero oil pressure for the year and a half that I owned it. Almost nothing else worked, but it started and drove well even with large structural parts falling off.

mazdeuce wrote:

Swank Force One wrote: If I remember right, these were actually pretty reliable in the most basic definition of the word. They'll get you home. You might not have any lights, your radio might be stuck on the factory weatherband station on full blast, and your memory power seat jamming you into the dash, but you'll get there.

This is accurate. Mine ran and drove fine with almost zero oil pressure for the year and a half that I owned it. Almost nothing else worked, but it started and drove well even with large structural parts falling off.

I want one to daily drive.

Step 1: Remove EVERYTHING that doesn't make it run.

Step 2: Replace with manual things (windows/seats/locks). Everything that can't be replaced with a non-power equivalent, wire yourself from scratch. (Stereo, lights, wipers)

Step 3: Drive forever, feel like a badass

Swank Force One wrote: I want one to daily drive. Step 1: Remove EVERYTHING that doesn't make it run. Step 2: Replace with manual things (windows/seats/locks). Everything that can't be replaced with a non-power equivalent, wire yourself from scratch. (Stereo, lights, wipers) Step 3: Drive forever, feel like a badass

I like this idea. A lot.

dculberson wrote: The engine is one of the more reliable parts of the car. It's weak in the massively underpowered for the weight of the vehicle sense but an engine swap would do approximately nothing to make it more reliable.

So if its not the drivetrain, is it the nefarious lucas electrics, or the quality time and effort put into assembling it or??? I've always liked these but WAY to afraid of them to do more than dream from afar. Very far at that!
Paul