For sale is my very early Land Rover 110 (27/3/84) with a
2.25 petrol engine. 110k miles, manual
steering. Feel free to make an offer.
It is probably the perfect first landrover for someone, or a
great work truck. It has very simple
mechanics, hardly anything complicated e.g. power steering, and the parts are
dirt cheap. I bought it in December
2013. In its previous life it had been a
security vehicle at Southend Airport, and had been rescued from being scrapped
by a member of Suffolk Land Rover club after it had been left abandoned in a
compound. Because airports don't use
salt the majority of the chassis and bulkhead were in very good condition for
it's age. The work done includes:
· New Rear
cross member
· New petrol
tank
· Repair to
the passenger foot well
· Repair to
driver foot well
· Passenger
upper bulkhead corner replaced and repair made to the drivers side too
· Brand New
Carb,
· Front of the
dumb irons rebuilt
· New steering
damper
· All new
indicator stalks and switches
· New door
locks
· New clutch
master and slave cylinders and new fluid
· New HT leads
· Oil Change
· New lower
speedo cable
· New seats
· New mud
flaps
· New radiator
grill
· Replaced
Steering Arm ball joint
· Replaced
front shocks and installed galvanised turrets
· Replaced
front flexi hoses and changed brake fluid
· New
thermostat and also housing hose.
· New coolant
· New spark
plugs, points, condenser and coil
· Oil and
filter change
· Adjust
tappets and new rocker cover gasket
· New Bosch
Battery
· Gearbox oil
and filter change
· Transfer box
oil change
· Steering box
oil change
· New rear
lights
· New number
plate light
· New trailing
arm chassis bushes
· Adjust rear
drum brakes
· New upper
speedo cable
· Adjust all
wheel bearings and fit new hub caps
· New fuel
pump
· New door seals
· New tailgate
stays, brackets and antiluce cotters
· Soundproofed
doors and roof
The land Rover had a full service in December 2014 at a 4x4
specialist, including oil change, oil filter, new fuel filter, new spark plugs,
new fan belt and new wiper blades. Other
work included stripping of the near side front hub to take play out of the
wheel bearing, remove thin shim out of near side front top swivel pin to remove
play and the supply and fitting of a new manifold gasket.
The MOT was carried out at the same time as the service
(expires 4 December 2015). One advisory
was issued – 001 Offside front axle swivel joint has slight movement between a
swivel joint and its housing. The MOT
tester did comment that for the age of the vehicle you could not do anything to
improve this further. He also commented
that the vehicle was in excellent condition for its age.
It is a solid land rover and I would jump in it and drive it
anywhere. I have driven it from
Lincolnshire to Aberdeen and back (400 miles each way!) with no issues. The only reason it is for sale is because I
am moving abroad with work and it cannot come with me.
Being a 2.25 petrol it is not the fastest, although it is
lower geared than v8’s or tdi’s so has no problem keeping up with traffic, it
will happily cruise at 60 on country roads it and I have had it to 70mph on the
motorway
Obviously it is not a new car, it is a 30 year old work
vehicle, and there are some unfinished jobs and little “projects” that I would
do if I was going to keep it. These
would be:
Dash is a little rough looking, it has marks and a few holes
from where kit was mounted at the airport.
It still sports a “call sign Sparks 6” sticker which is left on for
history!
The paint job looks pretty good, but was done with roller,
brush and spray can, so it not perfect or in showroom condition. It has a few knocks and dents, but it is a 30
year old Land Rover!!
Would probably be eligible for export, although I will only
sell to someone who will collect themselves and hand me the funds in the time
frame listed below.
If you wanted it would be prime for a Tdi conversion should
you wish.
Boring stuff: Winning
bidder must make contact with a phone number within 24 hours of auction
end. Payment is cash on collection only,
no exceptions. It is sold as seen.
Viewings are welcome before the auction ends.
Collection must be within 7 days of the auction ending or I will relist.
