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bit of advice buying a TAX Exempt Landy

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RICHIElandy:
hi

can i ask for a bit of advice

my nephew hes 16  is keen to buy a landy but hes after a series and wants to buy one thats tax exempt, but hes got £1000 to spend do you reckon hes going to get one thats reasonable decent hes 16 im going to help him a bit but need something thats not going to be a nail to start off, dont want to put off a future land rover enthusiast  reckon theres a chance theres one ut there or any ideas what Tax exempt landys are selling for probable a series 2 hoping for a series 3 !

cheers boys and girls  :D

Richie

Rich_P:
£1,000 will get a tax exempt leafer, but it will be in a poor condition (i.e. expect lots of work) and may lack MOT and tax.  The tax exempt Land Rovers are  constantly gaining value now.  You will also have difficulty in finding a genuine Series 3 that is tax exempt, as they only made them from 1971 and the tax exemption cut off date is 1st January 1973.

Decent Series 2 and 2A motors are now fetching at least £1,500 at the very lowest if not £2,000.

Of course, as with anything there are the very rare exceptions to this rule.

lightweight-love:
They are out there i sold a tax exempt s111 for under a grand - EBAY.. that was pretty good one too big new tyres too!
just aim for a basic solid starting block!
Dont worry tho at 16 i got my lightweight and its had tonnes of problems along the way, but i aint been put off! i must be MAD.

TBM:
I bought a S2a SWB with 12 months MOT in December for £1000. Excellent chassis and bulkhead. Drove it 300miles home, and have done 40 miles a day ever since. Haven't needed to do any work on it, but it's inevitably going to need something in the future.

Got a another S2a Truck Cab from Ebay for £699 also with 12mths MOT, but I needed a new pair of seats (£70), front brakes (£40), steering link and TRE's (£30) and a new fuel pump pipe, and will need a bit of chassis welding before next MOT.

Painted them both, cost £50 for etch primer and paint.

They are definitely out there, and at a reasonable price still. If you're seriously interested join the S2 forum and stick up a wanted ad (that's how I got mine).

TBM:
Truck Cab

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