Found a 1954 Series 1 - now to get it home...

[chumpion]

Hi folks,

I've found a 1954 Series 1 SWB down on a farm near Hobart. It's been in the family for more than 30 years, but hasn't moved for about 5 years. Rust doesn't seem to be a problem, and the panels all look pretty straight. Price is right too - who'd have known an old land rover would be worth a case of beer?

Now, how do I get this thing back to Sydney for a decent price? I'm looking at not getting much change from $1800 if I drive down with a car trailer and get it (with boat fares and petrol). I wonder if it would be worth spending that $1800, and getting it up to a stage where it can be driven back to Sydney? The plan is to put it in a shed and completely strip it down, so spending much more than that would be a bit of a waste.

Does anyone have any other ideas?

[series1buff]

I would leave it there and find another one closer to home. They are not that rare .

I have known of quite a few nice vehicles at a good price, but always too far away ... the cost of transporting them is something like X 2 or 3 times what you paid for the things

Mike

[Lotz-A-Landies]

Driving a vehicle that hasn't been driven for years can be problematic and the costs of a car trailer 2 ways across the Bass Strait is quite expensive.

I drove my Gog SIIb from Tassie back to Sydney and almost missed the ferry (on a non-refundable/non-changeable ticket) because of a fuel pump problem after we left the vendors property. On the way back to Sydney we had to adjust the brakes because of a sticking wheel (the cylinder of which failed between Goulburn and Sydney) and couldn't do much over 60KPH because the radiator was 80% blocked. It was 2 days driving for what you can do in 10 hours in an ordinary car.

If you can get the vehicle to a drivable condition, with the lights working and the brakes stopping. I would drive my car and trailer down to Melbourne and park them there (you may even find a friendly AULRO Member willing to keep an eye on it for you), catch the ferry or an aeroplane over to Tassie then get an Unregistered Vehicle Permit for the S1 and drive it onto the Ferry in Devonport. Then load the s1 onto the trailer and drive home with the reliability of your daily driver.

As Mike says (above) the cost of transport is often more than the purchase price of the vehicle, the fuel, transfers, airfare/ferry is going to cost you around $1,000 maybe more. So the vehicle would want to be something special, rare or have some sentimental value to you.

Diana

[chumpion]

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I don't know much about it as yet - here's a couple of pictures I got a little while ago. It's one of those "do I, don't I" type things....

[Lotz-A-Landies]

There are plenty of similar vehicles on the mainland, so again, unless it has some particular noteworthy history or family sentimentality I would be saving the cost of the trip across the Bass Strait.

[chumpion]

There are plenty of similar vehicles on the mainland, so again, unless it has some particular noteworthy history or family sentimentality I would be saving the cost of the trip across the Bass Strait.

Yeah - I hear you.... It's got no value to me as such, apart from the fact I can take it for free. Thanks for the input.

So on another note, does anyone in NSW want to get rid of an old SWB Series 1 or 2? lol....

[dreamin']

Does anyone have any other ideas?

PM sent

[wrinklearthur]

Yeah - I hear you.... It's got no value to me as such, apart from the fact I can take it for free. Thanks for the input.

So on another note, does anyone in NSW want to get rid of an old SWB Series 1 or 2? lol....

Hi Chumpion.

PM me if you need a hand to move it or if you want it to go to someone down here that would restore it.

Cheers Arthur

[chumpion]

Hi Chumpion.

PM me if you need a hand to move it or if you want it to go to someone down here that would restore it.

Cheers Arthur

PM sent - thanks.

I'll try a few more options before handing it over to you good folks down south. I think the owner would like to see it go to someone that will restore it.

[Pedro_The_Swift]

Dont listen to the rivet counters,,;):p
take your wallet and your best mate and a car trailer and go and bring it home,,
How can you put a price on owning a "54 model Land Rover?? or any Land Rover for that matter.

Dont think about "now"
think about 12 months from "now".;):cool:

[incisor]

wish i could find a decent 1954 land rover ...

[Lost Landy]

wish i could find a decent 1954 land rover ...

I have just sold a rust free 1954 on evil bay :D so there out there.