Member Since: 02 Jun 2016
Location: Hertfordshire
Posts: 2154
Still waiting for Del to reply to this thread
But I suppose we all know what his advice will be............. Uncle Ray's spare wheel protector
Limo Tint
Blackvue front & rear dashcam
Cruise control switch pack
Bodsy's remote for FBH
5th Dec 2020 1:40 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 73134
Hmmmmmm, wonder what that advice would be.
5th Dec 2020 1:43 pm
kajtzu
Member Since: 10 Aug 2017
Location: Helsinki
Posts: 6772
ianm27 wrote:
Still waiting for Del to reply to this thread
But I suppose we all know what his advice will be.............
“Save this symbol of British-German design, engineering and ingenuity” ?
5th Dec 2020 2:59 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 73134
Is that Finnish for “strip”?
5th Dec 2020 3:18 pm
kajtzu
Member Since: 10 Aug 2017
Location: Helsinki
Posts: 6772
Yeah, dibs on the grille
5th Dec 2020 3:49 pm
Motolab
Member Since: 18 Oct 2019
Location: Sleen
Posts: 1820
discophil36 wrote:
If I can get bits swapped with original I had hoped on trading it in for D4 while it's still got a ticket. But so you think they'll even look or given the age just give basic price and punt to market?
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Do i understand it right..
“Trading it in” and asking: will they look?? So when you know it is rubbish and still cash with dry eyes when they “do not look” ? Does that mean that you can ripp off company’s?
What will happen if they do it the other way around? Sell you a rotten chassis and cash the full amount if you not look? To discover later, you were ripped off?
Maybe i did understand you wrong... apologies when that is the case..Best regards
Harold
Always looking for Pre '55's & Pre war British Motorcycles! knowing or having one for sale? PM please. I visit the UK 6 times a year
Ps. I edit my texts quite often, english is not my native language, so I will edit My “typo’s” etc.
5th Dec 2020 4:47 pm
aja4x4
Member Since: 14 Apr 2019
Location: Westbury
Posts: 2463
Places like we buy any car require a decent length MOT and check the vehicles over when you take them in.
shouldn't be any issues with fitting a new chassis ... but you are time limited ? spend a couple of hundred on a runaround and crack on with doing the chassis swap.
what's it going to cost you ? £2k ? £3k ? what would you expect from a car costing £3k ? not a lot ?
you say your Disco runs well and has been looked after. is £3K going to buy you anything that that can be said of ?
5th Dec 2020 9:24 pm
aechambira
Member Since: 11 Jan 2016
Location: Nairobi
Posts: 117
Its a beautiful car. Fix it.
6th Dec 2020 4:41 am
Breg90
Member Since: 04 Feb 2017
Location: Falkirk
Posts: 360
I think it depends on what you will buy next. If it’s just a newer version of the same car you are just starting with depreciation again. The alternative is to overhaul it. I have - body off, chassis stripped and galvanised, etc. My view is I will end up with a better condition car than I could buy. But I think it’s only viable if u do it your self.
Next question is cost- lots of sneaky cost adders like prop shaft bolts that are not re usable. Not that expensive but it adds up. Also when it’s apart where do you stop? I’m rebuilding diffs at the minute, so you can tell I like to have the satisfaction of doing it all. But I think I will have spent £4K by the time I done on parts and galvanising, paint, steel, etc.
It also takes time if you want to tackle everything you find.
AdrianSeries one 1949 - in bits, chassis is strapped to the ceiling in my garage (beside the canoe)
LR 90 - In bits
Disco 3 - currently in bits
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