Series 1 S/Wagon

[Dinty]

G'day All, Found this whilst trolling thru ebay, lovely truck but way out of reach for me at that price, and needs restoring as well wishing them luck cheers Dennis:angel:
Land-Rover 1958 Series 1 LWB 107 Station Wagon (eBay item 190319015410 end time Jul-17-09 22:24:00 EST) (http://cars2.ebay.com.au/Land-Rover-1958-Series-1-LWB-107-Station-Wagon_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQitemZ190319015410)

[abaddonxi]

Saw that and wondered if the roof was original, any idea?

Simon

[Sleepy]

Yes very nice looking example. He has been trying to sell it for a few months now. Looks to be well preserved.:cool:

[101RRS]

The roof looks totally original to me - what aspect do you think is not right. As far as I am aware - all series 1 station wagons - both short and long wheel base had tropical roofs and alpine windows. There should be four air vents in the roof and the tropical roofs looks like it does have the little bumps that allow the vents to open in the main roof.

Garry

[abaddonxi]

Thanks for that, just didn't know if safari roof and alpine windows were standard.

[ellard]

Hi there

I am with you Dinty - out of my price range..........and currently have to many on the go with limited available time.

I hope it stays in Australia, lots of chatter on UK web sites........time will tell.

All the best

[Shonky]

Note the chassis number also... :o

[weeds]

umm, there is a series that lives under a trap under a tree at the end of the street, long wheel base and very well could be a S1

i must go and have a closer look, i doubt it would be in as good of condition as the one in the link but have always wondered what the onwers plans are for it

[jameshuelin]

wow
is it a station wagon?
sitting under this tree :D

[Lotz-A-Landies]

Note the chassis number also... :oAndrew

If you are surprised about the chassis number, there were only 36 CKD RHD 107 SW built in 1958 and from what I understand almost all of them came to Australia, so what is rare in the rest of the world is not so hens teeth rare in Australia.

The body looks complete and original but almost all the deluxe trim is missing as are all the rear seats except for part of the second row frame. What is sad about that is that the 107 wagon rear seat folded flat, which you could use as part of a bed. Something that wasn't available on any of the later models apart from the after market Dormobile.

Diana

[Dinty]

G'day All, It didn't sell either cheers Dennis:angel:

[ellard]

Hi there

Its difficult to put a price on it - but in my views its still top dollar in Australia for some thing which will require total restoration.

There was a lot of chatter about it on the UK series web site.......but no bidders.

Wish the vendor all the best, as its the second time on ebay and the first time it only reached around the 4-5k mark from memory...

All the best

Wayne

[Sleepy]

Its difficult to put a price on it - but in my views its still top dollar ..

I would tend to agree Wayne. It looks like a terrific starting point and seems very complete. But 9 grands takes it into a very niche area. That is to say a nut-n-bolt restoration which would probably never be worth more than $20K in the forseable future.

Nonetheless it is a lovely looking ugly duckling.

[101RRS]

I thought this did not sell again but the poms are saying it sold for $5500. Anyone know for sure. If so was probably a reasonable price for it.

Garry

[ellard]

Hi there

I heard the same rumour and I suspect a deal may have been done utilising ebay for advertising purposes....

And 5500k would have been a good price.

Will have to wait and see.

All the best

Wayne

[Sleepy]

Yes, to see that 57 88" get nearly that much today on ebay, 5.5K is quite reasonable.