One for the landrover discovery owners.

[maz0]

Becoming rapidly more active again .....

Colours are easy changed, there is work to do on the front.

It’s be intresting to see what you think there worth.

Well I think it depends on the market they are hoping to target. Lets be honest nobody is going to buy that if they care about looks. It would be purely for its utility purposes, a farmer using it between his fields, a small affordable fleet for an arborist company or small scale local delivery for a rural/farmer related purpose. With that in mind you could find a decent donor Disco for 1k (or even cheaper), then i imagine their kit would need to make it worth your while to go through the hassle of a DIY conversion. I wouldnt just be doing it because I love landys, its all about money at the end of the day when it comes to utility.

Id say I would consider it a decent price at between 1-2k if its just square tubing and sheet panels all pre-measured and cut. So you could have a utility vehicle up and going for 3k excluding your time. Any more than that and your average company would probably just go else where for a ready made commercial option with less hassle. What did you think it was worth yourself?

I might be off in my hopefull estimation by a grand or several

 

[Kayos]

D1's the body rots but chassis is usually sound whereas the D2 is the other way round !

Not always, my D2 has a solid chassis but my inner wings were rotten

 

[winchman]

My D1 had chassis rot but with the body off it would have been a simple repair, I quite like it but I feel it would cost too much

 

[garethp]

Link doesn't work

Try this;

https://suite.endole.co.uk/insight/company/09748371-rotodama-limited

I googled the company name as the website doesn't have much detail on it and I was curious, after I put the post up I saw that they've been tweeting recently so thought it was possibly a bit unfair of me to say they weren't active.

 

[Tinbasherdan]

Tell you what, if they’re reasonably priced I can see one in my future with a camper pod on the back

 

[aguycalledsteve]

D1's the body rots but chassis is usually sound whereas the D2 is the other way round !

My D2 is the other way. I've just finished rebuilding the bulkhead both sides and front inner arches as well as both inner wings. My chassis has one small patch where it's been punctured by something.

 

[maz0]

So they released some pricing recently which I found quite comical....(maybe I'm completely missing the point of this?)

from http://www.rotodama.co.uk/pricing-june-2018/

At this point we can state that the maximum purchase price of a ready-to-fit cab kit will be £11,250 ex-VAT.

Why would anyone take an old body rotten Disco and pay 11,250 to turn it into some daft looking bodge job utility vehicle instead of just scrapping it and putting 11k into a new, modern, built for purpose vehicle?

Seemed like it was a great idea to rescue all those <1000£ rotten disco's but looks to have failed badly on the marketing end....but as I said. Maybe I'm missing something?

 

[Tinbasherdan]

So they released some pricing recently which I found quite comical....(maybe I'm completely missing the point of this?)

from http://www.rotodama.co.uk/pricing-june-2018/

At this point we can state that the maximum purchase price of a ready-to-fit cab kit will be £11,250 ex-VAT.

Why would anyone take an old body rotten Disco and pay 11,250 to turn it into some daft looking bodge job utility vehicle instead of just scrapping it and putting 11k into a new, modern, built for purpose vehicle?

Seemed like it was a great idea to rescue all those <1000£ rotten disco's but looks to have failed badly on the marketing end....but as I said. Maybe I'm missing something?

11k will get you a real forward control , ludicrous pricing, and I fear pricing themselves wel away from the sort of people that would’ve had a go

 

[bigegg]

I *sort* of like it.
But not for that sort of money!

Six grand would be "ouch".
For 12 grand, I'd want it built, with a fully reconned engine + chassis.

 

[owas]

I *sort* of like it.
But not for that sort of money!

Six grand would be "ouch".
For 12 grand, I'd want it built, with a fully reconned engine + chassis.

Thats 25k+vat

 

[bigegg]

Thats 25k+vat

Bwah hah hah hah hah.

So many other options at that price:
A MK2 shogun for 2 grand.
Ifor Williams trailer 3 grand.

And the 20 grand saving should be enough for a couple of hundred miles of fuel.

 

[indy4x]

Ideally I would like a 101but thought that could be an option for an overlander but for the money you could get a 101 with better resale potential so no point