harrycatcat1 Posted November 21, 2020 Report Share Posted November 21, 2020 If you have a bit of loose change knocking about? Or if you are a skin flint there is a cheaper one. I had a mustard coloured 2 door one in the late 70's with the registration PGJ 98, it makes me wonder what it would be worth now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Best Posted November 21, 2020 Report Share Posted November 21, 2020 Holy POO! I owned one of the first ones made in 1970. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted November 21, 2020 Report Share Posted November 21, 2020 I have owned three. One back in the 80s, then another with a 3.5 Nissan diesel in it and finally a CSK which I stupidly sold for more than I bought it for but in tip top trim today would be worth six figures. Beautiful motors . I drove 166H a factory developement vehicle in the International Police Rally in Belgium back in 1972. The same Range Rover which won the first Hill Rally run that same year in Wales by Roger Craythorne and that was on the Sunday prior to our taking it out to Belgium on the Friday following. The factory totally rebuilt it for us in that week !!!! If I had the readies, one would be the first Classic I would purchase. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycatcat1 Posted November 21, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2020 27 minutes ago, London Best said: Holy POO! I owned one of the first ones made in 1970. Mine was 1971 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Best Posted November 21, 2020 Report Share Posted November 21, 2020 A real World beater in it’s day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sussexboy Posted November 21, 2020 Report Share Posted November 21, 2020 Mine was a 1973, in the Mustard Yellow colour. It had a P5 coupé lump in it. Would love to have it back, some good memories in that car! When I checked the reg on the MOT website it is now blue with a diesel, and there is no history so I guess it has been off the road for a long time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old'un Posted November 21, 2020 Report Share Posted November 21, 2020 You can get a new one for a lot less than that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Best Posted November 21, 2020 Report Share Posted November 21, 2020 I believe you can also get a new Aston for less than a DB5/6, but everybody wants a DB5/6. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
countryman Posted November 21, 2020 Report Share Posted November 21, 2020 Currently restoring a 1979 2 door Range Rover, Tuscan Blue with original 3.5 V8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scully Posted November 22, 2020 Report Share Posted November 22, 2020 I believe the 2 door versions are very rare. A mate had one a few years back he planned to restore, with the help of a few mates, but he couldn’t afford to keep up the costs of the restoration and his mates grew tired of funding the project, so it just languished in his parents back yard for a few years until they got sick of the sight of it, and then it was sold for breaking. Great shame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Best Posted November 22, 2020 Report Share Posted November 22, 2020 1 minute ago, Scully said: I believe the 2 door versions are very rare. A mate had one a few years back he planned to restore, with the help of a few mates, but he couldn’t afford to keep up the costs of the restoration and his mates grew tired of funding the project, so it just languished in his parents back yard for a few years until they got sick of the sight of it, and then it was sold for breaking. Great shame. Hardly anybody bought a 2 door once the factory 4 door version came out. I think that was in 1978/9. Or it might have been 1981? To be honest I can’t remember without researching it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoBodyImportant Posted November 23, 2020 Report Share Posted November 23, 2020 I like them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted November 23, 2020 Report Share Posted November 23, 2020 As they were rot boxes not many about now. Price will be high if demand is there for them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Best Posted November 23, 2020 Report Share Posted November 23, 2020 35 minutes ago, figgy said: As they were rot boxes not many about now. Price will be high if demand is there for them. Yep, I only parted with mine because I was tired of fighting the rot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ditchman Posted November 25, 2020 Report Share Posted November 25, 2020 (edited) had a "L" reg one in white............loved it........that was when fuel was a good price and i could fill up for £20 quid it had a superb heater and if you put your coffee on the vent near the windscreen it would keep it hot.. Edited November 25, 2020 by ditchman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnfromUK Posted November 25, 2020 Report Share Posted November 25, 2020 My father had one of the first 4 doors with automatic (Chrysler gearbox). Sadly it is remembered as ridiculously thirsty and hopelessly unreliable - though it was comfortable and a pleasant (if rather sluggish) drive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycatcat1 Posted November 25, 2020 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2020 When I bought mine a 3.5 litre petrol the salesman said "30 mpg easy" In reality I could never get more than 11 mpg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnfromUK Posted November 25, 2020 Report Share Posted November 25, 2020 Just now, harrycatcat1 said: In reality I could never get more than 11 mpg. Thats about what father got. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London Best Posted November 25, 2020 Report Share Posted November 25, 2020 I was lucky, mine was a very early one on a J reg and in the early days they had no emission control carp fitted. Mine would do 20 mpg mostly with circa 21 on a steady run. They fitted the strangulation kits from L reg if I remember correctly. My next V8 was in a 110 Station Wagon strangled to death with factory fitted emission control and that did 11 mpg mostly, best ever was 12.2 with down to 9 on a bad day in winter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walker570 Posted November 25, 2020 Report Share Posted November 25, 2020 The first RR I had was a standard 3.5 on Strombergs and if I was a good boy and kept my foot off the loud pedal I could get 20mpg. A long overnight run up to north Scotland I did a little bit better. In 1984 Land Rover kindly arranged for me to have one of the two Rangies in the USA at the time and I was to drive it from Wyoming right down the Houston , obviously showing it off as best I could. I was sorely disappointed with the performance with all the emision controls. My present Landy has a 3.9 V8 fitted, standard Strombergs and IF I drove it sensibly I believe I could get 18 -19mpg on petrol but I run it on LPG at 75p a litre and I love the sound of those two Cherry Bombs You only live once. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jd2130 Posted November 25, 2020 Report Share Posted November 25, 2020 Currently restoring a 1 owner with 27000 miles 1988 3.5 efi model and loving it Its a slow process had it for 12 years but other projects get in the way Should be ready for MOT next week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agriv8 Posted December 15, 2020 Report Share Posted December 15, 2020 On 25/11/2020 at 18:31, jd2130 said: Currently restoring a 1 owner with 27000 miles 1988 3.5 efi model and loving it Its a slow process had it for 12 years but other projects get in the way Should be ready for MOT next week It’s it the opus dizi version with the flap air flow ? Spent some time fiddling and fault finding with them ? Agriv8 <~ yep that’s where the username comes from ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Centrepin Posted December 16, 2020 Report Share Posted December 16, 2020 On 25/11/2020 at 18:31, jd2130 said: Currently restoring a 1 owner with 27000 miles 1988 3.5 efi model and loving it Its a slow process had it for 12 years but other projects get in the way Should be ready for MOT next week That was 3 weeks ago, did it pass? and where are the pictures? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jd2130 Posted December 25, 2020 Report Share Posted December 25, 2020 Sorry for the late replay Didn't quite get there but ill post some pictures soon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
243deer Posted December 25, 2020 Report Share Posted December 25, 2020 all of you that remember early Range Rovers were the lucky ones, Gramps bought an XJ6 or 12 (cannot remember) Jag in the 70's just because he always wanted one, the number stood stood for the number of months spent back at the dealers trying to get it to run. It had 2 fuel tanks, one for getting to the end of the road and one for getting home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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