outlaw118 Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Howdy chaps and chappettes! Enquiring on behalf of my brother who like the fucknuckled oaf that he is can't remember his log in details.... Looking at a toy for occasional muddy frolics. Needs to have MoT, and hopefully some kit already fitted, like snorkel or sliders, wheels or whatever. Budget is a maximum of £1500, no real preference what it is, except Suzuki SJ and that sort of size won't be big enough for two fat Essex boys, so they're ruled out. Looking at Cherokees, Rangies, Discos, that type of shizz. Anyone want his money, or does he want the moon on a stick? It goes without saying all the OLLI shit wil be coming off, but this one is currently £410 on Evilbay: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tayne Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Cavcraft Manager's Special. http://autoshite.com/topic/20086-another-popular-car-for-saleswap-vauxhall-frontera-shit-loads-of-mot-£325-your-wifes/ KruJoe, outlaw118, Vince70 and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outlaw118 Posted April 20, 2015 Author Share Posted April 20, 2015 He's been alerted to that - and I've yet to get a reply! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outlaw118 Posted April 24, 2015 Author Share Posted April 24, 2015 A purchase has been made.No collection thread, because there's nothing to report, a 30 minute blat down the A13, it had petrol in, nothing fell off. PIKCHOORZ NorfolkNWeigh, Bren, Vince70 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted April 24, 2015 Share Posted April 24, 2015 That's so horrible it almost makes the Frontera look good. HillmanImp, Junkman, AlabamaShrimp and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outlaw118 Posted April 24, 2015 Author Share Posted April 24, 2015 It needs a bit of fettling; it hasn't got a rear seat, and the opening mechanism on the rear doors has been disconnected, as have the leccy windows. it hunts a bit on tickover, and the front seats are fixed - they're replacement electric ones, but nobody has wired 'em up, and the owner is a "normal" built 5'9" bloke, not a 6ft fat bloke, so driving it home was an experience. Needs a couple of lightbulbs, and the two big spotlights on the front aren't wired in. Sounds GR9 through a stainless Pipecraft system, and it came with 3/4 tank of pez. Let's offroad! Vince70 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoadworkUK Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 Is this going in the British remake of Terminator 2? Junkman, Vince70 and outlaw118 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave21478 Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 If you are going to offroad it, I suggest you bin that rediculous anchor/plow arrangement hanging off the back of it....what is it? some kind of cycle carrier mount? John F and Junkman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 Oh dear. Someone has done a good job of ruining a fine looking vehicle right there. I'd vote for putting it back to standard, then pissing off the 'all the gear' guys by going everywhere they can without resorting to ill-conceived mods. Cavcraft, Junkman, AlabamaShrimp and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dome Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 Oh dear. Someone has done a good job of ruining a fine looking vehicle right there. I'd vote for putting it back to standard, then pissing off the 'all the gear' guys by going everywhere they can without resorting to ill-conceived mods.I'll second that. My 299k ex traffic disco got some recovery points and a set of off road tyres and went pretty much everywhere cars costing 20 times as much did. It ended up getting a lift kit purely cos I found one cheap in a scrappy though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twosmoke300 Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 Good god someone has covered it in glue and driven through craddocks ! Prob a nice car in there somewhere tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorfolkNWeigh Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 I'm going against the flow here, ii quite like those arches although making it wider with easily damaged plastic bits seems a little unwise ,as is putting those water inlets in the bonnet . These off-road * mods at least tell you it hasn't seen any serious off-road use. People are already getting too precious about old Rangies and if the previous owners enthusiasm meant it kept this one on the road and relatively standard I'm all for that rather than another mouldering rotten wreck sitting in the corner of a yard 'appreciating' in value , but will either never actually move again or get bob tailed and tdi'd. outlaw118 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outlaw118 Posted April 25, 2015 Author Share Posted April 25, 2015 It's not been off roaded seriously by the last owner. The underside is in good nick, and the bodywork, a bit scabby, but nothing too much to worry about. I / we have absolutely no idea what the contraption on the back is for, it has two hooks, probably for pulling other / being pulled out of holes etc. To be honest I can see everyone's point, and some of the mods wouldn't have been on his list, but when you price up what's been done, t'was a bargain at £1500. Vince70 and dollywobbler 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dean36014 Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 Range rovers with arches look good imho. here's my old one, sadly departed. outlaw118 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brickwall Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 Pull all the fanny stuff off it and sell on ebay to fund original stuff. That's what I did. Bren 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outlaw118 Posted April 25, 2015 Author Share Posted April 25, 2015 May well flog the personal plate first - that's gotta be worth summert! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 I love that carrying handle on the front of the roof... outlaw118 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twitcherman Posted April 25, 2015 Share Posted April 25, 2015 At least the roof-mounted spots are done right - UNDER the bar, not over. I always used to laugh when posers got this wrong and wiped off their lights the first time they went through trees. brickwall and outlaw118 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outlaw118 Posted April 25, 2015 Author Share Posted April 25, 2015 ^^^ And they work!! eddyramrod 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outlaw118 Posted April 25, 2015 Author Share Posted April 25, 2015 Currently looking to see if I can get D701SWL as a numberplate.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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