McAdam
Member Since: 21 Nov 2020
Location: Canary Islands
Posts: 129
  
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I have chassis number 264
Dunsford collection have 271 & a unnumbered prototype - so I slot right in between
The car will be 20 years old next year, and likely hit100k miles
Its an odd Pre-prod, being v8 HSE + LHD
It was exported from the UK in 2015 and is semi retired on a spanish island
If this was any other LR I would keep it till it died
But being the 2nd oldest known in the world makes me want it to be preserved
We had a baby recently and I can't go as wild as I wanted/used to
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If I dont sell:
I will keep till the engine gives me trouble, then put into storage, and convert to EV in 5 years
If I do sell:
I'd pick up another D3/D4 locally
But how much should I sell it for?
p.s. can anyone help digging up the LR history? I have UK reg but no build spec history stuffs... why is this LHD? where did it live? Why is it HSE but without sunroof? Pre-Production
D3 V8 #264
LHD '04 HSE
Living its life as a 50/50 On/Off road car exploring the Canary Islands
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 27th Jul 2023 4:21 pm |
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kajtzu
Member Since: 11 Aug 2017
Location: Helsinki
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Doesn’t answer any of your questions BUT I also have a LHD HSE without sunroof. 
Remember, not every country had the same set of features within a certain category of trim. This one is originally manufactured for/exported to The Netherlands and then imported to Finland by the distributor for resale.
With 100k miles the engine shouldn’t give you any trouble 
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| 27th Jul 2023 4:43 pm |
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McAdam
Member Since: 21 Nov 2020
Location: Canary Islands
Posts: 129
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Yeah the sunroof thing was interesting
Its like it was built as pre-production but destined to live outside of UK Pre-Production
D3 V8 #264
LHD '04 HSE
Living its life as a 50/50 On/Off road car exploring the Canary Islands
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| 27th Jul 2023 4:47 pm |
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Pete K
Member Since: 15 Jan 2016
Location: GL
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The test cars are tested all over the world, climates, altitudes etc. so makes sense to have LHD.
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| 27th Jul 2023 4:58 pm |
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