Thread: Sad Demise of an Exceptionally Good LSE

Shane,
if you do buy it, you're more than welcome to pull the seats out of my LSE and have them copied. I bought a Connolly hide from Leffler's in Flemington , I reckon it was about $600 2 years ago, and that did both front seats. The bloke I've always used for upholstery didn't charge much either and, as you've seen, the job's not too bad either.

Justin

Thanks Guys,

yes, I'll be interested ... I'm away for a couple of months over winter this year. So we'll see if it's on the market by then. If it is ( at the right price of course ), I'll just drag it home and put it in the shed for now.

If the leather is still usble, I'd probably just stitch the front seats back together (with younger kids, leather is better than velour as it doesn't stain).

seeya,
Shane L.

In my shed are the front leather seats out of my mate's LSE soft dash, they came out because the electrics had partially died. He put earlier model manual seats back in with lambswool covers so doesn't care about the leather.

Yeah my front lse soft dash seats are floating around too, they a grey leather though
Removed to fit recaros

Hi all,

Thanks for your interest and I'm touched by your concerns for retaining an LSE. I, too, thought it was an exceptional vehicle (I've easily spent over $10k on it over the past 18-24 months) and would love for it to go to someone who would appreciate it and take it to the places it longs to visit. There's not one track in the Vic high country that the LSE couldn't traverse with aplomb. In any weather. Note that it had an LT230 TC and ARB diff locks front and rear.

I've attached some more pics. Shane, unless you have an ideological issue with other than leather seats, I would implore you to consider the cloth I selected for the driver and passenger seats. BTW the rear seats with their original leather are in excellent condition. The recovering of the front seats cost over $1,500 and whilst the original leather would have looked better, the cloth I chose is hard wearing and works better in our climate. And the P38 heating elements which I grafted on work brilliantly.

Seats and Centre Console.jpgTray Table 2.jpgTray Table 1.jpgDash Centre Console 1.jpgBullbar and winch 1.jpgRear Bar 1.jpgEAS relocated.jpg
The last pic is of the EAS system which I relocated to where the oversize subwoofer used to be. The Alpine subwoofer matches the Alpine head unit.

Blimy Charlie ......

Is that interior standard?

Gotta love the fold down trays, extra vents and the rear seat legspace ..... Beautiful

Would be a shame to see it dismantled ... But understand your position.

Let's see ...... Fly ....Fix up and drive it back to Perth .... If only dreams could come true.

Baggy

Originally Posted by Baggy

Blimy Charlie ......

Is that interior standard?

Baggy

Yes. For a handful of special build vehicles in Australia, but I think a greater number were made for the North American market. History of The RR LSE in Australia

You are planning to wreck that????? Could you please put up your address so that we can visit your house while carrying pitchforks and flaming torches?

I've spent quite a bit on my old Rangie to make it as dependable as possible, but it's never going to have an interior like that. I'd plop the drivetrain out of mine into that in no time.