Might just be me that can't see your pics... cause I can't see them here either
Hi Everyone,
I just thought I would start a build thread on here for my son, Mitchell, also known as Plugger (he has been described as playing AFL in same style as one Tony Lockett, hence the monicker...).
At the beginning of the year, Plugger expressed great interest in getting into his first car, at 14, and we wholeheartedly supported him in this endeavor. Being an eclectic sort of lad, his first choice was a Citroen DS. Well we dissuaded him from this route very quickly as the price of one going is stupidly expensive and to restore one would be even more stupidly expensive.
The only other vehicle he wanted to be seen in, he said, was a Series I Land Rover (this from a 14 yo boy - no Commodores in this family!!). We looked around but couldn't find one so we settled on something a bit later. On Gumtree he found and ad that stated "Three Series IIA Land Rovers for sale - $1,750 for the lot"... I rang the ad and found to my surprise the gent with the vehicles was located just down the road from me, 4 hours away, north of Bundaberg. I asked him if he would just sell one of the Landies and he said 'yes', so off we went.
There was a choice of three vehicles, 2 x LWB SIIA'a and one SWB SIIa. The SWB was in the best nick and the most complete. It had a Holden six and was a runner, unlike the other two. So I sent Plugger off to negotiate a price with the farmer (he was very hesitant, but I insisted he learn the skill of negotiation if he was ever going to buy another car in the future). He came back 5 mins later and said "$500 ok Dad?" The deal was done and we loaded it up then and there.
Here are some pics of 'Camel' on the trailer just prior to heading back to Brissie...
9 hours later we arrived home with our new family member. The wife was pleased that he found, negotiated and paid for a vehicle all by himself and with his own money. I was pleased that he chose the best vehicle and was sensible in his expectations about what $500 could buy. So, now begins the long journey of fully rebuilding Camel and styling him the way Plugger wants. All in all, I think we are off to a pretty good start.
More to come soon.
Cheers,
Tricky (aka Andrew, Plugger's Dad!)
Last edited by Homestar; 15th August 2016 at 05:34 PM. Reason: Photo glitch
Might just be me that can't see your pics... cause I can't see them here either
Can't see them either :-(
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Cheers
Travelrover
Adventure before Dementia
2012 Puma 90 - Black
1999 Td5 110 Ute - White
1996 Tdi 300 Wagon - White
VKS-737 - Mobile 0972
Damnit. OK, what am I doing wrong??
I can see thumbnails.........cracking bullbar
I see the pictures in this thread but not the other. Click on the thumbnails and they load in another tab.
Looks like a good buy at that price, as far as I can see from the pictures.
Tell him to do some reading in the Series section, especially rebuild threads. Note that All the Series are very similar, but especially 2/2a/3 - there are more changes during each of these than between them!
John
John
JDNSW
1986 110 County 3.9 diesel
1970 2a 109 2.25 petrol
I see them now! nice work. Looks like a fun project
Attachments were fine, but the links in the post were wrong. Open each attachment and copy the URL, Then paste that back into the post between
I've fixed them up for you.
Cracking little car as well, will be watching this build with interest.
If you need to contact me please email homestarrunnerau@gmail.com - thanks - Gav.
What a treasure.
A S2a SWB wide light.
Seems reasonably complete. Great base for a restoration.
Thankyou HomeStar for the correction.
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