smokinv8 Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 Found this on ebay and am ashamed to say that I quite like it, in an odd kind of way What do you fellas think? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/landrover-series-1-hybrid-/230616556668?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item35b1d1647c Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landy V8 Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 as the saying goes."you can't polish a turd" bloody awful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluespanner Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 thats disgusting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mo Murphy Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 Oh dear ! Mo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid_From_Hell Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokinv8 Posted May 2, 2011 Author Share Posted May 2, 2011 Thats a bit harsh Nige, surely it just needs some MS!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid_From_Hell Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 No I would happily MS the crusher to ensure that got destroyed properly Nige Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 Hmm, on RRC running gear/chassis but with a 'A' suffix reg, how does that work then, it's a bit of a mongrel. Penryn is not to far from me.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuck Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 I just love the chequer plate on the bulkhead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missingsid Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 Well, the Series 1 107 was not the most attractive but is rare so the body may be worth the money for that alone? It would probably look better with a full Series 1 hardtop. It is listed as 1st registered in 1955 but is not tax exempt and has 3500cc so not fraudulent? Marc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maverik Posted May 3, 2011 Share Posted May 3, 2011 Yeah you should be ashamed.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPendrey Posted May 3, 2011 Share Posted May 3, 2011 Neil, For someone who was saying "I need to get rid of some of my cars"... you must have been smokin' something when you saw this? Scott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted May 3, 2011 Share Posted May 3, 2011 Certainly smokin' something Neil... you need a slap . Only reason to buy is to break and put the bits back where they cam from! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Henson Posted May 3, 2011 Share Posted May 3, 2011 1956 landrover series 1,107"based on 1980 rangerover.3.5 v8,4 speed box on v5.lwb with swb hardtop I read that as having a 107" chassis, so tax exempt still applies. Still a right eyesore though, with all that tat on what is an increasingly rare L/R. Could be fairly easily restored back to gen though by the looks of it. Les. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokinv8 Posted May 3, 2011 Author Share Posted May 3, 2011 Neil, For someone who was saying "I need to get rid of some of my cars"... you must have been smokin' something when you saw this? Scott I never said I'd buy it, just quite like the Mad-Max look of it. Looks like Im on my own so far though!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusty_wingnut Posted May 3, 2011 Share Posted May 3, 2011 Lwb Series ones rock! But that one does need some serious dismantling and returning to near original spec. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickeyw Posted May 3, 2011 Share Posted May 3, 2011 Hideous! Although I think it's mostly a matter of proportions being all wrong. Maybe it looks better from another angle? So, who wants a 1980 RRC with a different body dumped on it? Probably drives quite nicely for a S1 Bit surprised it's registered as a Landy though, but maybe it was created long enough ago, before systems were so fussy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Escape Posted May 3, 2011 Share Posted May 3, 2011 I must admit I kinda like it as well. I understand the reactions about leaving a LWD S1 intact, but with the RRC running gear and the typical front, it still has some attraction. The rear however looks terrible, but that could easily be remedied... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rusty_wingnut Posted May 3, 2011 Share Posted May 3, 2011 I would say it all depends if you like the classic feel to driving a good original one. I use mine a fair bit, granted the gearbox does take a bit of getting used to after the Defender, but undertsanding how to drive it helps. Mine certainly has no problem keeping up with traffic. I would rather have something that felt like a Series 1 than a RRC trying to be one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brighouse shed Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Hideous! Although I think it's mostly a matter of proportions being all wrong. Maybe it looks better from another angle? think more like another county, no no no please take it away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hybrid_From_Hell Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 Maybe it looks better from another angle? How about inside a crusher, being looked on from the outside ? That angle seems appealling Nige Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HPLP Posted May 4, 2011 Share Posted May 4, 2011 its certainly a bitsa bitsa truck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 Just seen this opposite a mates in Redruth, it's definiltly on a RRC coil spring chassis, couldn't get a look inside as it's sat on a recovery transporter. still loks like a mongrel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushwhacker Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 I sort of like it!!! ok I like it. iT NEEDS some attention but for £500 and possible historic value I'd be thinking outside the box. And the box on the rear end. Very few old Land Rovers that havn,t had something non LR put on/in. Each to their own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gibbon Posted May 21, 2011 Share Posted May 21, 2011 Yer can't sprinkle sugar on a terd and call it a doughnut! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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