$25,000 Series 2a

[VladTepes]

Apparentl;y FWD Motors (Mark Frew) is selling a Series 2a fior $25,000 !

i can't find pics or details anywhere but am intrigued as to exactly how a series LR can cost that much !!!???

[scrambler]

There was the Dalai Lama's (brother's) 2a for sale in the US a couple of years back. Perhaps this is another one of his?

[Scallops]

Actually, I'm not surprised - Many restored Series 1's go for big money.....

Land Rover Series 1 86 inch Dunsfold for sale, classic cars for sale uk (Car: 79977) (http://www.classiccarsforsale.co.uk/classic-car-page.php/carno/79977)

This was just one I found rather easily. I feel we here (on AULRO) might actually undervalue some of our pride and joys. ;)

[The ho har's]

that is a very nice looking truck has been rebuilt from the ground up including galvanised chassis but I am afraid I wouldn't pay that much for it


Mrs ho har:angel:

[seano87]

Actually, I'm not surprised - Many restored Series 1's go for big money.....

Land Rover Series 1 86 inch Dunsfold for sale, classic cars for sale uk (Car: 79977) (http://www.classiccarsforsale.co.uk/classic-car-page.php/carno/79977)

This was just one I found rather easily. I feel we here (on AULRO) might actually undervalue some of our pride and joys. ;)

There is one on carsales at the moment http://www.carsales.com.au/all-cars/private/details.aspx?R=7995754&__sid=121732C0A3A5&__Qpb=true&Cr=3&__Ns=pCar_RankSort_Int32|1||pCar_PriceSort_Decimal |1||pCar_Make_String|0||pCar_Model_String|0&keywords=&__N=1216%201246%201247%201252%201282%204294965541% 204294874818&seot=1&tsrc=allcarhome&__Nne=15&trecs=5&silo=1011 (http://www.carsales.com.au/all-cars/private/details.aspx?R=7995754&__sid=121732C0A3A5&__Qpb=true&Cr=3&__Ns=pCar_RankSort_Int32%7C1%7C%7CpCar_PriceSort_D ecimal%7C1%7C%7CpCar_Make_String%7C0%7C%7CpCar_Mod el_String%7C0&keywords=&__N=1216%201246%201247%201252%201282%204294965541% 204294874818&seot=1&tsrc=allcarhome&__Nne=15&trecs=5&silo=1011) for $23,000.

It sure looks the good in the photo's, but there is one line in there that I love, "Fully restored, $1000 spent to get to this standard". If I could spend only a grand on restoring one and get $23,000 from selling it, I think its time I contemplate my next career move!!

Seano

[Sleepy]

I feel we here (on AULRO) might actually undervalue some of our pride and joys. ;)

Yes and no, I think the old saying "they are only worth what someone is willing to pay" holds true on most occasions.




There is one on carsales at the moment http://www.carsales.com.au/all-cars/private/details.aspx?R=7995754&__sid=121732C0A3A5&__Qpb=true&Cr=3&__Ns=pCar_RankSort_Int32|1||pCar_PriceSort_Decimal |1||pCar_Make_String|0||pCar_Model_String|0&keywords=&__N=1216%201246%201247%201252%201282%204294965541% 204294874818&seot=1&tsrc=allcarhome&__Nne=15&trecs=5&silo=1011 (http://www.carsales.com.au/all-cars/private/details.aspx?R=7995754&__sid=121732C0A3A5&__Qpb=true&Cr=3&__Ns=pCar_RankSort_Int32%7C1%7C%7CpCar_PriceSort_D ecimal%7C1%7C%7CpCar_Make_String%7C0%7C%7CpCar_Mod el_String%7C0&keywords=&__N=1216%201246%201247%201252%201282%204294965541% 204294874818&seot=1&tsrc=allcarhome&__Nne=15&trecs=5&silo=1011) for $23,000.

It suore looks the good in the photo's, but there is one line in there that I love, "Fully restored, $1000 spent to get to this standard". If I could spend only a grand on restoring one and get $23,000 from selling it, I think its time I contemplate my next career move!!

Seano

That's a lovely 109":) - and probably cost more than that to build up.
This one has been for sale for a while now - was on ebay a few times and no bids over $10K. Good luck to the owner I hope it sells for that but I doubt it.

The tail lights cost $500 so he obviously budgeted the other $500 well. :lol2:

[Scouse]

That's a lovely 109":) - and probably cost more than that to build up.
This one has been for sale for a while now - was on ebay a few times and no bids over $10K. Good luck to the owner I hope it sells for that but I doubt it.

For 23K, I'd expect more than just a paint job that's not finished. I mean, who in their right mind would leave a car in primer ;).

[isuzurover]

For 23K, I'd expect more than just a paint job that's not finished. I mean, who in their right mind would leave a car in primer ;).

Not sure if that is a joke? That is one of the factory colours for series 1 utes and wagons.

[Sleepy]

who in their right mind would leave a car in primer ;).

Land-Rover?:angel::D

[Bigbjorn]

Many restorers labour under the delusion that what they have spent is value adding. It is not. It is the cost of a hobby. One regularly sees quite common cheap mass produced cars being offered for sale at ridiculous prices usually with the text mentioning the fabulous sum spent restoring them. Classic example was a 1937 Chev. offered for sale at $37,000 and supposedly $25,000 having been spent on the restoration. This was a first class restoration to a standard the manufacturer never intended or could have achieved with the technology of the time. However it is still a cheap mass produced family car of no great technical merit, no competition history, never owned by a celebrity, or taken part in notable events. To my mind, a $7,000 to $10,000 car.

There was an unrestored 1935 Ford, reasonably complete and in need of full restoration offered for sale at Bendigo swap last year for $20,000. I wouldn't pay $10,000 for one freshly restored. It is only an old Ford for Christ's sake. Not vintage, not veteran, not post-vintage thoroughbred, not a listed classic car, just an old car. You could spend another $20,000 restoring this one and still just have an old Ford.

[The ho har's]

There is one on carsales at the moment http://www.carsales.com.au/all-cars/private/details.aspx?R=7995754&__sid=121732C0A3A5&__Qpb=true&Cr=3&__Ns=pCar_RankSort_Int32|1||pCar_PriceSort_Decimal |1||pCar_Make_String|0||pCar_Model_String|0&keywords=&__N=1216%201246%201247%201252%201282%204294965541% 204294874818&seot=1&tsrc=allcarhome&__Nne=15&trecs=5&silo=1011 (http://www.carsales.com.au/all-cars/private/details.aspx?R=7995754&__sid=121732C0A3A5&__Qpb=true&Cr=3&__Ns=pCar_RankSort_Int32%7C1%7C%7CpCar_PriceSort_D ecimal%7C1%7C%7CpCar_Make_String%7C0%7C%7CpCar_Mod el_String%7C0&keywords=&__N=1216%201246%201247%201252%201282%204294965541% 204294874818&seot=1&tsrc=allcarhome&__Nne=15&trecs=5&silo=1011) for $23,000.

It suore looks the good in the photo's, but there is one line in there that I love, "Fully restored, $1000 spent to get to this standard". If I could spend only a grand on restoring one and get $23,000 from selling it, I think its time I contemplate my next career move!!

Seano


the gentleman selling that LR is on my contact list for parts...he restores lots you should see in his garage:eek:


Mrs ho har:angel:

[Larry]

There is one on carsales at the moment http://www.carsales.com.au/all-cars/private/details.aspx?R=7995754&__sid=121732C0A3A5&__Qpb=true&Cr=3&__Ns=pCar_RankSort_Int32|1||pCar_PriceSort_Decimal |1||pCar_Make_String|0||pCar_Model_String|0&keywords=&__N=1216%201246%201247%201252%201282%204294965541% 204294874818&seot=1&tsrc=allcarhome&__Nne=15&trecs=5&silo=1011 (http://www.carsales.com.au/all-cars/private/details.aspx?R=7995754&__sid=121732C0A3A5&__Qpb=true&Cr=3&__Ns=pCar_RankSort_Int32%7C1%7C%7CpCar_PriceSort_D ecimal%7C1%7C%7CpCar_Make_String%7C0%7C%7CpCar_Mod el_String%7C0&keywords=&__N=1216%201246%201247%201252%201282%204294965541% 204294874818&seot=1&tsrc=allcarhome&__Nne=15&trecs=5&silo=1011) for $23,000.

It suore looks the good in the photo's, but there is one line in there that I love, "Fully restored, $1000 spent to get to this standard". If I could spend only a grand on restoring one and get $23,000 from selling it, I think its time I contemplate my next career move!!

Seano

I think you'll find he means thousands spent.:D

[VladTepes]

Yes Brian but as you say "to my mind"

If someone is prepared to pay $400,000 for a Ford Falcon (a "mass produced car") then let 'em !

[V8Ian]

For 23K, I'd expect more than just a paint job that's not finished. I mean, who in their right mind would leave a car in primer ;).
Isuzu trucks did in the '70s

[Zute]

It would be interesting to see what would happen, if you all put your old series LR up on E-bay and the likes for $25,000 +.
Would this have the effect of bumping up the value ?
Red book and others, say they base there values on what the market is offering.:twisted:

[Scallops]

that is a very nice looking truck has been rebuilt from the ground up including galvanised chassis but I am afraid I wouldn't pay that much for it


Mrs ho har:angel:

Chassis is original, can't see that it's been galvanised....Anyway, mine is going to look like that one day soon and I didn't spent $25,000!!!! :D

(But I'll probably owe Harry, Glen, etc etc around that for all their help :angel:)

[Shonky]

As others have said, restorations are almost always money losing exercises.

I am quite happy throwing rediculous amounts of money at my cars because it is a hobby I am passionate about, and they give me great enjoyment (and will do for years after they are completed) I have no intentions of selling, and no illusions that if I do I will lose bucket loads of money.

I have spent thousands of dollars doing a ground up on Gus, and I haven't even been fussed with using exactly correct parts! If I sold him I would easily lose 60%+ of what I have put into him. :eek:

I guess the only answer is to keep him then. :D

[solmanic]

...mine is going to look like that one day soon and I didn't spent $25,000!!!! :D

Famous last words. Keep your calculator handy - it will add up over time.

[Shonky]

^ What he said!

[jplambs]

Land-Rover?:angel::D

Gold!:D:p:D

[D-Fender]

I think old Landies are a bit like a homemade motor scooter. My brother made three motor scooters (pretty good too, although I won't tell him that) a few years ago, and thought he would be able to sell them for a few hundred each.

No-one cares these days if someone puts time into something, and people over-value what their time means to someone (whoever wants a car), I think.

Like more than a few times I have seen 'what's my fully sick modded hilux worth' threads on the 4wdAction Hilux Forums. Then they state how much money and time they put into it, thinking it will be worth bloody heaps, even though all it is, is another crappy old toyota ute with some big tyres, spotlights a bull's horns tramp-stamp on the back window.


I would love a good Series 2a, but would not pay that much for one even if I had the money.

Just my thoughts.......

[Scallops]

Famous last words. Keep your calculator handy - it will add up over time.

Read my fine print! :D Should I ammend it to "I will owe Harry et al....."

[flagg]

There are some cars I'd pay good money for.. even if everyone else thought that I was insane.

Like one of the first Range Rovers.. you know the one - 1970 2 door, that poo colour, painted steel wheels, rubber mats, manual sick on the floor.. but it would have to be totally original - ie not restored, poked, prodded, modded, touched, or molested in ANY way. Basically a new car, as it ran out of the factory in the first few days of production.

mmm I would /love/ one of them. (just don't tell my 110 :angel: )

[Shonky]

Read my fine print! :D Should I ammend it to "I will owe Harry et al....."

It isn't the labour that costs. :(

Its the masses of 25c grommets, $3 hose clamps, $10 bearings, 10c washers etc etc. :eek:

[Scallops]

It isn't the labour that costs. :(

Its the masses of 25c grommets, $3 hose clamps, $10 bearings, 10c washers etc etc. :eek:

Yeah - I know - but Harry is buying all that stuff for me!!! :eek:

[Shonky]

Yeah - I know - but Harry is buying all that stuff for me!!! :eek:

:eek:

I see! :lol2:

[The ho har's]

Read my fine print! :D Should I ammend it to "I will owe Harry et al....."

BTW all the lights work now bar 1 brake light....ho har & ZD were busy yesterday:D

OH and he actually did some work on zara as well:D


Mrs ho har:angel:

[The ho har's]

Yeah - I know - but Harry is buying all that stuff for me!!! :eek:

HE IS:eek:


Mrs ho har:angel:

[Scallops]

HE IS:eek:


Mrs ho har:angel:

Don't worry, Minxy - as long as the bill is somewhat less than $25,000 I'm good for it. Otherwise you have a 1955 Series 1 in your shed! :D

[V8Ian]

Don't worry, Minxy - as long as the bill is somewhat less than $25,000 I'm good for it. Otherwise you have a 1955 Series 1 in your shed! :D
Watch out Dan, that would suit Carolyn.;)

[123rover50]

Actually, I'm not surprised - Many restored Series 1's go for big money.....

Land Rover Series 1 86 inch Dunsfold for sale, classic cars for sale uk (Car: 79977) (http://www.classiccarsforsale.co.uk/classic-car-page.php/carno/79977)

This was just one I found rather easily. I feel we here (on AULRO) might actually undervalue some of our pride and joys. ;)
They have got the pedal grommits upside down, felts to the inside not outside like the book shows. Knock a couple of grand off.

[Shonky]

They have got the pedal grommits upside down, felts to the inside not outside like the book shows. Knock a couple of grand off.

Haha! :D

[Scallops]

They have got the pedal grommits upside down, felts to the inside not outside like the book shows. Knock a couple of grand off.

Thanks for the tip - I'm soon to install mine! :)

[Pedro_The_Swift]

Thanks for the tip - I'm soon to install mine! :)


or harry is-------

:whistling:

[The ho har's]

or harry is-------

:whistling:

The bill is slowly mounting:twisted:



Mrs ho har:angel:

[3toes]

It would be interesting to see what would happen, if you all put your old series LR up on E-bay and the likes for $25,000 +.
Would this have the effect of bumping up the value ?
Red book and others, say they base there values on what the market is offering.:twisted:

This is a long standing car (and others) sales trick. You have a vehicle (or other) you want to sell at a premium price or consider to be undervalued. If you can push prices up there is going to be more in it for you especially if you have a few more kicking around. So you simply advertise yours at what others might consider to be an over the top price for a period. You do not really care if it sells as what you are doing is creating a impression on the buyers that this is perhaps worth more than they think. After a while you substitute another and do the same for a while. If someone actually pays you have evidence that is what it is worth.

[Landy Smurf]

im not sure if it is the same one but i know i have seent this one on ebay but there was one is just as good condition and he had a buy it of 10k and didnt sell it.

[lardy]

Actually, I'm not surprised - Many restored Series 1's go for big money.....

Land Rover Series 1 86 inch Dunsfold for sale, classic cars for sale uk (Car: 79977) (http://www.classiccarsforsale.co.uk/classic-car-page.php/carno/79977)

This was just one I found rather easily. I feel we here (on AULRO) might actually undervalue some of our pride and joys. ;)

yeah but Dunsfold do excellent preservation and try and keep their stock as original as possible they are well worth it....not like bits of series 1 and whatever else you can find to stick together

[LRPV]

They have got the pedal grommits upside down, felts to the inside not outside like the book shows. Knock a couple of grand off.

and there are dents in the rear crossmember....a couple a more grand off :rolleyes: