$84K question

[cedryck]

yikes!

Seems like a lot of money. But then again someone out there would be willing to pay it. Someone naive.

[lrdukdog]

109 SW

Seems like a lot of money. But then again someone out there would be willing to pay it. Someone naive.

Probably one of the 1%ers would and think they got a good deal.
Jim Wolf

[disco2hse]

Did II-A's have a removable cross member? I thought that was a series III change?

In the series III chassis the axel straps can go on either outside or inside the chassis rail. There are brackets for both options. I guess depending on whether it is a one ton and has the wider axel housing and deeper offset wheels, or if it is the standard 109 with cheese axels.

See where I am going with this? If you look at the chassis in this image, I may be completely wrong and I am sure those who know will tell me, but that galvanised chassis looks like a series III not a II-A.



So as others have said, would make a lovely daily driver. I would call it a rebuild, not a restoration. OME shocks? And that roof liner hasn't been fitted too well.

In this part of the world, umm $6-8 grand. Maybe.

[jac04]

In this part of the world, umm $6-8 grand. Maybe.

That's it. I'm moving to NZ. But first I'll sell my Lightweight and buy 4 or 5 beautiful Rovers when I get there.

[JimCT]

Cost

You all like to poke fun, but what do you think it would cost to get a 109 into that condition? And done at professional hourly rates , not at home?

[jac04]

but what do you think it would cost to get a 109 into that condition? And done at professional hourly rates , not at home?

Here in CT, you are looking at about $70/hour labor for a reputable restoration shop that is capable of performing real restoration-quality work. I put in 1000 hours on my Lightweight restoration/refurbishment. I would say that a professional shop would need about that number of hours for a 109 restoration. That's $70,000. Now depending upon the original condition of the vehicle, you are looking at somewhere between $10k and $40k in parts & materials ($10k assuming you could restore & re-use most parts). So, I'm thinking $80k to $110K if you simply brought a 109 to a professional shop for a turn-key restoration. In other parts of the country, the labor would cost half as much, so figure $45k to $75k.

[Billy5]

Well shop rates are 100 an hour by me. But heres the kicker. One rarely gets back what we put into it. For that money i would go 110. If they get what they want for it, good for them. What I like about Rovers is that, they havent been priced as if they were gold, like the " other Land things". Save for this one though.

[SafeAirOne]

When you're selling somemthing, it doesn't matter what it cost you to make it what it is. That's irrelevant. The only thing that matters when you're selling something is the amount market is willing to pay for the item you have for sale at the time you have it for sale.

It only takes one willing buyer to prove that this is an $85,000 109. In absence of the one willing buyer, the value must lie somewhere else at this particular point in time.