Hi, I this is my first post, thanks for reading!
I am about to buy Range Rover Classic, but I am having hard time finding a usable RRC, of any year. I live in Dominican and just 3~4 RRC on sale every year, must of them are worn and no working t-case, but, they are cheap, can be have for USD 1k, some needs to tow, some not, I have storage place, my idea is to combine two or three of them to one usable truck and have plenty of spare parts.
I can do most of repair myself, just like almost everybody else here..
currently my find are:
vehicle #1, $1300 USD. OCT/1994 plate green RRC LWB.
Strong 4.2 LPG'd engine, but bad tcase, transmission shift harsh and badly converted from EAS to coil, interior 5/10, multiple errors lights but strangely no leak inside, and just PS fluid leak. drives horroble as springs are borrowed from other vehicle, and rear spring are different. no front propshaft as indication of worn viscous unit on t-case, other than that looks accident free and no sign of offroad use and light rust, when I made test drive it couldn't move out of low range, and all 4 wheels has diferent size of tyres ranging from 235/16, 245/16, 255/16 and last 265/16. the odometer is working and says 77k miles...
vehicle #2, $1300 USD. (possible donor) is a green 1996 disco 1.
I believe it has good LT230 t-case, but owner told me that he tood off the front propshaft, and didn't tell me why, and owner wants 1.3k usd, it runs, but I haven't see it in person, photos attached. I could borrow from this donor LT230, front propshaft, spare engine, axle, some regulator?
vehicle #3, $1600 USD. (possible donor, or use this one?) white 1986 RRC stock MANUAL 5 speed.
Good 4x4, with replaced engine at 2011, owner showed me a extensive list of replacement parts on last 4 years including PS pump, radiator, clutch, but no engine problem, it come with one set of 2" lift spring and the stock spring, but bad interior, no carpet, hard dashboard, other than that looks usable. Currently doing head gasket and other seals at shop.
vehicle #4, $1100 USD, black 1990 RRC runing only on LPG, worn t-case and missing front propshaft, currently on paint shop, owner is tired of it and parting it.
In this small tropical island rust isn't much a problem, we have +30C all year around, but most of RRC are improperly maintained, killing most of their souls...
My need is some light offroad, and for 4 adult, 2 small kids, I was looking into RRC and discovery, preferably RRC LWB, but a disco 1 might work for me..
Thank you very much for reading, any, any comments are welcome, please help me to enter RRC world!
as cars are moving on sales, I will update this post and photos time by time, until I find my truck!
photo album: https://goo.gl/photos/7JxkSCXb47Ew9hL66
I am about to buy Range Rover Classic, but I am having hard time finding a usable RRC, of any year. I live in Dominican and just 3~4 RRC on sale every year, must of them are worn and no working t-case, but, they are cheap, can be have for USD 1k, some needs to tow, some not, I have storage place, my idea is to combine two or three of them to one usable truck and have plenty of spare parts.
I can do most of repair myself, just like almost everybody else here..
currently my find are:
vehicle #1, $1300 USD. OCT/1994 plate green RRC LWB.
Strong 4.2 LPG'd engine, but bad tcase, transmission shift harsh and badly converted from EAS to coil, interior 5/10, multiple errors lights but strangely no leak inside, and just PS fluid leak. drives horroble as springs are borrowed from other vehicle, and rear spring are different. no front propshaft as indication of worn viscous unit on t-case, other than that looks accident free and no sign of offroad use and light rust, when I made test drive it couldn't move out of low range, and all 4 wheels has diferent size of tyres ranging from 235/16, 245/16, 255/16 and last 265/16. the odometer is working and says 77k miles...
vehicle #2, $1300 USD. (possible donor) is a green 1996 disco 1.
I believe it has good LT230 t-case, but owner told me that he tood off the front propshaft, and didn't tell me why, and owner wants 1.3k usd, it runs, but I haven't see it in person, photos attached. I could borrow from this donor LT230, front propshaft, spare engine, axle, some regulator?
vehicle #3, $1600 USD. (possible donor, or use this one?) white 1986 RRC stock MANUAL 5 speed.
Good 4x4, with replaced engine at 2011, owner showed me a extensive list of replacement parts on last 4 years including PS pump, radiator, clutch, but no engine problem, it come with one set of 2" lift spring and the stock spring, but bad interior, no carpet, hard dashboard, other than that looks usable. Currently doing head gasket and other seals at shop.
vehicle #4, $1100 USD, black 1990 RRC runing only on LPG, worn t-case and missing front propshaft, currently on paint shop, owner is tired of it and parting it.
In this small tropical island rust isn't much a problem, we have +30C all year around, but most of RRC are improperly maintained, killing most of their souls...
My need is some light offroad, and for 4 adult, 2 small kids, I was looking into RRC and discovery, preferably RRC LWB, but a disco 1 might work for me..
Thank you very much for reading, any, any comments are welcome, please help me to enter RRC world!
as cars are moving on sales, I will update this post and photos time by time, until I find my truck!
photo album: https://goo.gl/photos/7JxkSCXb47Ew9hL66
