Thread: What are the most desirable, valuable and collectable landrovers.

1. Pre-production 80"
2. first few production 48 models
3. Royal Review - ceremonial models any year
4. Tickford Station Wagon 80"
5. First 1500 production 48 models.
6. 80" Welder models
7. 80" fire Engines
8. any post 861501 48 model
9. any factory fire engine
10. prototypes of any model.
11. 1949 model 80"
12. Australian military gun buggies
13. Military LRVP

Desirable - entirely subjective. This can vary from someone who wants a current model supercharged Rangerover, to someone who nostalgically wants one the same as the one his dad had fifty years ago, or the one he drove in Vietnam.

Valuable - Probably the current top model Rangerover, unless you want to go to one of the bespoke modified ones made in tiny numbers for Middle East princes.

Collectable - possibly a little less dispute about this, as it would include those where there is a consensus as to what is both interesting and rare. This would have to include the very early (1948) models (and probably any 80"), 80" wagon (Tickford), 107 station wagon, 81" (Rolls Royce engined), Series 1 diesels, Series 2 (especially diesels and 1948 88s with the original 2l engine), Series 2/2a in general, especially the 109 wagon, Series 2a/3 One Ton, Series 3 Stage 1 (especially Isuzu). More generally, any special purpose Series Landrover, such as welder, fire engine. More recent ones would have to include the civilian 6x6 110 and bicentenary 110TC. Any Landrover with special provenance.

What are likely to be regarded as collectible in the future, may even be today in many cases - any Series 1, any Series 2/2a, 101, two door Rangerover, ultimately any Landrover over about thirty years old.

If you want what I think would top the list - 80" wagon.

John

Clearly, an Isuzu 110 is the most desirable, valuable and collectable landrover.

Originally Posted by flagg

Clearly, an Isuzu 110 is the most desirable, valuable and collectable landrover.

But does that include vehicles retrofitted with Isuzu?

Originally Posted by jaffa

Was just wonder what everyone thought were the most desirable, valuable and collectable landrovers..

I'd say any car with a bonnet ornament as per your avatar pic.

But hang on a minute. That's a Jeep in your picture. I've got a Jeep but no ornament. Time for a warranty claim methinks.

Obviously the - Defender SVX

Anything with leaf springs, in a short wheelbase

Have this discussion with the Merc mates often. General consensus is anything with a chrome bumper is/can be a classic. Anything with plastic bumpers in the future will be a weathered mass of electrical problems.

In my opinion:

Collectable - anything that came out with minimal or no electronic complexity.

Valuable - anything original, in excellent condition, rare and/or desirable.

Desirable - anything odd, different, unique and/or rare.