Thread: pre-purchase, advice wanted on cost of repairs

hi folks, I inspected a mid-90s 110 300TDI today and was wondering about the cost of fixing a few things I noticed that would likely be outside my capacity/equipment to fix myself:

• bullbar/recovery point mounts are very rusted and likely need to be cut out and rewelded (see pics)
• ball joint chrome is flaked and likely needs replacing on both fronts
• about 1/8 turn of backlash in the front propshaft, which didn't look like the uni joints, likely the diff
• I couldn't turn the rear shaft (I've subsequently learned this is caused by the handbrake). Likely as worn as the front. that said, I didn't notice any particular clunking during the drive
• had some front wheel grind on full lock (with 265/75 R16 AT tyres), I'm assuming the 265s need a more offset wheel than the standard LR alloys.

Any rough idea on on the cost of these fixes from a decent shop? What are the typical things that fail roadworthy on LRDs of that age? The frame is pretty good and the engine runs well so it feels like a decent project car. Thanks

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It's odd yeah, the rest of the frame looked solid to me, including the outriggers and all the usual places. There's quite a bit of rust in the door sills and the lower doors but it's otherwise pretty clean. Bulkhead and footwells were clean.

I put it down to a poor bullbar job, that's really the only major structural rust I can see. Guy said it's been garaged for the 10 years he's had it. But now I'm wondering...