Hi guys,
I have sort of acquired a beautiful Rover 109 right hand drive (belongs to a good friend and he wants me to sell it for him) that has a Vortec V6, the famous Toyota H55F Land Cruiser 5 speed. Then a Salsury rear (a Dana 60 that Rover installed OEM), ARB in the rear, compressor and button ready for the front but no actual front locker. About a 2-3" lift or so, BFG Mud Terrain 33 x 9.5 x 15" in decent shape, white spoke steel rims. Color is British Racing green and white, very sharp and recently painted with almost no rust whatsoever...
As it is, it is a great Rover... Runs / drives very well, capable of 80 mph easily.. It has some surface rust on the frame (that is not bad but could be in a few years), needs a clutch, and has mild electrical issues... So I was thinking I would sell it as-is to anyone interested, $25G as is.
Or, do a frame-off with either galvanized frame or powder coated, clean up interior items (headliner, paint dash, clean the actual interior etc), and install a Cummins 4BT into it, and a few other items... It of course would be a great biodiesel eco-expedition type vehicle as well... When it had the frame off it would have the fuel tank out so I could rig it for biodiesel / SVO conversion as well...
If I did the resto, I figure about $34G, 50% down, and it would be ready no later than Jan 1. Seeing if there is interest or comments or ideas from you guys. I am posting here and on Expedition Portal over before it maybe goes to Ebay. I do web sites for a living but work on trucks quite a bit including my own major project as we speak in a small shop I have outside of the Park City / Salt Lake City area of Utah. I have no major web projects scheduled for the next few months so I figured this would be a neat alternative for the time being... I can also provide references and links to the quality of my mechanical work if interested...
http://www.shoumatoffmedia.com/green_rover/
Best, Andre Shoumatoff
I have sort of acquired a beautiful Rover 109 right hand drive (belongs to a good friend and he wants me to sell it for him) that has a Vortec V6, the famous Toyota H55F Land Cruiser 5 speed. Then a Salsury rear (a Dana 60 that Rover installed OEM), ARB in the rear, compressor and button ready for the front but no actual front locker. About a 2-3" lift or so, BFG Mud Terrain 33 x 9.5 x 15" in decent shape, white spoke steel rims. Color is British Racing green and white, very sharp and recently painted with almost no rust whatsoever...
As it is, it is a great Rover... Runs / drives very well, capable of 80 mph easily.. It has some surface rust on the frame (that is not bad but could be in a few years), needs a clutch, and has mild electrical issues... So I was thinking I would sell it as-is to anyone interested, $25G as is.
Or, do a frame-off with either galvanized frame or powder coated, clean up interior items (headliner, paint dash, clean the actual interior etc), and install a Cummins 4BT into it, and a few other items... It of course would be a great biodiesel eco-expedition type vehicle as well... When it had the frame off it would have the fuel tank out so I could rig it for biodiesel / SVO conversion as well...
If I did the resto, I figure about $34G, 50% down, and it would be ready no later than Jan 1. Seeing if there is interest or comments or ideas from you guys. I am posting here and on Expedition Portal over before it maybe goes to Ebay. I do web sites for a living but work on trucks quite a bit including my own major project as we speak in a small shop I have outside of the Park City / Salt Lake City area of Utah. I have no major web projects scheduled for the next few months so I figured this would be a neat alternative for the time being... I can also provide references and links to the quality of my mechanical work if interested...
http://www.shoumatoffmedia.com/green_rover/
Best, Andre Shoumatoff
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.what the heck was i thinking.nice ride man
