Thread: Around Australia vehicle choice

There is a td5 defender at the salvage auctions tomorrow that has had a really hard side hit, I will go and have a look. 138 k on it rego (td54x4 ) maybe someone on here knows of it.
Use engine ,gear box and what ever is salvageable ,although all panels are gone

Have you seriously looked at the option of selling all of your vehicles and putting towards a new Defender? The security of 3 years warranty and a the comfort of a brand new vehicle would be a wonderful way to start the journey of a life time.

Cheers
KarlB

Great idea Karl I thought of it and then dismissed it early on, but it has a lot of merit.
My wife's disco is staring to get a few faults that are really hard to fix,ie electrical and system faults.
The rangie is a play toy although tough is not suitable.
The county will need a lot of work to make it suitable- find a suitable diesel, make it work, fit an air con system, and a virtual rebuild ie bushes,seals, bearings,hoses, tyres.
If someone said they had a rebuilt 4bd1-t with a 6 spd box with a lt230 adaptor
For sale ready to go I would really consider it.
I found n/a 4bd1 land rover engine for $4000 then the cost of rebuild and turbo and inter cooler and gearbox and all the other things ,allow $10 all up.
Then the a/c and all the other preventative maintenance a new vehicle doesn't seem that bad.
Although I am not afraid of getting my hands dirty and learning during a build is priceless if things do go wrong.

This might be a dumb question but won't the kids miss a year of school?

They'll learn more more than they would at school.

Originally Posted by fitzy

Great idea Karl I thought of it and then dismissed it early on, but it has a lot of merit.
My wife's disco is staring to get a few faults that are really hard to fix,ie electrical and system faults.
The rangie is a play toy although tough is not suitable.
The county will need a lot of work to make it suitable- find a suitable diesel, make it work, fit an air con system, and a virtual rebuild ie bushes,seals, bearings,hoses, tyres.
If someone said they had a rebuilt 4bd1-t with a 6 spd box with a lt230 adaptor
For sale ready to go I would really consider it.
I found n/a 4bd1 land rover engine for $4000 then the cost of rebuild and turbo and inter cooler and gearbox and all the other things ,allow $10 all up.
Then the a/c and all the other preventative maintenance a new vehicle doesn't seem that bad.
Although I am not afraid of getting my hands dirty and learning during a build is priceless if things do go wrong.

Just buy a county already done and then fit your goodies from your rangie, on sell the other cars. Isuzu will be good for at least 500,000k.

You could always buy an ex-army Perentie,they come with a Izusu 4BD1 and a strengthened LT95 going at the auctions in Brisbane at around 8K then just put the County tub on it,they have galv chassis,under rear spare, then you could fit aftermarket A/C under left dash and bob's your uncle,a good County with a known body just fit a snorkel they have already got a very useable bulbar and and the rest is standard Landrover panels and electrics with a few extras,just look up the website for Graysonline,military vehicles,the Brisbane auction closes on Wedensday from memory.



GraysOnline Australia - Online Retail & Auctions


cheers

Sad to say it but for long range small country town touring, consider a toyota. I'm on a return trip from the cape and Toyota's are all you see. You will get parts for a toyota in a 2 bit town and every mechanic knows how to work on them.

After 2 breakdowns on the trip and having spent 5 days in Townsville waiting on a radiator hose to be sent from Melb (not an on the shelf item and Townsville is deemed regional so no courier company with AP worst of all appreciates the urgency) I lament the lack of LR support outside the city.

my 2 bob as I sit in a hotel room watching the parcel tracker number. MLD

It's unlikely he is going to have your dramas with an older car though and can Likely work on the car himself as its more simplistic, I did see a lot of Toyotas out and about up at the cape but no disrespect they weren't doing anything other than watching land rovers drive through.