Thread: $42,500 for a 91 RRC???

There is always a problem with things like this

I had bought a 1973 RRC which had a tannie Diesel in it. This was in 1991 and i put a 200 TDi engine and gearbox in It ( now in 1991 they were very expensive, had not been out long)
I then got the truck resprayed and tarted up to look like a CSK rangie
As seen below
From this


To this


When i came to sell this i had spent upwards of $50,000 on it but at the end of the day it was and still is a 1973 RRC 2 Door but with a diesel lump in it . I sold it for $8000 in the end , about 2 grand over what it was worth if it had been a V8
Very important lesson learn't on that car

But it is the same as with the 90 i have here now. How much it that worth. At the end of the day the same as everything, As much as someone is willing to pay, and that is the key.

But with this truck i don't belive it has the gear that i would put on a truck. I can't see it as a hard core off roader. Too thirsty for a tourer,
As for the price if i had that amount burning a hole in my pocket i could buy and build a RRC that would beat this one hands down for alot less than this guys wants for this one, or i would simply go and buy a brand new Defender 110 for a bit more.
after all the amounts and pricing he is talking about for things, i think they saw him coming a mile off. $10,000 for surpension god i thought the scrap iron stuff was a rip off, 500 BHP mmmmm yeah i think you are dreaming on that one would like to see the test result as i have a mate who is try hard to make a ranige Hybrid 500 BHp and finding it a bit hard with out Nitous, Yank gear box and axles

As for the comments about Hummers, sorry but any respectfull land rover owner would never even think of compairing their truck to those Yank supermarket off roaders. Hummer 1 mmmmm ok maybe alrright but still not as good as a landy hence why after the first Gulf war the yanks order a hell of a lot of Landys for their services but H2 and H3 oh my god

Well it is good to know he has had offers of 20G, I realy did feel sorry for the guy as I was not expecting anyone to offer such an amount.

But truth is if someone has offered him 20G he will prob be able to stretch it out to 25000 and that is a good sale for him IMHO.

So I don't feel so bad, I really only wanted the engine so I am in no way going to offer over 10G, so I am out

Red Book gives a private sale range of $5200-$7300 and trade-in range of $2700-$4800.
Glass's Guide shows the various models, CSK, Vogue, Vogue SE, etc, and has a private sale range across all models of $6030-$10500, and a trade-in range of $5700-$9600.

This is a 17yo. car and few dealers are interested in cars this old. New car dealerships rarely have anything over 5-6 years old in their used yards. Older trade-ins usually being wholesaled to another dealer or sent to auction. Cars this old, unless exceptional or a specialist vehicle that is the stock-in-trade of a particular dealer, would usually go to a third or fourth tier dealer (bomb dealer). The trades price guides are a bit inaccurate on older vehicles as few are sold through dealers and consequently the guides do not get sufficient data back from dealers to form a firm market.

Originally Posted by Grimace

Well it is good to know he has had offers of 20G, I realy did feel sorry for the guy as I was not expecting anyone to offer such an amount.

But truth is if someone has offered him 20G he will prob be able to stretch it out to 25000 and that is a good sale for him IMHO.

Good sale .chrsit he should break the blokes arm off for that amout

Originally Posted by Camo

found a pic

Rofl, that's poor taste man!

Hey guys,

This fella lives around the corner from me, he has spent big bucks but from what i understand he will accept 30-35 for it.


I see why he did what he did, and yes spending big dollars on it wont ever get the money back, but it is a wow machine with the fully active suspension set up in it. its pretty wild. The guy said the reason he doesnt have a winch is he has never been stuck. so no need.

All the work was done by andrew from Les richmond.

I want his plates!!!!!

simon

Originally Posted by Camo

found a pic of the tool :eek

Carefull My kids see this

Come the end of the day he does not even state whether it has engineers certificates or comes with a RWC. I would doubt whether it does.

The way I would value it is on the value of the main parts. Second hand value of simex wheels and tyres $1,500. He does not say what diff ratios he is running, so I assume that they are standard. But the second hand value from each diff with locker, $1,000 each. The active suspension is worth nothing. With the blower the motor might be worth around $10,000.

So $15,000 would be good money for it, assuming that you really wanted the motor, and at $20,000 he should take it.

There is no way that he could have spent $200,000 on it.