1983 Land Rover Defender 110

[Desertdude]

To anyone reading this thread confused as to which forum this is, it is the for sale forum, not the place to exchange ideas or opinions. Please keep those discussions out in the other areas.

Lets try and stay on topic - questions about the vehicle, etc

 

[GlobalMonkey]

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I just picked up a clear colorado title for my beautiful Land Rover. Thank you all for your comments and support, soon you will see her listed for sale on other websites, unless someone grabs her before. Tomas:arabia:

 

[glr]

Looks like it needs A/C. what's with all the rivets holding in the rear sliding window? pretty truck, but good luck with the $68k price. Seems about $35k too high, but maybe the market out West is better than the rest of the country.

I agree with Thomas, as a UK based Land Rover dealer, he is in the right ball park, we do similar restorations from $60k up wards to any spec, the truck is in lovely condition and well worth the asking price.

 

[glr]

I don't know how in the rest of the country, but here out West we have to pay $1.97 for 1 British Pound. This is a short version of what anybody would have to do to duplicate this Land Rover:
*buy 1983 LHD Land Rover 110 in England (or RHD and convert it)
*strip it down, rebuild the chassis and paint the chassis with heavy duty protectant (better than waxoil)
*buy and rebuild a 300 Tdi motor (including new timing belt)
*buy almost all of the body panels brand new (all the doors, tailgate, hood...)
*buy new clutch
*replace all the rubber
*buy all new seats (11 of them, 2 benches for 3 people each and 5 sigle seats)
*buy new headliner, new carpets...
*buy 5 new aluminum wheels with new tires
*take all of these parts, paint what needs to be painted before assembly, build the body, complete the paint job, hook up all the electrics, the engine....
*load the completely restored Land Rover into a container and ship it to Denver, Colorado (check on shipping prices recently!)
*pay all the shipping charges, all kinds of fees and get it titled here in the US as what it really is..1983 Land Rover 110.
If anybody can do that for $35K less than I am asking for the truck, please let me know.

Tomas

One thing you forgot, it looks like you have also replaced the rear axle with a disc braked later one, is that correct?

 

[GlobalMonkey]

One thing you forgot, it looks like you have also replaced the rear axle with a disc braked later one, is that correct?

No, the rear has drum brakes.
Tomas

 

[glr]

how did you get the alloys to fit so well, are there wheel spacers? Usually alloys won't fit properly, and the end cap protudes throuh the center of the alloy.

 

[GlobalMonkey]

how did you get the alloys to fit so well, are there wheel spacers? Usually alloys won't fit properly, and the end cap protudes throuh the center of the alloy.

Yes, there are wheel spacers, Tomas