A bloke just bought my Landrover…

[gareth h]

I’ve had an old series 3 Landrover for 6 months, had planned to renovate and run it around locally, however having driven it I decided the classic Landrover experience wasn’t for me (they really are a bit sh*t)
So I advertised it and an old boy, 70 + years old turned up and bought it, he said he’d driven one to Oz with 3 mates when he was 21, down through Iran and Afghanistan, two surprising facts 1) it made it! 2) it cost them £130 in fuel!
How times have changed!

[Rich135]

Well done for getting rid. They are indeed a bit sh##!

[smn159]

I think that you either 'get' old Land Rovers or you don't. I bought mine in 2008 as it was cheaper than repeated skip hire when I was renovating the house. Hated it at first but I still have it and am unlikely to ever sell it.

They're pretty agricultural but a well sorted one is great fun

[Bodo]

They are a bit shice. Rattly things that constantly have parts falling off. Slow, loud, unrefined. Have mine since 1997.

[Wacky Racer]

I bought a tidy 1964 SWB Station wagon in grey for £850 back in 1986.

It did about ten miles to the gallon and when you turned left it went right, but it was good fun in the quarries.

I spent £250 getting it through the MOT and sold it after six months for £1250.

[TwistingMyMelon]

Maybe a Nissan Juke instead?

[K87]

TwistingMyMelon said:

Maybe a Nissan Juke instead?

I appreciate the humour but just FYI I had the highest mpg reading of any car of mine with a petrol Juke, 83 mpg

[Rich Boy Spanner]

I love and wonder at these stories of people driving through the Middle-East in the far past, through what are now totally unsafe countries. Even in an old LR it would have been epic at that age.

[ClaphamGT3]

In the Autumn of 1959 my parents drove a 1952 Series I Landrover from Nairobi to the UK overland.

It was then used regularly until it literally fell apart in 1969 and was replaced by a brand new Series II that my father still has

[Its Just Adz]

Rich Boy Spanner said:

I love and wonder at these stories of people driving through the Middle-East in the far past, through what are now totally unsafe countries. Even in an old LR it would have been epic at that age.

I've just finished reading a great book about such an adventure, albeit on a bicycle.
Through Sand & Stone by Charlie Walker, if you fancy a look.

[gareth h]

Its Just Adz said:

I've just finished reading a great book about such an adventure, albeit on a bicycle.
Through Sand & Stone by Charlie Walker, if you fancy a look.

I met an old boy in Hobart who rode an ancient FN motorcycle from Nepal to Belgium, an absolute epic adventure, pretty much rebuilding it every other day, this is worth reading if you can find a copy.

[bakerstreet]

smn159 said:

I think that you either 'get' old Land Rovers or you don't. I bought mine in 2008 as it was cheaper than repeated skip hire when I was renovating the house. Hated it at first but I still have it and am unlikely to ever sell it.

They're pretty agricultural but a well sorted one is great fun

They are very far removed from what some generations are now calling classic cars (Golf Mk1s / E30 BMWs)

They drive more like cars from the 40s/50s compared to actual build date.

I have a 1983 Series 3 and its unbelievably noisy and slow. Kids like it though, but I will be selling this year and going to one vehicle and the cost convert to more modern engine and add two more seats just doesn't make sense.

[AndrewCrown]

Gareth H
I’d be interested to know if you made any profit on the transaction?
Prices seem to be tickling ever upwards..

[bakerstreet]

AndrewCrown said:

Gareth H
I’d be interested to know if you made any profit on the transaction?
Prices seem to be tickling ever upwards..

Think they have started to plateau in my view.

In my view the driving experience is just so far removed from what modern cars are like and the classic market certainly isn't as buoyant as it used to be.

I bought mine when values were at their lowest but I have spent a lot of time and money on it. I don't expect to be up on the sale. More about freeing up space and cash for other things.

[gareth h]

AndrewCrown said:

Gareth H
I’d be interested to know if you made any profit on the transaction?
Prices seem to be tickling ever upwards..

No!

[gareth h]

gareth h said:

AndrewCrown said:

Gareth H
I’d be interested to know if you made any profit on the transaction?
Prices seem to be tickling ever upwards..

No!

But being in West Wales the market for big spenders is a little limited.