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Range Rover Classic 2-door

Range Rover Classic 2-door

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Lot number 5
Hammer value N/S (est. £2,500 - £3,000)
Description Range Rover Classic 2-door
Registration LSF 532N
Year 1975
Colour White
Engine size 3,528 cc
Chassis No. 3551308D
Engine No. 34103837D

There is a simple elegance about the original 2-door 1970 Range Rover that makes the current generation of luxury off-roaders appear almost absurdly overblown by comparison.

Designed by Spen King, it’s boxy, thin-pillared body was a masterstroke of understated elegance and remained in production virtually unaltered for 25 years. The bodywork was not substantially redesigned until the second generation model of 1995 which was an altogether heavier and more complex vehicle than its rugged forebear. All versions are hugely capable machines that are equally at home on the motorway or the school run, or clambering to the top of a mountain.

Built on a box-section ladder-type chassis, much like the contemporary Land Rover, the Range Rover had more sophisticated all-independent coil spring suspension, permanent four-wheel drive and disc brakes all round. Power came from Rover’s light-weight all-alloy 3.5-litre V8 engine, detuned to 135bhp.

Early examples had fairly basic, utilitarian interiors with vinyl seats and plastic dashboards that were designed to be washed down with a hose. Features such as power assisted steering, carpeted floors, air conditioning, cloth/leather seats and wooden interior trim were only fitted later, when it was realised that it had a far larger market as a luxury vehicle than merely as a more comfortable alternative to the Land Rover Station Wagon.

This two-door was first registered in May 1975 and is offered as a restoration project. Fitted with a correct 3.5-litre V8, it comes with a large selection of spare hard-to-find panels which will make the process much more straightforward including wings, two good doors and a lower tailgate.

With prices of early two-door cars skyrocketing of late, this example offers enormous potential. Whether its new owner decides to restore it or just tuck it away for later, the mere possession of such an early Range Rover at the guide price suggested is surely better than the same sum of money in the bank.
 

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