FS: 101 Ambulance

Time has come to say 'au revoir'... He's sat on the drive ever since the MoT and really needs someone to put him to use. Reality is, it won't be me (at least not in the foreseeable future).

So, I'm open to offers. I'd much prefer it to go to someone I 'know', although ebay will be a last resort I suppose.

It's red (although it's not the best paintjob). Structurally it's bang on - no advises or faults on the MoT, which is valid til June 06. The rear crossmember was professionally repaired two years ago - there's no rot hiding behind the overriders or anywhere else.

V8 is brilliant (and it should be, the amount of time Warren has spent on it!). The fuel tank was replaced a year or so ago, along with the filler and the entire fuel system (filters, pump etc etc). It will pull 70mph without any difficulty.

Tyres are Petlas - maybe two years old but have covered under 1000 miles.

Interior has been stripped and a very basic camper conversion done - sleeps two. Bulkhead is out, but the interior does need some proper work to complete the conversion.

Drivers door top is a bit rusty, but not too awful. Passenger side is new and utterly solid.

Batteries are both newish and in good order. Starter was replaced a year ago. Starts on the button without fail.

There are two faults I know about - second gear is hard to get on a downchange, upchanges are fine. I've driven around it since I bought it three years ago and it isn't a major pain really. The rear step has been dropped once too often and the ally has split and popped a few rivets. very fixable.

So - anyone interested? Truck is in South Yorkshire - I can supply detailed pictures on request. I'd also welcome anyone's thoughts on what it's actually worth! I know what I've spent....

Reply to
Tim Hobbs
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Sad. Gissa call, I have a buyer waiting.

Reply to
Mother

I would be interested, not sure if I can afford it, but interested ;)

Please mail pictures and details and everything you know and have and so on ;)

send it to: raoul at don - moto . at

Clear spaces and insert the @ on the appropriate place ;-)

Raoul

Reply to
Raoul Donschachner

I'm gutted for you Tim, though I've been through this quandary a few times myself, a quick trip around the block usually reinstalls any desire to part company... usually because it's the only vehicle left running... but thats the Landrover story for you!

Lee D

Reply to
Lee_D

Please send me some pics and details to peterborough4x4atbtopenworlddotcom

Reply to
Simon Isaacs

Wake up at the back Simon, I've left a message on your mobile phone, emailed Tim, Tim has called me, I gave him your mobile phone number...

There's only sooo much we can do...

Now, get yer cheque book out - a better motor you'll not find for your intended use. It has your name on it and I couldn't be happier to see it go from one good mate to another.

Reply to
Mother

Sad day like when I got rid of my limo,

But I am determined to hang on to my current landie unless I find a better one. One of the reasons I got a landie compared to any other motor is my belief that there is nothing that is not fixable on them. Even if it came to taking the chassis out and replacing it with oak baulks suitable covered in an oil wash to disguise the fact :)

Reply to
Larry

It must be fate. He's even got a sodding lightweight for sale. Noooo, must resist The Force....

Simon - I'm just emailing you now.

Reply to
Tim Hobbs

Sorry to hear you havent got time for it Tim!

It sounds like someone else will get a chance to enjoy it now though - and they wont have any funny problems with the engine! ;) - See if you can come to some arrangement whereby the new owner still lets you have a drive of it every so often to keep you in touch!

Like Lee - I consider selling mine occasionally when i'm trying to use the drive (which it has a large share of!) - but then I go for a drive (or even just sit in it for a bit), and I love it all over again!

(I also missed this thread earlier as agent has stuck it in with an old thread of the same name I think - how do i stop that?)

Reply to
Tom Woods

Anyone who is interested can see pictures at

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At the moment it is just outside shots, but hopefully I'll add some more this evening.

Reply to
Tim Hobbs

peterborough4x4atbtopenworlddotcom

i've been having similar feelings with my series 3. been buggering up with a dodgy exhaust for about a month now, so i've been very limitted in when and how i drive it. evey now and then i think, if i just stuck with the toyota, none of this would be happening. that thing never ever broke down. but then i park my arse on the spartan front bench (with factory high-backs) and fiddle with the gear-stick and i wonder why i ever questioned its worth.

Then the mongrel won't start, and its back to square one!!

Sam.

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Samuel

Yes, slightly dozy, was at "OffroadUK" at Stainby this weekend. Turned out to be a bit of a flop. Although the organiser quite likes breweries, he couldn't organise a piss up in one......

Highlight of that show was the mud run. Picture this, a competition to see how far you can get through it in your vehicle. Lots of modded 90's, suzi's, patrols and triallers, most with Extreme Trekkers, Jungle Trekkers or flotation tyres, most with lockers or fiddle brakes. My 200TDi disco off roader, no axle lockers etc, just Grizzly Claw tyres....... The idea was for the vehicle that got through the furthest to take the cash pot. Ended up being narrowed down to an SJ with all the toys, a 200TDi Disco driven by me, and the same vehicle driven by my wife. Had to do it in reverse gear in the end to separate the vehicles..... down to me and my wife. The only way to split it was to run the mud run....... messy.....

Had an argument with 2 sore loser who insisted I had lockers front and rear.... Just goes to show having all the toys doesn't make that vehicle better!

Getting busy packing for Malvern, seems never ending with these shows this year.....

Reply to
Simon Isaacs

You know you want it!

Reply to
Simon Isaacs

Tim couldn't handle it... ;-)

Reply to
Mother

Quieter next year as magazine editor eh?

Reply to
Mother

Yeah, he could never own a lightweight.. I mean they are soooo rare too and such beauties.. make a good wedding car...or am I too late?

Lee D

Reply to
Lee_D

Yeah, too late I reckon (I did note not gettin an invite, too...) 'sides, it's a very, very tidy lightweight, those who were at Peterborough last year may recall it was the one we were guarding overnight.

Reply to
Mother

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