winchman
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No its ex military
Needs brakes, cab welding and painting, engine runs but its rough
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Needs brakes, cab welding and painting, engine runs but its rough
Norsk
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I get all my parts from Germany. The UK suppliers are too pricey.
Smallfry
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Answer to the question is Yes.
On the other hand, provided you don't mind wasting the money, and lets face it, almost everything is a waste of money in the end, holidays, pub, restaurants, golf club membership etc etc. It is something to occupy your mind, and take it off of other things. Annoying, frustrating at times, but therapeutic in its own way. As with all these things, you can shut the door on it and walk away for a while, maybe a long while, maybe years even. I am sure most of the guys on this forum have shedfuls of things that have gone untouched for years, and realistically, will never be finished.
Having said this, you probably have things like this yourself, so easier to resurrect one of these instead ? Making money, or even any profit out of it is irrelevant, after all, you will never get any return from your fortnight in Torremolinos or wherever.
On the other hand, provided you don't mind wasting the money, and lets face it, almost everything is a waste of money in the end, holidays, pub, restaurants, golf club membership etc etc. It is something to occupy your mind, and take it off of other things. Annoying, frustrating at times, but therapeutic in its own way. As with all these things, you can shut the door on it and walk away for a while, maybe a long while, maybe years even. I am sure most of the guys on this forum have shedfuls of things that have gone untouched for years, and realistically, will never be finished.
Having said this, you probably have things like this yourself, so easier to resurrect one of these instead ? Making money, or even any profit out of it is irrelevant, after all, you will never get any return from your fortnight in Torremolinos or wherever.
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redlig
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What do you mean" shedfuls of things........" My house is still not finished after 50 years ( this month)
Smallfry
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Doing worse than us then. Only 35 years here !
winchman
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Any links for parts we need the two rubber bellows for the torque tubes, last bits we bought from the US as it was cheaper?
pedrobedro
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Running ? Who mentioned running ?
Mate had one. Even if it was brand new and nothing wrong with it they are horrid. Think his was a 2.7d auto. Best he could get out of it was 22mpg. I had the Merc pickup for a hwile - based on the Nissan Navara. That wasn't much better either. People may slag off Land Rover's but they are much better! You could get a dirt cheap Discovery and have less headaches
Smallfry
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I use these. https://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=db05...TE3NzdFNkYmeXBpZD1ZTjgwMDB4NTAzOTkwNzkx&ntb=1
Or this guy (Martin) in Belgium. https://www.ebay.co.uk/usr/dieselmot Good prices and very helpful. Not a specialist, but seem to have lots of parts.
Atkinson Voss and AC Price here in the UK are taking the firkin p**s price wise.
