well, it's official and it's in my driveway.
I am the proud owner of an Ex-RAF 1982 Series III 88"
It's a really great story...kinda sad, but it's worked out in the end.
I got into Land Rovers when I started dating my girlfriend, now fiancee.
My girlfriends dad and I got a hairbrained idea to start importing series trucks, shining them up, then flipping them for a profit (Hence my handle, LRflip). In the end, we planned on keeping one each for our own so we would break even and have a pair of sweet Series trucks.
Well, we were on a roll...the first 2 sold almost as soon as we put them on the highway down in Havelock.
Then, the third one....it was perfect in the pictures. It was perfect when we got it, it ran perfectly, it drove perfectly....it was sweet.
So, I decide to take it on an old trail back behind the house with my girlfriend in tow. Long story short, I got it stuck, ripped the rearend up, then when I tried to pull it out with my discovery, I ripped the rear crossmember off with a towstrap.
So, I have broken merchandise, a pissed off muddy girlfriend, and a Marine Gunny furious with me.....oops.
It's ok, I fixed everything...new rear third member from KevinNY, and a new BritPart rear crossmember welded on....The Gunny gave me a slight compliment by telling me that: "I had done better than he thought I would".
So, we sold it to a Lady who was buying it for her Husband who was in Iraq as a Welcome Home gift....eventually the Gunny and I patched things up between us, and Nicole and I have gone on with our lives completely dropping our little Importing Business and our dreams of Series ownership.
About a month ago, I got a phone call from the Gunny...
Turns out, the Lady that bought the third truck from us wants to get rid of it. When her Husband came home from Iraq, he had a hot little Lieutenant on his arm and he was leaving her. They split up, she never even told him about the truck, and it stayed parked in her sons yard for three years.
Well, the son tinkered with it, probably did more damage than good, then got tired of it and just wanted it gone....so, I talked with the lady, struck a deal, and now the truck is sitting in my driveway. Its going to need some work but, it's all good.
If you love something, let it go. If it comes back to you, it was meant to be.
Thanks for all the kind words on facebook. Im going to need some support in the coming weeks/months/years....finally, im a member of the group.
Hello, my name is Matt and Im a Roverholic.
I assume it's a 12v. What year?