Talk to me about 87-88 Range Rovers. I know these were the only years in the US with manual t-case, but anything else special with them. Did these have the same electrical demons?
My parents had an 88 and finally got rid of it after about 240K. it did indeed have it's share of "normal" land rover troubles, and one or two of them were electrical related. Since it was not my truck I do not know the specifics, I just remember hearing them ********** about the cost everytime after they got it back from the shop. Expensive to repair, but still a good truck IMO.
They've also got the 3.5L V8 which is a bit of a dog. You may want to think about a 3.9 Rover, and then swap the t-case out... or you could just change out the long block on the 3.5 for a 3.9...
Plenty of people have used RRs as expedition rigs (including Camel trophy). My Dad had one in South Africa (a '78) and that's what we used in the Kalahari and Zim for years. One of the largest drawbacks is range (despite the name!!). With the V8 you don't get great milage. But of course that depends on what you want to do with it.