Thread: On the trail of a nice rangie, maybe..

Originally Posted by sclarke

Id say its only worth about $1k - $1500 max...

No reg and rough body... hell i can give you one...

only parts worth $$$$ are the extra's and thats not much..

Spot on about the money.

Originally Posted by justinc

Richard,

If the standard transfer case is still in it, it wouldn't pull the skin off a pudding with 33's!! Even in standard trim they were incredibly gutless, as it has the 3spd torqueflyte and 1:1 high range. This can be overcome with a defender 1.410:1 transfer case, but it will still be a bit of a slug.

$2k sounds OK, but I'd still get it looked at if you can!

JC

$2k would be top end price

Originally Posted by Phoenix

Thanks for the tips all. I'd not really planned to keep 33's on it. Probably get them to on sell for other goodies or repairs or even a swap for a 2nd set of rims with a more normal size MT's for playtime.

What size did they come with, a 29 is that right? so a 30 or 31 would be a better play tyre size?

There isn't much choice down this way unless you know of anything down south justin. Clarkie, I tend to agree to value unless it is very tidy, but as I said, prices here are a bit inflated.

As for power, you have to remember i'm coming from a series 3 with the 2.6, this will feel like a world of power to me!!! Gas also appeals to me, despite losing storage to get it. The big roof rack should offset that loss to an extent.

I am keeping an eye open, and I have a couple of leads on buyers for the Ambulance which is heartening.

Will be so slow with the TF727 the 2.6 may be quicker. They chew a lot of power as the were designed to go behind Big Block Hemi V8's

G'day Phoenix

Yup! the 727 was a bit of a power hog about 15% was very good for it's day others sapped as much as 22%, but it was OK in the V8 Valiants but was rather leisurely in the 6's but it is a near industructable auto.

Went for a good run in my 3.5 5sp manual on gas yesterday and it cruises nicely at 105-110 kph on the highway.


cheers