Get out your checkbooks

[LaneRover]

if you try to sell a LR for $65,000 yeah...

I agree. If this was a picture of a truck that one of us rebuilt then people would be saying what an awesome little truck it is. There might be a question or two about the handbrake lever or the wheels but many, many of us would be very impressed or even jealous. But try to sell a Land Rover with no historic ownership or not 100% correct for that much and of course folks are going to point out what is wrong.


Now, if the seller can get that price than more power to him/her!! There are definitely people with more money than they know what to do with in this world!

Brent

[TeriAnn]

if you try to sell a LR for $65,000 yeah...

I would sell my Land Rover for $65,000, likely even $50,000 but for not much less. It costs $$$$ to design and build a replacement expedition rig when you are having the work done by an experieinced fabricator.

Start with a 101 frame, extend it to around 120 inch wheelbase, replace the 3.5 V8 with a Cummins 6BT, add volvo portal axles, lower the suspension a bit to get the centre of gravity down a bit, mount a widened SIIB cab at the front and a custom pop up RV like rear body and more. All that would cost $$$$ that the sale of my current expedition Land rover would have to cover.

[LaneRover]

I would sell my Land Rover for $65,000, likely even $50,000 but for not much less. It costs $$$$ to design and build a replacement expedition rig when you are having the work done by an experieinced fabricator.

Start with a 101 frame, extend it to around 120 inch wheelbase, replace the 3.5 V8 with a Cummins 6BT, add volvo portal axles, lower the suspension a bit to get the centre of gravity down a bit, mount a widened SIIB cab at the front and a custom pop up RV like rear body and more. All that would cost $$$$ that the sale of my current expedition Land rover would have to cover.

Yes I agree that it would cost that much to do all sorts of stuff and no you wouldn't sell your Rover for much less. But it also doesn't mean that someone would buy it for that. Of course the seller doesn't have to sell for less than they are asking.

But when you ask a lot of money for something (like $65K) you kind of have to expect people to pick it apart. On the reverse side people will pick it apart if you charge to little (ie - whats wrong with it?)

Everyone has the right to do what they want with their Rover and to try and sell it for what they want to get. Everyone else has the right to agree or disagree with what they do - or don't do and everyone has the right to bitch about the price - if they want to.

In the end it is worth what someone will pay - not what the seller thinks it is worth.

[thixon]

[quote=TeriAnn]Rather than being a bits truck, I suspect it was rebuilt in the UK by someone more concerned with replacing bad parts with new ones and not someone concerned about maintaining concourse originality. Could be the military released the truck without door tops.]

Whats the difference?

Whenever someone over prices a LR for sale you guys act like circling sharks, each going in for a quick strike. Suddenly any deviation from a 100 point concourse Land Rover is subject for disdain. sigh

TA,
What's wrong with you today? You usually don't post with attitude!

Circling sharks? Most of us just think its funny when crooks or fools post auctions that arent realistic. At that point its fun to bring to light why we think the item isnt worth the asking price. Those who are new to rovers learn something, and those of us (myself not included) who know our stuff get to show off a bit (and maybe duel back and forth).

Take it easy, sit back, enjoy the board, and don't go all high and mighty on us.

[jp-]

Whenever someone over prices a LR for sale you guys act like circling sharks, each going in for a quick strike. Suddenly any deviation from a 100 point concourse Land Rover is subject for disdain. sigh

You leave yourself open for this, so I'm going to point it out. For sale is one thing, as in a classified ad. Any person can ask whatever they want for their vehicle in that instance. The irony is that ebay is an auction site. That means that we, the buyers, set the price. Auctions should be set low and they will rise to the level that the buyers deem acceptable. Putting a Land Rover like that on there for that price, and it will be picked apart by anyone. The seller obviously has a very unrealistic idea of the vehicles worth. In this instance he should have set the starting bid at $1000 (or whatever) and put his reserve at $65,000. No one would know it, and when the truck failed to sell he would gain a better understanding of its actual value.

I don't doubt that the expedition vehicle that you are talking about with special axles, engine, transmission, etc... would cost alot to duplicate. But you are talking about a different kind of vehicle than the one offered here. It is misrepresented at the very least as being correctly restored.

[jp-]

[quote=thixon]

Circling sharks? Most of us just think its funny when crooks or fools post auctions that arent realistic. At that point its fun to bring to light why we think the item isnt worth the asking price. Those who are new to rovers learn something, and those of us (myself not included) who know our stuff get to show off a bit (and maybe duel back and forth).

Take it easy, sit back, enjoy the board, and don't go all high and mighty on us.

+1

I despise crooks myself.

[yorker]

TA,
What's wrong with you today? You usually don't post with attitude!

see here:

http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=13804