1949 S1 - what's it worth?

I reckon many on here are cheapskates! :p If you really start looking at Series vehicles in good nick that are registered or on club rego, you really don't get much for less than 5 grand. That is my experience, and it is the experience of other forum members who own "fleets" of Series vehicles too. Sure - you can get sub 5 grand trucks - and then you'll spend another 3-4k getting them roadworthy.

I bought a 1955 Series 1 recently - it has an "as new" chassis, no rust at all, reconditioned gearbox, a 1957 2l spread bore engine which runs like a swiss watch, has straight panels, new wiring throughout, an "as new" tilt - and it cost me 6.5k. The owner wanted more - that was where we came to.

In Australia, most Series 1's that people get come from a paddock with a tree growing out of them. That might explain why we think they are worth relatively less than folks overseas perhaps. But in England, they are more commonly available as up and running, registered vehicles. Look at this site - vehicles in similar condition to mine are going for 6-7 thousand pounds! :o

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So your mate's truck could be worth a lot more than is being suggested - as others say, depends on condition, originality, and what you and he reckon it's worth. But bear in mind they are fetching more than most here seem to be believe they are worth. :)

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Originally Posted by Sleepy

$4873.27




............ plus or minus 4 grand.:p

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LoL ..............very funny sleepy............:clap2:
maybe swap the Landy for a slab of XXXX gold.........!

chris

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Originally Posted by Scallops

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In Australia, most Series 1's that people get come from a paddock with a tree growing out of them. That might explain why we think they are worth relatively less than folks overseas perhaps. But in England, they are more commonly available as up and running, registered vehicles. Look at this site - vehicles in similar condition to mine are going for 6-7 thousand pounds! :o

Land Rover Series 1 cars for sale, buy classic Land Rover Series 1s for sale. Classic Cars For Sale

So your mate's truck could be worth a lot more than is being suggested - as others say, depends on condition, originality, and what you and he reckon it's worth. But bear in mind they are fetching more than most here seem to be believe they are worth. :)

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Yes, they will get a lot more in the UK (although there may be a wide margin between what is asked and the amount that ends up actually changing hands) - same story for example with Defenders selling in the USA for ten times what they would be worth here. But the cost of shipping something as large as a whole vehicle means that a large margin can develop between the UK and Australian price before the UK price will have much influence on prices here.

The other effect is that Australia it is a very thin market - a lot fewer people looking for them. And remember that in 1949 76% of production was exported, and of that 76% close to half probably went to Australia (which was Landrover's largest market at the time - and the same pattern held throughout S1 production), so it is quite possible that there are many more Series 1s compared to buyers in Australia than in the UK, particularly bearing in mind that over large areas of Australia rust is minimal compared to anywhere in the UK, so more may have survived.

John

Doesn't seem too bad a price for what it is, but then again I'm not considering buying it! For a little perspective, in the latest LRO, there's a bloke wanting to sell his Tickford wagon, a good untouched original, for nearly 40000 pounds sterling! What an investment!!

Dan.
69 2A 88" pet4, 68 2B FC pet6.

I dont think several grand isnt a bad price for a 1949 series 1 Landy, just have a look how much it will cost you if you want a series 48 holden or Customline/Mainline Ford??? from around the same period you will pay more for them then for a Landy.

Hi
I took my 49 down to to Shannon's ins.
last year so they could have a look at her
their comment was we would go as high as $25,000 cover.
that was their guess
so after seeing better cars than mine
I believe there are cars worth $30,000 or more running around Aus.
I was in the U.K. in June and I heard comments along the line that Aus cars are too cheap and if it was not for the Quid going down in value against the Aus$ there would be a lot more Aussie cars going back to U.K.
After hearing what a couple of lads paid for a pre-production car.
The $100,000 car is not far away
cheers
Ian

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Originally Posted by Lost Landy

All 1949 80" landrovers had the 1.6 litre motor except the " B40 Rolls Royce" powered models.

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The B40 powered Land Rover was an after-market hybrid, no different to a Holden powered Land Rover so should be considered in that light. Also I think that you will find that the B40 powered ones were all 1950.

There were some 2 litre prototypes built by Rover but not in 1949.

John obviously hadn't found that one. :D

This info has only very recently come to light. I was a touch suprised it hadn't come to light when I read his book.

Hi Ranga.

$20 000 phew...

Just hope your mate doesn't frequent the forum :)

That 49 in the carsales ad is correctly described as 51. So why do they call it a 49?