Thread: Rangie 4x4 Automotive

He closed down in Lilydale and moved to a premises on Canterbury Road, Kilsyth. I don't think he is trading under that name anymore though. When he left lilydale he sold a lot of the part and bits he had stockpiled.

There are plenty of other good land rover mechanics around Melbourne though...

Angus

Thanks Angus. Who would you recommend?

Basically I have a bit of a predicament. My old two door is falling apart but has some decent bits and pieces on it, I'm wondering if I buy a newer (probably late 80s) model and transfer as much as I can over, or do I just fix up what I have; I'm only after something for weekend offroading.

The old girl is currently fitted with front and rear Maxi drive lockers, 4.4 V8, flared guards, 40mm bodylift, four point cage, custom bull bar with winch. Bad points: rust in the sills, bonnet, lower tailgate, rear body mounting point, likely to need new bushes all round, and other general things that you'd come to expect from a 30 year old car that has had a hard life.

What do people reckon? Normally I'd have a crack at some of this sort of work myself but a busy job, young familiy, ongoing renovations and lack of space is making it difficult.

Cheers,
Dave

Keep the bits you want, push the rest off a cliff. Get a good 87 or 88 car, there are plenty around, and wait till it's rainy to justify working on the car (assuming you have a shed!).

Cheers

Pete

What do you want repaired? Prepared to travel to drop the car off? I'd be inclined to buy another if the body is sad and do a changeover of your goodies, can pick up a clean rr or disco cheap

I can do the work substantially cheaper, but the turn around time is longer due to it being an offside thing I do

Originally Posted by Pierre

Keep the bits you want, push the rest off a cliff. Get a good 87 or 88 car, there are plenty around, and wait till it's rainy to justify working on the car (assuming you have a shed!).

Cheers

Pete

Pierre, I am a poor bloke without a shed, can't fit one properly on my block.