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Land Rover 109 Stage 1 Series 3 V8 Station Wagon Extremely Rare on 2040-cars

Year:1983 Mileage:85000
Location:

Midway, Utah, United States

Midway, Utah, United States
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Land Rover 109 stage 1 v8 station wagon, VIN SALLBCMV2AA101794

To see over 40 pictures, email me for a link. Ebay won't allow me to place the link in the ad.

Yes, a 109 Stage 1 V8 - one of the best and most sought after Land Rovers.  Possibly one of the rarest in the US as well.

If you don't know much about the stage 1 V8, here's some useful background info from various sites:

"Stage 1" refers to the first stage of investment by the British Government in the company to improve the Land Rover and Range Rover product offerings, which eventually led to the Land Rover 90 and 110. The use of the Range Rover engine and drive train made it the only Series III vehicle to have permanent four-wheel drive.

From Landroverclub.net, an entire site dedicated to stage 1 V8's:

"The Stage One V8 is - in our opinion - the best Series Three ever built. Where diesel engines just lack power or 2 1/4 engines lose power after 150,000 kms, the Stage One V8 keeps going strong. There is nothing comparable to that joy when Sally, the prototype, revs up to 120 kms/75miles/h or passed impenetrable mudholes crossed by sheer torque. "

This Land Rover is in great condition for its age.  The body is straight, the motor runs strong and smooth.  The dual carbs are a little touchy and may need to be tuned for your altitude (I'm at 5500 feet and had them serviced last year, running well).

This is not a restored land rover but is in great shape for its year.  The original front seats have been replaced for a set of Discovery seats, which I really like.  The front grille is of course not stock but I prefer the Defender grille, but a purest would probably replace it for the stock wire grille.  The paint is old and was probably an inexpensive paint job.  It looks good from 10 feet away but when you get close you can see the chips and scratches.  Odometer says 137,000 KM (85,000 miles), believed to be accurate, but I don't have documentation to verify.  A VIN check will indicate that this vehicle is left had drive.  It was indeed flipped to RHD at some point in its life.  It could be flipped back to LHD without issue but I actually prefer the RHD.

All of the gauges and lights work.

This is a great vehicle and someone will enjoy this.  I just don't drive it and need the garage space. 

I'm into this over 17,000 and my reserve is set well below that.   

Please remember that this vehicle is 31 years old but fantastic condition for its age. Please give me a call or message with any further questions, and if you're local, feel free to come and see it. 



Call Joel on 801-598-0766


Here is even more info about land rover 109, 

"The Land Rover Stage 1 was so called because it was the first product of an investment programme that lead to the 90 and the 110 (later Defender D90 and D110). It was in effect what many Land Rover owners had been converting their standard SIII's into for many years - a SIII with a larger engine, in fact with the 3.5L V8 out of the Range Rover. The standard SIII gearbox could not really take this kind of power and torque, as the owners of home conversions often found out, so Land Rover fitted the Range Rover's LT95 full-time-4WD transmission too.

The investment programme also produced the 5 door Range Rover, and culminated in the replacement of the Series III Land Rovers by the coil-sprung 110" and 90" Land Rovers in 1983 and 1984 respectively.

The Stage 1 introduced some new features which would be carried forward to the 90/110 range. Permanent four wheel drive - most previous series models had selectable 2 or 4 wheel drive. The radiator was moved forwards which gave us the flat fronted appearance still seen on the Defender. The bonnet was llonger than the 'standard' Series IIIs, rounded at the front and wrapping around at the leading edge. The door locks are mounted in the door skin rather than in the handle aperture (also carried on to military Defenders)."

 

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