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[Sheepman]

As I have time now to wonder on things, I was thinking there does’nt appear to be anyone on here that discusses the forward control 2a and 2b  does anyone have either of these with any views we could mull over in the coming months........

[Tom]

There are a few folk on the forum who own FC land rovers.

Calum is documenting the rebuild of his FC in the restorations section of the forum
https://www.series2club.co.uk/new_forum/index.php/topic,169.0.html

Other than that, you are right. Things are a bit quiet on the FC front at the moment - maybe folk are just getting on with other projects 

[linesrg]

Good Morning All,

I'm confused. You advertise something at £13,000 and it doesn't sell, so you repost it at £13,500 - auction: #143565744057

Regards

Richard

[Formerlyjeremy]

Is that the one which was pictured removing its own engine?

Price - the concept of things being re-assuringly expensive?

[Genem]

Given the rubbishy pictures - covered in dust, dull location etc, I suspect this may be a "Yes Dear, I'm trying to sell it but..."

 

That particular one is an interesting example for someone interested in marketing. The 300Tdi engine and crane imply its intended to be a useful workhorse rather than an "original, collectable", which probably means it falls into the gap between two stools, not a particularly attractive working vehicle at that sort of price and of reduced interest to the collector end of the market because its "wrong" ?

If I wanted a working vehicle on a farm, for that price I'd not be going for something 50+ years old with a high centre of gravity and a reputation for falling over on side-slopes... and a crane that may or may not work after you've spent money fixing it.  As a comparison, you could have bought this considerably younger Unimog and still had £3k in your pocket.

https://www.unimogs.co.uk/our-stock/unimogs/u1300ag-project-unimog-full-agricultural-spec-u1300ag-u0838

[Jepster]

I'm still waiting for someone to beg for a Harvey Frost Crane for a FC, specially canted beams so that the tailgate can close. Billy Bonus!

[linesrg]

Given the rubbishy pictures - covered in dust, dull location etc, I suspect this may be a "Yes Dear, I'm trying to sell it but..."

 

That particular one is an interesting example for someone interested in marketing. The 300Tdi engine and crane imply its intended to be a useful workhorse rather than an "original, collectable", which probably means it falls into the gap between two stools, not a particularly attractive working vehicle at that sort of price and of reduced interest to the collector end of the market because its "wrong" ?

If I wanted a working vehicle on a farm, for that price I'd not be going for something 50+ years old with a high centre of gravity and a reputation for falling over on side-slopes... and a crane that may or may not work after you've spent money fixing it.  As a comparison, you could have bought this considerably younger Unimog and still had £3k in your pocket.

https://www.unimogs.co.uk/our-stock/unimogs/u1300ag-project-unimog-full-agricultural-spec-u1300ag-u0838

There's a lot not original about it so it is a lot of money for something few would be interested in - now the Unimog is a completely different ball game but this is a Land Rover forum....

Regards

Richard

[Genem]

^^^^ Reinforces my point. Its not original enough for the purists and its not a particularly good working vehicle for the money either.

G.