Get out your checkbooks

[thixon]

I'm pretty sure this one will go fast....to the ebay grave yard for unbid auctions.

Nice looking truck though.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Land-Rover-SERIES-2A-SWB-88-LAND-ROVER-S2A-88-SWB-1964FULLY-RESTORED_W0QQitemZ150243814952QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item150243814952&

[sven]

The cappings and bumper arent even galvanized. That guy is nuts!

[xsbowes]

S3 doortops, steering on the wrongside for British import, maybe one too many zero's on the price.

[Eric W S]

Rivets look funny as well. Nice looking truck, but I wouldn't pay for it.

[jp-]

The cappings and bumper arent even galvanized. That guy is nuts!

...and bolts.


Stupid. Just stupid. Maybe he could sell it to Charles Kellogg and he could turn around and sell it for $85,000.

[TeriAnn]

.Stupid. Just stupid. Maybe he could sell it to Charles Kellogg and he could turn around and sell it for $85,000.

Say what you may about Charles personally and his business practices but every Land Rover I have seen that his company did a complete restoration on looked every bit correct and like it came out of the LR factory assembly line earlier that day. All I have seen is first rate restoration work. Yes his full restorations are very expensive but so are parts & labour.

[TeriAnn]

S3 doortops, steering on the wrongside for British import, maybe one too many zero's on the price.

Steering is correct for an ex-MoD army of the Rhine 88. And it has every appearance of being an ex-military LR built for use in Germany. The only strange thing I see is that the hand brake lever is in the RHD position.

It looks like they rebuilt it with SIII door tops, radiator, windscreen washer system & a Weber carb. Its obviously been stripped down & painted. Unfortunately it appears as though the the galvanized cappings have been painted over instead of regalvanized. The hard top side windows are common UK aftermarket, as are the floor coverings. It appears the hard top was originally windowless.

The wheels are common UK wheels. I get the feeling that this is a UK "restoration" just because the aftermarket parts used are common in the UK and not the US and the turn signal switch is in the RHD location. A North American would never put it on that side.

To me, except for the painted over cappings, it appears to be a nice looking rebuild that used new aftermarket parts where needed. Certainly not a restoration but a nice looking rebuild. If the drive train is fresh I think it could go for as high as $10K. Only a small part of the exhaust is visible & it appears new. Personally I would have started the auction at around $3K and put as reserve at $8K.

On the other hand, I just don't know what to make of that shift leaver. Something besides the boot appears odd to me.

[Jim-ME]

The price is what the price is. It will be fun to see if it sells.
Jim

[jp-]

Steering is correct for an ex-MoD army of the Rhine 88. And it has every appearance of being an ex-military LR built for use in Germany.

What makes you think that? I don't see a square rear crossmember? What distinguishing features do you see that I am missing?


Also, gauges, seats, and side steps are all wrong. Face it, the truck is a bitsa.

[daveb]

arrangement of lights on the front wings is vertical per most MOD vehicles.

8 blade fan and double v-belt pulleys

military style bumper

evidence a tailgate was fitted

flat smiths heater common to MOD use

different ignition light switch from civvy models

spring latches for bonnet

Home-market style headlight surrounds (non MOD though)

looks like a SIII dash cluster. are BOTH charge lights connected?

lots of other inconsistencies too.

it is a bitsa and not worth anywhere near the proposed cost.

What makes you think that? I don't see a square rear crossmember? What distinguishing features do you see that I am missing?


Also, gauges, seats, and side steps are all wrong. Face it, the truck is a bitsa.

[smactek]

Interesting Vehicle. Did the MOD versions Not use throttle control lever and linkage? I thought that was another item that was used due to its versatility for implements that were offered for that model of rover.

[Daurie]

Whats the deal with the bumper? I've never seen the over riders so wide and have a cut out in them? (top, toward inside each overrider) And I've never seen the hand brake on the wrong side.

[TeriAnn]

Interesting Vehicle. Did the MOD versions Not use throttle control lever and linkage? I thought that was another item that was used due to its versatility for implements that were offered for that model of rover.

A hand throttle is an option, not standard fittment.MoD versions were made to contract specs. The specs between a LR intended for use on an air port apron would be quite different from those of a LR intended to be uses by the commandos.

[TeriAnn]

Whats the deal with the bumper? I've never seen the over riders so wide and have a cut out in them? (top, toward inside each overrider) And I've never seen the hand brake on the wrong side.

There are different versions of military bumper overriders and that is a version I have seen on several military LRs.

The handbrake in the RHD location on a LHD vehicle does seem a bit odd. But the rebuild appears to have been done in the UK and if the brake assembly was damaged and required replacement a RHD version would be easily available.

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.

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

[daveb]

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

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