Your right but you're wrong,it had late model electrical problems whereby the driver couldn't control the 'don't hit the bridge' computer.
We had one ('84 model, I think. Manual of course) at our old holiday house. It was absolutely peerless in that environment. Every other car on the island was relatively awful to ride in. The Rangey was incredibly smooth. That suspension is something else. And the number of times I thought it was bogged / stuck down the bottom of a ridiculously steep slope / broken down, every time it somehow got us out. Didn't see a mechanic in the whole 10+ years we had it there. Some of the electrics were - literally - held together by using beer bottle tops crimped on to the wires, and it just kept going. It's probably still going over there now (it was sold with the house). Wonderful thing when used in the way it was intended, but I don't think I'd be wanting to drive one around the suburbs. Image Unavailable, Please Login
That was the resident possum chaser. Our first Husky. She lived to be almost 16 - almost unheard of for a Husky. Probably all that private air travel (we used to stick her in the back of our Aerostar or one of works' AeroCommanders) and clean island air! Great times! Image Unavailable, Please Login
Yeah. The one that used to cause the most problems was the connection for the electric fuel pump. Of course the car won't start without that ticking away. The first time it happened we were way down the other side of the island fishing. I stuck my head under the car and saw an obviously disconnected wire. The only thing we had was any number of beer bottle tops and a pair of pliers. Five minutes later the reassuring ticking was back and off we went. We never actually put a proper connector back on - just kept replacing the beer bottle tops. Image Unavailable, Please Login
Not that type of electrics...all the shyte that needs some sort of computer to operate it. The first thing L/R tried was the stupid electric suspension/kneel stuff. Starting in 1990 this crap used to fail in heroic numbers. I,in fact ,bought one from one of my customers,an otherwise immaculate example that I stuck springs and shocks on then proceeded to option up with winch and longrange fueltank. One of the best R/R's you'll see.
Unlikely! The beer-bottle top connector represents the high water mark of my mechanical achievements.
I thought it was Moretti, so naturally ran him over. Once I realised it wasn't, I apologised and kept going...
Not seeing much Wood and Pickett in this one apart from the leather. Where is the nice wood dash which was the best part? There was a mob in Melbourne at the time that were doing the W & P conversions but also adding a built 308 with a Ferguson transfer case - they were Porsche eaters! John
Cheers John, going for a look tomorrow, they’re aren’t that many 80s registered range rovers under $12k and WaP cars are unusual, I like all that the odd stuff like Koenig,radford ect, hopefully the body’s straight, I can redo the woodwork and salvage the carpets and leather with plenty of elbow grease if I actually get the car, we’ll see, it’s a bit of fun .
Had a look at the old range rover today and it ran very well but the interior was pretty far gone, it did have a cool feature mind you , the “original Factory fitted CB radio” was still in the car [emoji849] Cool but not that cool at $5k Image Unavailable, Please Login
Well that’s what the gentleman said, are you suggesting he was untruthful in his description of the vehicle? the man also suggested that the car was used at the 1986 Austalian motor show [emoji849]I’m so gullible, I nearly purchased the vehicle on the strength of this chapter in the “story” alone [emoji222]
