money in the pocket

[TULL]

Ive come to a crossroads,later inthe year I get to 40, so my wife has said i have about £1000 ish to spend on a pressie, so how do I go about it?Do I
A-spend it on mods to the trooper and get a half decent offroader.
B Buy a cheap older Landy with no mods then slowly alter it over time.

All this came about when in a moment of madness got a copy of LRM from the news agent in my lunch hour, now I know what most of you will say but try to be objective ,PLEASE.

[Andy.]

Do you like your Trooper enough to spend £1000 quid on it doing it up, is it worth it to you  :?:

£1000 won't buy you much of a landie, probably not in as good of condition as your present motor anyway, then you'll have the expence of doing that one up.

Can you afford two MOT, two road taxes etc......

You could of course sell the trooper, get a better landie and put your £1000 to that  :?:

Happy spending  :D

[TULL]

All good points it would make three mots and taxes as I also have a 406 estate.I must admit, the trooper would go if i went the Landie way.

[Dangermouse]

If you want a motor to do up, a Landy has the meckarno bodywork & more off the shelf bolt on's, part suppliers & 4 monthley glossey mag's to give you more idea's than you can shake a stick at.
Plus you will have more fun in a motor your not to bothered about if you crease a wing or some sutch. or at least that's what my wife swallowed  :shock:


DM   :)

[Andy the Landy]

Must agree about the old Landy bit - I paid peanuts for ours and parts really are dirt cheap, even cheaper if you can fit them yourself. One thing I've found is that I spend a lot of time fixing little jobs which SWMBO moans about. If you go down the old Landy route dont forget the lack of creature comforts as at the end of the day its 40yr old technology.
I agree with Dangermouse on the creased wing bit - a size 9 or 10 can usually un-crease most of it :D

[TULL]

yes i remember using a branch to knock a dent out once. saw one in lrm in Scarborough, £1400, 1968, rebuilt as series III, 4 years ago, looked ok but the hybrid for 2200 looked like fun.

[TULL]

should I be wary of bargains? For about £1500 Iseem to be in SIII area , however looking through Landy world noticed a 90 swb 1986 at £1350 and it was diesel, seemed a little cheap ! or is that the sort of thing I could get for the money? maybe a miss print.

[Dangermouse]

My 90 is a 86 and still going strong, chasse still good no welding.
90's in the same condition iv looked at on forcourt's are 2 to 3 thou the 1 to 2 thou motor's have more battle scar's & flacky rust patch's underneath for the most part but not all, at that age it's all down to condition. i don't mean to put you off but just look carefully at the chasse, have a poke with a screwdriver.


DM  :)

[Topple]

I'm still selling my series 3 (1983)

I paid just under £3000 18 months ago, its' going for a song at £1750, would even accept a good offer. It HAS to go this year, I'm moving house and country.


This is in better condition than my 1993 90, no rot, solid chassis bare metal repaint ... details in for sale section.


P

[TULL]

Cant afford just yet but looks like a good motor, hows it handle compared to the shorter wheelbase stuff, any mods ?

[way2deep]

if you are seriously thinking of a change then ask someone who's got a swb landy if they could take you out sometime.my mate had one and to be honest i could not go any distance in it cos it was such a bumpy /hard ride.only a suggestion don't want to start any arguements about whats good or bad. :)

[way2deep]

just to add his did have the old multi-leaf  suspension :)

[Dangermouse]

Parabolick's are the answer to that  :)



DM  :)

[Topple]

The only mods to it is a snorkle and steering guard.

I've not driven a swb series so can't compare.

Thought about parabolics but never got round to it, agreed the ride is hard compared to coilers.

It's been more reliable than my 90 which is younger by 10 years.

[muky-kid.]

:D Just a thought, for a grand you could get a good Classic Range Rover thats not been messed with, or a cheap Discovery that would need a little work, esspecially v8s no one wants them anymore ( gas guzzlers ). And you could always convert it to run on l.p.g gas.

Or a grand would get you a cracking little suzuki sj, great fun std, just a bit harsh on the road.
Or to stand out from the crowd, stick with the Trooper and doit up a bit.

[Range Rover Blues]

:D Just a thought, for a grand you could get a good Classic Range Rover thats not been messed with, or a cheap Discovery that would need a little work, esspecially v8s no one wants them anymore ( gas guzzlers ). And you could always convert it to run on l.p.g gas.

Or a grand would get you a cracking little suzuki sj, great fun std, just a bit harsh on the road.
Or to stand out from the crowd, stick with the Trooper and doit up a bit.

I happen to know where ther's a really tidy 3.5 Rangie on carbs at the moment, could be yours for well under a grand.  Rotherham area if you're interested.

[TULL]

whats the MOT and tax like ?