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Offered for sale on eBay, October 2013. Harrogate, Yorkshire N.Riding. Seller's description was:
A restoration project for someone who likes a challenge! Land Rover Series 1 1957. In need of restoration or for spares. Unused for many years. Appears to be Ex. Forces [NO!] and has a Series 2 2.25 litre engine fitted. The rear crossmember and some of the outriggers have been replaced and repair panels fitted to the bulkhead. The doors and hard top are removed as the photos show. The buyer will need to load the vehicle to remove as the brakes are seized.
The V5 registration document is available,however it is the old single page blue and white one. I have now found the seats which have been stored inside .
There were 24 bids, and the vehicle sold for £1,324.00. No further details of buyer etc known.
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These pics were cribbed from an unknown LR forum in February 2014:
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In June 2015, a member of the LRSOC Forum went to view the vehicle with an eye to buying it as a restoration project. He reported:
The vehicle required a considerable amount of money to be spent on it. Chassis required major surgery, the bonnet had been hacked away to clear the top of S2 or 2A suspended brake unit, bulkhead top rail gone and the rest very poor. I believe a new chassis and b/head needed. Various small parts badly corroded. The current owner had acquired it to break for parts but thought it too good for that.
He thought the asking price was too high for his pocket, bearing in mind the condition it's in.
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In July 2015 it appeared yet again on eBay, with a starting price of £2000. The (very brief) description said:
Ex army Land rover series 1 88 1957 for restoration original number plate with v5 brass army plate under bonnet
"Army" is, of course, incorrect. The 'condition' was (in eBay's definition) "For parts or not working". The vehicle is located in Debyshire. I shall watch this item, and report how it pans out.
I was informed (12/8/15) that the vehicle was sold for around £1900 to a new owner, believed to be fairly local to the Derbyshire location.
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In May 2018 the new owner (who wishes to remain un-named, but lives in Leicestershire) sent me further pictures, saying:
I'll only give the paint job 6/10. I should have stripped it back to bare metal, but I painted over about 30 different paint layers after flatting it down and unfortunately whatever paint I used, it reacted with one or more layers of the previous paint. I have now taken the sump off the engine and that is in a much better condition than the transfer box, although I did have to spoon out half a litre of sludge from the sump.
I'm delighted that this vehicle, once looking so rough (at the top of this page) is now on its way to becoming a decent example again.
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