Restoration - Range Rover CSK 1991 No. 120

Dr Who · 1 Sep 2011 at 13:18

Nice

Will Gill · 1 Sep 2011 at 13:22

mega kudos :cool:

Ahleckz · 1 Sep 2011 at 13:42

Great work. I was impressed when I heard my mate was welding trampoline parts onto his Disco so it could pass the MOT.
How long did it all take?

Noni Juice · 1 Sep 2011 at 13:47

I don't like the car mats but the rest OH SWEET JESUS ITS AWESOME

Vampire · 1 Sep 2011 at 14:35

That's fantastic, I wanted to do the exact same restoration back when I was at Uni - I'm glad I didn't now seeing how much work was involved!

Big Chris · 1 Sep 2011 at 15:06

Awesome work, it's like Wheeler Dealers without the irritating little Cockney ****

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SeatIbiza · 1 Sep 2011 at 15:22

Unless i've missed it above, how much did you pay originally for it?

Dr. Pain · 1 Sep 2011 at 15:30

Cool restoration is cool!

What a lot of hard work though, I hope you enjoyed it as you were going.

task · 1 Sep 2011 at 15:31

SeatIbiza said:
Unless i've missed it above, how much did you pay originally for it?

You haven't missed it, I made the decision to exclude prices and costs from this thread (and the others I've written on it).

task · 1 Sep 2011 at 15:32

Cheers for the positive responses, means a lot when someone appreciates the work gone in to something.

Mr Jack · 1 Sep 2011 at 15:42

That's some seriously impressive work!

Gilly · 1 Sep 2011 at 15:52

Very impressed. It takes a lot to carry on when things bog down and get difficult.

Did you get someone else to do the engine work for you?

How many hours do you think it took start to finish?

Maz · 1 Sep 2011 at 16:14

Very very brave! Awesome results.

JRS · 1 Sep 2011 at 16:16

Impressive work there taske

Archy · 1 Sep 2011 at 16:40

Awesome work there, thanks for sharing!

"andy" · 1 Sep 2011 at 17:26

awesome

Duke · 1 Sep 2011 at 17:37

Great job. I think you're a nutter personally

danza · 1 Sep 2011 at 17:38

Looking mean on the black wheels. :cool:

I like threads like this - all the resto info in one lump, so no disappointment of a few pictures of progress here and there, and nothing for months/years/ever again.

Well done.

TFC · 1 Sep 2011 at 17:38

Superb job, been there years ago with a Wolesley 1500, MkII Cortina x2 and a Mini, all were hard work but worth it.
Yours is without doubt worth it and very well done.

task · 1 Sep 2011 at 18:11

In response to a few questions, in no particular order;

I started working on this back in February, I'm not sure how you define finished when it comes to something like this. I've got a Series 3 V8 Land Rover in the garage that despite being on the road for the past 2 years I wouldn't define as finished (That'd be the subject of a different thread!). It passed the MOT on 25th of August but was by no means finished. Still isn't really, I need to fit the rest of the LPG kit and tidy up the audio install.

Man hours is a difficult thing to try and calculate, I spent a good deal of weekends doing 14+ hour days so at a rough guess I'm going to say around 720 hours of labour plus time spent sourcing parts/cleaning seats and doing research.

All the work was done by myself and my father, I learnt most of what I know from him and also from a several year stint I did building production plant in a mine.

He gave advice and spent a good deal of his time to speed the process along, also the use of his land and garage were invaluable. Much better equipped garage and a 4-post.

I don't plan to leave that engine in there for long, I hope to build a slightly bigger unit based on a 4.6 block, that's a different story though. For now I plan to drive it and enjoy it

Thanks for the interest and kind replies, I'll try and find some time to put a thread for my last build, a 1984 land rover with a 3.9 rover V8 if people want?

Going to pick it up tonight from my Dads yard, I'll try and get some photos and update this thread with any further progress.