Thread: stage one trayback

Ok,you silver tongues have talked me into it.Picked it up for $500.

Some more pics.Radiator is stuffed.Apparently was running and driving fine,till starter motor died.I remember the owner ringing me asking if i had one.Chassis seems fine.Fuel tank looks like aftermarket,filler is welded to tank with gussets,but i don,t know.Head lining looks good.Only body damage is bump on right wing front which has put a small tear where wing joins front panel.No other body damage that i can see.Apart from rust looks ok.Will be restoring it and keeping it as original as i can,despite my urge to upgrade things

That is nice and a very good price.
You may wish to visit this site for a bit of a read:
Stage 1 V8 • Index page

Finally dragged it home today and tried to clean 5 years of grime off it.Po had been spraying heaps of sump oil underneath.Going to take a lot of degreaser to clean it off.Couple of questions for the brains trust.While i'm sure its a stage one,compliance plate has 04 80 and 109"and 3.5 after it,i can't find or see where there has been a v8 badge.Also the heater intake is body coloured[could be a respray],i always thought they were black.Also headlight surrounds are silver,thought they were black also.Bear in mind my series knowledge is nowhere near my rangie classic knowledge.

All Stage 1 were either 3.5 V8 or 3.9 diesel. And the four was 2.25 (petrol or diesel) and the six 2.6. So if the plate says 3.5, it is a Stage 1 V8. Stage 1 are also easily identifiable by the LT95 gearbox, which may be familiar from your Rangerover knowledge. The other differences are mostly not that obvious to the untutored eye.

As far as I can remember no Stage 1 ever had a V8 badge.

John

Didnt they have the leyland 3.5 badge on the side?

Originally Posted by rangietragic

Finally dragged it home today and tried to clean 5 years of grime off it.Po had been spraying heaps of sump oil underneath.Going to take a lot of degreaser to clean it off.Couple of questions for the brains trust.While i'm sure its a stage one,compliance plate has 04 80 and 109"and 3.5 after it,i can't find or see where there has been a v8 badge.Also the heater intake is body coloured[could be a respray],i always thought they were black.Also headlight surrounds are silver,thought they were black also.Bear in mind my series knowledge is nowhere near my rangie classic knowledge.

there no v8 badge the engineis alsodifferent in the stage i to the range rover

Originally Posted by rangietragic

.....Also headlight surrounds are silver,thought they were black also.Bear in mind my series knowledge is nowhere near my rangie classic knowledge.

I think all Series 3 headlight surrounds were silver, although some may have been body coloured. But the black, as far as I remember, only came with the change to plastic surrounds on the 110.

John