Land Rover Series 2 1963

[coab]

Rover 2003 buy it and have some fun. A good basic car to get your teeth into but try to do one project at a time as you will end up like your dad and have a yard full!

Originally Posted by vacuman

How long before your Mini is finished and ready for sale?

maybe this year it will be mk 1 but mk 3 shell with all the mk 1 parts it will be about 5000 as i have done everything

Originally Posted by coab

Rover 2003 buy it and have some fun. A good basic car to get your teeth into but try to do one project at a time as you will end up like your dad and have a yard full!

selling my mini when project is done then getting a land rover series 2

[Nobby]

Originally Posted by ROVER2003

okay lately if you have been reading my posts you will know i want a Land Rover Series 2 so i kept looking did not find a thing but then remember my dad using a Land Rover Series 2 1963 from one of his mates and he was asking £2000 for it. it was missing some stuff so i will buy it and it will be used all the time but slowly will be back to how it was 55 years ago

Once you've finished your other projects - go for it. They're great fun and like big meccano kits - easy to work on, even for a beginner and every nut, bolt and panel is readily available at reasonable cost. Plus if you want to go mad there are masses of custom options you could consider if you didn't want a totally original restoration. Finding a reasonable low cost series 2 or 3 or even an early Defender that hasn't been trashed and doesn't require huge sums to rebuild will be a challenge tho'.

Originally Posted by Darcydog

If you can find a reasonably decent 2a for £2000 then buy it!

its a nice dream - like winning the lottery

Originally Posted by Mike Trident

Collectable now, and will go up in value like the Mk1 has

That's for sure. Landys are a good little investment as demand is high and values are rising. Unless your unlucky you will always sell for the original purchase price but more often than not for more.

I rebuild a 1963 series 2 from the chassis up using some parts from a donor lightweight and then fitted a Range Rover 3.5 V8 under the bonnet. Fabulous fun when finished and 15 mpg wasn't too bad to be fair. When I sold it on in 2014, I was inundated by prospective buyers and it went within 3 days of posting an advert at £7250.

Originally Posted by Nobby

Once you've finished your other projects - go for it. They're great fun and like big meccano kits - easy to work on, even for a beginner and every nut, bolt and panel is readily available at reasonable cost. Plus if you want to go mad there are masses of custom options you could consider if you didn't want a totally original restoration. Finding a reasonable low cost series 2 or 3 or even an early Defender that hasn't been trashed and doesn't require huge sums to rebuild will be a challenge tho'.


its a nice dream - like winning the lottery



That's for sure. Landys are a good little investment as demand is high and values are rising. Unless your unlucky you will always sell for the original purchase price but more often than not for more.

I rebuild a 1963 series 2 from the chassis up using some parts from a donor lightweight and then fitted a Range Rover 3.5 V8 under the bonnet. Fabulous fun when finished and 15 mpg wasn't too bad to be fair. When I sold it on in 2014, I was inundated by prospective buyers and it went within 3 days of posting an advert at £7250.

My dad had a series 2a got rid of 10 years ago or a caravan that worth £100 and he missed it so much as he could ave got about £5000 for it so i want a series 2 to fill in the land rover

Originally Posted by Mike Trident

https://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C961187


Or let me buy it!!!!!!

Jeez I have just looked at the prices

you can have it. it dosen't worth that

[Nobby]

Originally Posted by ROVER2003

you can have it. it dosen't worth that

4 grand will usually get you a dog that needs work and money to get to a good standard or will be ok for trashing off road if that's what you want but will still cost to maintain as is. Always budget for 1500 quid on top of purchase price to cover unexpected costs for engine and transmission probs cos these motors usually have had a hard life. Professional fully restored vehicles command v high prices and they sell!

Originally Posted by Nobby

4 grand will usually get you a dog that needs work and money to get to a good standard or will be ok for trashing off road if that's what you want but will still cost to maintain as is. Always budget for 1500 quid on top of purchase price to cover unexpected costs for engine and transmission probs cos these motors usually have had a hard life. Professional fully restored vehicles command v high prices and they sell!

it says 44 grand

[Mike Trident]

Yes 44K plus VAT

But it's totally rebuilt on a new galvanized chassis and a V8 engine

4k buys a dog that needs a lot of work

Originally Posted by Mike Trident

Yes 44K plus VAT

But it's totally rebuilt on a new galvanized chassis and a V8 engine

4k buys a dog that needs a lot of work

still not worth that at 44k grand