antisoshal
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I'm on the hunt for a 95 Discovery. I'm not sweating any of the small stuff like bad switches, window motors and such. I have a couple of basic criterior:
Must have both front air bags (at least be equipped for them).
Minimal rust (I know it will have some)
Would prefer it to have both sunroofs (don't really have to work, just be there)
Can be safely driven from your location to mine. Doesn't have to be a daily driver, but it needs to get to Chicago intact.
I went and looked at one last night that the *** wanted $3000 for and it was a disaster. Besides rust holes in the wheel well/door frame that you could stick multiple fingers through, the transfer wouldn't engage low range and the linkage wouldn't even try to lock the center diff. The front axle was askew (I need to study the rave to see how this was even possible) to the point the driver side wheel was a full inch forward in the wheel well compared to the passenger side. I'm guessing someone went wheeling with it and suffered some catastrophic impact that misaligned everything enough the linkage was bound. If it hadn't been for the rust I might have made him a reasonable offer, but he indicated he wasn't interested in going down any so I just left.
I might consider a 96 or 97, but I'm hoping for a 95 because they are exempt from the 1996 OBDII requirements, making it easier to swap in a different engine. I'm expecting a project car, so I'm not concerned about minor stuff like radio wiring, windows switches, headlamps and stuff. A solid body is really all that's important, and it has to be mobile in a limited fashion so I can move it around at my storage location.
Must have both front air bags (at least be equipped for them).
Minimal rust (I know it will have some)
Would prefer it to have both sunroofs (don't really have to work, just be there)
Can be safely driven from your location to mine. Doesn't have to be a daily driver, but it needs to get to Chicago intact.
I went and looked at one last night that the *** wanted $3000 for and it was a disaster. Besides rust holes in the wheel well/door frame that you could stick multiple fingers through, the transfer wouldn't engage low range and the linkage wouldn't even try to lock the center diff. The front axle was askew (I need to study the rave to see how this was even possible) to the point the driver side wheel was a full inch forward in the wheel well compared to the passenger side. I'm guessing someone went wheeling with it and suffered some catastrophic impact that misaligned everything enough the linkage was bound. If it hadn't been for the rust I might have made him a reasonable offer, but he indicated he wasn't interested in going down any so I just left.
I might consider a 96 or 97, but I'm hoping for a 95 because they are exempt from the 1996 OBDII requirements, making it easier to swap in a different engine. I'm expecting a project car, so I'm not concerned about minor stuff like radio wiring, windows switches, headlamps and stuff. A solid body is really all that's important, and it has to be mobile in a limited fashion so I can move it around at my storage location.