Landrover life expectancy ?

[Roving Rich]

Sodbury sortout - Darn - kinda busy getting married that day My Dad will be gutted, he usually goes too.
So TDi good, and hopefully another 100k miles left in it. But I better check the rest of it, bulkheads, chassis, clunks from the gearbox...that the huge winch on the front works
I'm not convinced on the rust front, back dors have had steel inserted intead of glass, and the box on the back is a bit rusty. It say ---- Scuba Club , which to me implies Salt air/water = Rust especially if its been used to puta boat in and out of the water.
I fancied a 130 to build a camper body onto. This one is a crew cab, not sure if that is good or bad, a single cab means i could put a much better camper body on the back.
Thanks for your advice
Rich

 

[MartiniDave]

Rich,

Good luck with the wedding mate!

I'd avoid any Landy that's likely to have been used for launching dive boats etc.
Salt water, steel and aluminium make for an effective crude battery and lots of bubly corrosion.
Ex MOD 130's can usually be had quite cheaply, but are often v8, so need an engine swap.

Dave