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I would of said go for it.......untill i saw the chassis, sure its dooable but do you need this kind of hassle.

As long as the MOT man is prepaired to accept those cable ties as an apropriate structural repair
I have asked some land rover people too and they are saying that it to be safe it should have a new chassis. As much as i like proving people wrong the advice seems to be to leave it

I was flicking through the current (or previous) issue of Classic Cars mag the other day and one of the upmarket dealers had a 2 door RR for sale which had undergone a £73,000 restoration. Yes you did read that right, seventy-three thousand pounds

I'm sure it could be welded up safely, but once a chassis gets that bad you'll be chasing holes adding more patches for every MOT. BTDT, which is why I say this one's not worth bothering with.

rich608 wrote:I was flicking through the current (or previous) issue of Classic Cars mag the other day and one of the upmarket dealers had a 2 door RR for sale which had undergone a £73,000 restoration. Yes you did read that right, seventy-three thousand pounds :shock: :shock:

This one?

Willy Eckerslyke wrote:

rich608 wrote:I was flicking through the current (or previous) issue of Classic Cars mag the other day and one of the upmarket dealers had a 2 door RR for sale which had undergone a £73,000 restoration. Yes you did read that right, seventy-three thousand pounds

This one?

That must be the one. I didn't know it had royal history which explains the restoration. They also had a pre-production 'Velar' RR for sale, probably at an equally silly price.

I think it's quite a viable project - even better if you could come across a decent S/H chassis - none the less the one that's there is restorable - earlyish 2 doors are getting into strong money now and this at present is peanuts - all outer panels are bolt on - mig welding with a decent machine (£300 ish) is easy enough - there are loads of self help guides / videos via youtube etc - even better if you can get your head around TIG welding - then you can repair the alloy outer panels as well - compared with the welding marathon I have on our teams project Jowett Javelin at present - this RR is straightforward - MHO - Go for it. If all else fails it's worth £500 + in parts alone.

Now nearly 10 hours left, not even passed £300 yet... Depends on how much last minute interest there is I suppose.

If it stays around £300 then i'll probably grab it. If i do then i may be coming home with a replacement chassis on the roof rack tomorrow

good luck...