This past Saturday, I made the trek down to Alamosa, Colorado to pick up my first Land Rover Series IIA. The Discovery did a decent job of pulling this truck over the pass and back to Colorado Springs (approximately 225 miles door to door). Anytime I tried to get the Discovery to exceed 55 mph, the trailer would start to wag the Discovery, so 52 mph was the more comfortable speed. I actually had better gas mileage pulling the trailer and Series than I did driving down with no trailer, but I think that has more to do with driving 75-80 mph vs. 52 mph.
We stopped to snap some pictures along the route at the top of La Veta Pass and in front of the Spanish Peaks outside the town of La Veta. All in all, it was an uneventful trip without any mishaps, which is a good thing if you ask me.
The original $1250 deal was done on a handshake last weekend, and after all the purchase paperwork and money exchange was done yesterday, the seller informed me that somebody tried to buy the truck out from under me for $3000. Lucky for me, the seller was an upstanding person and honored his handshake!
The Series is #329 of the 811 Land Rover Series IIA 109 NADA 6 cylinder Station Wagons. Truck does not currently run, but since the truck came with a spare engine, I?ll probably attempt to get this one running before I look into any engine conversions. I don?t want to throw a lot of money at the 6 cylinder engine.
The interior is very complete, though ragged, and there is only some very minor surface rust on the frame and none on the bulkhead. I am sure my posting on this forum will go up with tons of questions and maybe some answers for others.
Thanks!
We stopped to snap some pictures along the route at the top of La Veta Pass and in front of the Spanish Peaks outside the town of La Veta. All in all, it was an uneventful trip without any mishaps, which is a good thing if you ask me.
The original $1250 deal was done on a handshake last weekend, and after all the purchase paperwork and money exchange was done yesterday, the seller informed me that somebody tried to buy the truck out from under me for $3000. Lucky for me, the seller was an upstanding person and honored his handshake!
The Series is #329 of the 811 Land Rover Series IIA 109 NADA 6 cylinder Station Wagons. Truck does not currently run, but since the truck came with a spare engine, I?ll probably attempt to get this one running before I look into any engine conversions. I don?t want to throw a lot of money at the 6 cylinder engine.
The interior is very complete, though ragged, and there is only some very minor surface rust on the frame and none on the bulkhead. I am sure my posting on this forum will go up with tons of questions and maybe some answers for others.
Thanks!
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