Thread: Army vehicle disposal

No - that is just galvanizing as far as I could tell. Some have paint on the rear chassis area, but this one looks like the body was painted off of the chassis.

How can you tell that Lot 3 is one that might be worth buying?

We'll see if I end up with it at 5:00PM tonight!! After 126 bids I seem to be still winning it after 2 days.....

Thanks for the info on the engine too BTW.

Seems I own another Land Rover! Mrs Spud will be thrilled

Now all the hassle of Regency Park, and getting it registered.... which no doubt involve installing a keyed ignition lock at the very least.

Cheers for all you help BarefootDave and BlkKnight.
David

Originally Posted by spudboy

No - that is just galvanizing as far as I could tell. Some have paint on the rear chassis area, but this one looks like the body was painted off of the chassis.

How can you tell that Lot 3 is one that might be worth buying?


Thanks for the info on the engine too BTW.

It's all in the Book, Mr Spud.
Your GM120 will make for some interesting reading.

Anyway, Congratulations!! Welcome to the Perentie Club!
Make sure you join REMLR, if you haven't already.
There is a member who makes repro canopies using the correct canvas for a reasonable price!

OK - I'll reword that: What made you think that Lot 3 was worth buying.....

The existing canopy is in reasonable nick. It's only going to be a farm car, so it'll do for the moment.

Both Engine and chassis show signs of refurbishment, guessing about 5-6 years ago.

What a mixed result from the latest auctions..

The couple of recently refurbished vehicles went for pretty high prices, in my opinion.

My logic might be flawed, but to pay $18,209 for one with a couple of thousand clicks is a premium of $12,000 over the majority of them ( given you are paying 16% on another $10-11K)
So that means the vehicle depreciates about $12,000 within the first 60-100K depending on what vehicle you compare it to that you could have purchased. Sorry if the purchaser reads this, but I just don't see the value, as most of these vehicles will last a long time in civilian hands.

Land Rover 110 4X4 Cargo Soft Top 7/1989 Auction (0035-5008645) | GraysOnline Australia

Wow - $18K!!

I paid $6.5K for this one: 1990 Land Rover 110 4X4 FFR Soft Top (Seaton, SA) Auction (0003-8001091) | GraysOnline Australia

It has 54,000Kms on it (with full log book to document - not changed speedo), so apart from the winch I think that's a very high price for something similar to the one I ended up with.

Originally Posted by DeeJay

What a mixed result from the latest auctions..

The couple of recently refurbished vehicles went for pretty high prices, in my opinion.

My logic might be flawed, but to pay $18,209 for one with a couple of thousand clicks is a premium of $12,000 over the majority of them ( given you are paying 16% on another $10-11K)
So that means the vehicle depreciates about $12,000 within the first 60-100K depending on what vehicle you compare it to that you could have purchased. Sorry if the purchaser reads this, but I just don't see the value, as most of these vehicles will last a long time in civilian hands.

Land Rover 110 4X4 Cargo Soft Top 7/1989 Auction (0035-5008645) | GraysOnline Australia

Some people obviously have too much money. I am sure the speedo would have been changed...