anybody heard of riverton rovers ? any opinions ?

[singingcamel]

HYJACK..... I have a 1973 88 that i will be selling soon, lime stone with 60k on it.
bought it from the original owner from South Dakota. it ain't perfect but
it runs well, .
i just put new leafs on it ,new brake cylinders tune up..
Its all originaland not butcherd up.
I think these rovers came out of Wyoming, a older gentleman had these in his back yard years ago, i've seen them .
the blue one was his pride and joy...
You can do better , shop around...

[singingcamel]

I do beleve the red one came from MInnesota...

[autoguy]

HYJACK..... I have a 1973 88 that i will be selling soon, lime stone with 60k on it.
bought it from the original owner from South Dakota. it ain't perfect but
it runs well, .
i just put new leafs on it ,new brake cylinders tune up..
Its all originaland not butcherd up.
I think these rovers came out of Wyoming, a older gentleman had these in his back yard years ago, i've seen them .
the blue one was his pride and joy...
You can do better , shop around...

thanks for the info
sent ya a pm about the 88 you have for sale

[rivertonrovers]

The red one came from Lander Wyoming Sold new from the Land Rover dealer there, Hallem Motors. I think I take it for granted that for the most part people in Wyoming are honest and dont try to get one over on people..... It seems like there are alot of people out there that have been burned. I would invite anyone out there to come on out at take a look at my Rover collection, some nice others in bits!

Bill Riter

[BellaCoola]

My two cents...

I searched for well over 10 months for my rover. Drove alot, some I loved (too $$$), others were rust buckets, some were decent but not what I was looking for. As I travel alot for my biz, I was able to go across country to see and test drive. Actually I found Craigslist.org a very good site as you can narrow your search and check all over the country.

As I am from Canada (B.C.) we seem to have a fair amount of good old series around. The british military has been bringing Rovers over for many years in their training excercises in the praires so if you get lucky you can pick one of these up.

Be patient, sitck to your model, but be open to other series as well.

Cheers

PS. Also check out Rover clubs around the country as this is a "fantastic" resource both in potential vehicles for sale, but as a resouce these guys are invaluable.

My Truck... www.freewebs.com/83s3109

Found in my city...Price $5900. talked him down to $3,500.(Nov.07) and am into it for about $8k already. No regrets...love it!

[singingcamel]

The red one came from Lander Wyoming Sold new from the Land Rover dealer there, Hallem Motors. I think I take it for granted that for the most part people in Wyoming are honest and dont try to get one over on people..... It seems like there are alot of people out there that have been burned. I would invite anyone out there to come on out at take a look at my Rover collection, some nice others in bits!

Bill Riter

I knew and met the gentleman in Lander Wyoming about 10 yrs. ago. Is he still alive, i tried to buy his rovers but did'nt want to sell them then, he was real proud of he's blue one..
I've even been to Hallem motors, i tried to buy the green one he moved snow with. It went somewhere..It was a beauty...

[rivertonrovers]

Larry Higby was his name, he died about 3 years ago. I bought all but one that hs wife will not sell. Bill Hallem sold that little green one to someone in Colorado. It would have been a nice one to have. The blue one sure has seen some better days. I was a nice truck in its day but has now been rode hard and put away wet too many times. I have another body to put in that frame and make a truck out of it again. It still has a nice bulkhead and frame, thats the thing with the trucks here. We get an average of 11 inches of moisture a year here and they dont use anything but sand on the roads.

[autoguy]

thank you everyone for the advice and help, i recon i might have found an 88 that might have to come home, it is from TLR tntlr.com im looking at the RHD 88 diesel

ChrisB, thanks again for the link