Are 80s really so rare that you had to move on this one? They do seem to be coming up on ebay almost as much as other series 1s. I do appreciate very early ones special but later ones less so.
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Are 80s really so rare that you had to move on this one? They do seem to be coming up on ebay almost as much as other series 1s. I do appreciate very early ones special but later ones less so.
Maybe not so rare over in your neck of the woods but I haven't seen any in WA for quite a while and I don't fancy buying one unseen from across the country and then paying around $1k to get it brought across - that would just make this one worth $3k if you all reckon it's worth $2k over East. Also, I haven't seen many 80" with hardtop truck cab, even looking through the "show us your S1" thread, searching several internet sites and looking through several books. Plenty of canvas tops and a fair few 88" with hardtop, but no 80" hardtops. Are they rare just because I can't find any? What other definition for rare is there?;)Quote:
Originally Posted by garrycol
I haven't actually "moved on this one" yet. If it was in better condition or cheaper I might have, but it's neither so I'm just doing due diligence homework at this point. I won't be panic buying it. I only stumbled across it looking for a Series 3 as a runabout so I can sell my Patrol ute with slide-on TrayMate camper.
It seems to me as if you taking the right approach Jay. :)
Make him a sensible offer and if he doesn't like it look for another one. You are correct that bugger-all seem to come up for sale in WA!
My brother managed to score one in similar condition to yours for $500 this year!
Cheers Charlie
80 guards have a nasty habit of cracking around where the bolts hold them on to the bulkhead. Its not unusual for a vehicle to be "fixed" on the farm by having extra steel reinforcement added to them with the hopes of keeping them on for a bit longer. Often the fronts are bracketed to the chassis or bumper for the same reason. If the guards are only cracked and not torn through you can often have them welded back together, provided corrosion hasnt set in. Otherwise its fairly easy to make a much less noticeable repair on the underside of the guard.Quote:
Originally Posted by JayBoRover
Common problem with the later 80" guards..
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I spoke to the owner last night, principally to let him know I was still considering it and researching some more. Although we didn't yet talk the about the price, he did tell me that if I buy the S1 I can pillage as many parts as might be useful from the other dead S2s lying around. So I now need to figure what parts might be useful, without knowing much about the other vehicles. I know that one is a SWB hardtop and that both have severely rusty chassis. I think I'm going to have to go back to check them out, in case there's something worthwhile hiding there. This time I'd get him to pull the S1 out so I can get a better look at it and then also I can check the chassis number to confirm it's age.
So are little things like indicator lights, speedo, seats etc likely to be interchangeable between the S1 and S2? Also maybe the front cross member and front of the chassis rails, if only the back is rotten? Seems to me unlikely and I would prefer to try and get the S1 back to original without incorrect series parts on it but I'm thinking maybe I can take both off his hands if he's unwilling to drop the price on the S1 alone.
Very little is interchangeable especially if you want to restore the S1; however; later parts can be made to fit.
Early S2's had some common parts, later 2A's less so. The speedo is totally different, as are all parking lights and the 80" left the factory without indicators. Axles, brakes, instruments, steering box and body panels all differ as do the chassis and bulkhead. I think I am correct in saying that the seats are different as well.
I wouldn't bank on the S2's as being useful bargaining tools :(
The chassis repairs are easy to do yourself if you can weld - PM me if you would like me to email you some articles I wrote on how I did mine,
Cheers Charlie
What chazza said - very little interchangeable if restoring it - it's not a bargaining point.
That's pretty much what I figured. I don't think the wife would accept two old Landy's lying around here either. It's a tough enough sell to be considering one. Still, I suspect she thinks a new hobby might ween me off racing cross country rally's.:angel:
I think my addiction has started:o I couldn't help myself and visited "The Pit Stop" book shop in Perth and walked out with two books - "Original Land Rover Series 1" and the "Land Rover Series 1 Workshop Manual". Not content with that I also ordered in the "Practical Classics on Land Rover Series 1 Restoration". Their pricing is not far off the Internet pricing which is good to see.
So, having now read the section of the first book that covers the 80" S1, I now have a long list of things I want to re-check on the S1 I looked at last weekend:confused:. I'm hoping to go back to it this weekend and hoping the owner will allow me to bring some tools and play with it a bit. I also want him to pull it out of the shed for me so I can get properly underneath it and check the back and chassis more carefully. It'll also give me the chance to discuss the price with him face-to-face and see if we can get something more realistic happening.
Here's hoping.:angel: