WOW people are really picking this rover apart. Just from the photos if this rig came up for sale in my area it would be a real gem. Rovers were once numerous in my region now there are fewer and fewer. I had looked under a lot of them and all frames, bulks etc were cheese. Except of one which I would have bought but the seller was a prick!! so I passed on it Sight unseen is definately a fine line. It took me over 12 years...... (of looking on and off) to find my first truck and the one I bought, I bought pretty much sight unseen. I actually bought a plane ticket to go see it for the first time (and buy it) I then drove it home almost 600miles through the Canadian Rockies, but only after numerous emails and additional photos to the owner and his Rover Mech. The truck I considered prior to mine based on nice looking photos had more patches than a patchwork quilt plus crossmember rot and with an engine/drivetrain that looked as if they had been dipped in a tar pit. Why complain about the quality of the paint job, if it is not a show piece then who cares. looks better then faded paint with patches of bare aluminum IMO. yes it may need a few things here and there but correct me if I am wrong, Don't all series trucks need a few things here and there, thats why we love'em so much right. If it checks out that it is mechanically sound and the frame/bulkhead is solid and you think the price is fair when I would buy it. But if the frame is crap and the mechanicals need work when I would just keep the photos and keep looking. That comes from my experiences of looking for a series truck in my area.
1966 SIIa 88"
Calgary Alberta Canada
Best thing about working in the northern Canadian bush at -40, very few Black Flies!