Spotted in Apollo Bay
My modified one struggled to sell until I found the right guy.
1976 LR 90 Hybrid GONE
1985 RRC chev GONE
1997 D1 V8 GONE
1973 RRC Gone
1980'RRC Build in progress GOING
Disco wrecking 93 & 94
1993 RRC LSE
Spotted in Apollo Bay
1976 LR 90 Hybrid GONE
1985 RRC chev GONE
1997 D1 V8 GONE
1973 RRC Gone
1980'RRC Build in progress GOING
Disco wrecking 93 & 94
1993 RRC LSE
Did anyone get any confirmation of numbers bought to Australia? When did the soft dash LSE go on sale in Australia and do we know how many AULRO members have a LSE currently?
heh now there's one you wouldn't buy...
1. regularly dipping it's arse in the ocean (boatramp waves)
2. had the arse-end constantly torn out (tow huge boat)
3. "Apollo Bay"
constant salt exposure, regardless of how well it's kept is always an issue in these things. Being an LSE, getting bits (rear doors, sunroof repairs etc) will be a problem for the "next" owner... if there is one.
Roads?.. Where we're going, we don't need roads...
You buy on condition .... Being a boat, it probably only tows a few kms at low speed around town. The land rover chassis could easily hand that boat. It may also never get its arse end dunked. A good ramp doesn't require the tow car to enter the water (especially if you have a really good boat trailer).
Proper cars--
'92 Range Rover 3.8V8 ... 5spd manual
'85 Series II CX2500 GTi Turbo I :burnrubber:
'63 ID19 x 2 :wheelchair:
'72 DS21 ie 5spd pallas
Modern Junk:
'07 Poogoe 407 HDi 6spd manual :zzz:
'11 Poogoe RCZ HDI 6spd manual
I live about 300m from the pacific.
I have an RRC
I tow a boat regularly
I don't tow it 'round town' I get out and go places with it.
Boat ramps determine how far you have to back in, and to get that thing buoyant, it will be up to the trailer axles no issues there. It's the waves that roll in and splash up. Sometimes you have no choice if the swell starts beating.
I also know the apollo bay harbour /marina reasonably well. So generally unless there is a NE swell It's not going to be an issue for waves, except when the easterly picks up and then the spray is far worse than the waves. That vehicle will be parked at the boat ramp carpark for hours copping salt spray. It's not a nice place to be on a windy day, and windy is a prevailing condition down otway.
What people fail to realize is that salt spray isn't dry. It's wet, it seeps into every crevice. You can rinse it, but that doesn't rid the vehicle from it. you need to soak it for hours or pray it rains for a week.
Detergents accelerate the salt penetration by simply aiding the penetration through reduced meniscal tension.
regular application of salt assault and lanotec is pretty much the only defense.
It will creep under every rubber seal, every hinge, every radiator fin, every bit of exposed alloy.
I'm not joking Shane. I've watched mine like a hawk for almost 6 years and despite all precaution, you will not prevent it. A pillar windscreen seal and roofline seal, tailgate seal, door jam ... etc etc scuttle/firewall, bottom of a pillar and sill, B pillar and sill, you have to keep up the prevention to keep the salt and rust away. The upkeep is ridiculous.
If it weren't for the fact that old landrovers have built-in underbody rust prevention (oil spray) then the things would be all but extinct.
Roads?.. Where we're going, we don't need roads...
I have towed boats of many sizes behind different vehicles, the worst is my 12 foot tinney, trailer has 14 inch wheels so is very high. I have had no rust problems as I used to spray about a gallon of fish oil under them first up.
cheers
blaze
I have a 93 LSE classic which I bought about 5 years ago. It is Plymouth Blue in colour with chocolate brown interior. It has 5 spoke colour coded wheels and I drive it regularly and love it.
I had a second ‘spare’ 93 LSE that I recently sold to a friend in QLD but this car needed a fair bit of work and won’t be on the road anytime soon. It was Westminster Grey with a chocolate interior and the 5 spoke wheels.
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