Saw this up at auction next Tuesday if anyone interested in a LWB classic

https://www.easyliveauction.com/auction_ca...rentpage=1

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Just watch these LSE's appreciate in value in the coming years.

You'll be lucky to find one in the coming years, rust is killing them off quicker than it killed off Lancia

Having had one of those, the only ones likely to appreciate in value are the very last few which had the soft dash and the considerably quieter later gearbox with the viscous coupling. All the earlier cars were bestowed with quirks that made the standard wheelbase Vogue SE a much better bet.

The longer stroke 4.2 engine was rather more torquey than the standard 3.9 but even so, it was by no means a fire breathing dragon of a motor, more a tortoise on steroids.

TBH, the only attraction of these cars is the rarity part. There weren't very many made, but that doesn't mean they are any lest susceptible to corrosion, or that they have any less shortcomings than the regular RR Classics did. In fact, they have more than most in as much as the standard air suspension was basically how Land Rover prototyped the setup found on the P38, which was still pretty rough when that first arrived on the scene.

A lot of advertising weasel words form the auction house trying to talk up the price.

The Beauty of the LSE was not driving it , it was being driven in it !! because of the mamoth space in the back and the verry nice sound system for the year it came out .....
I had one for 7 years , and i can tell you that my wife & daughter miss the back space ....  Jaybear

2002 V8 , premier edition , 19" alloys ,

That is utterly lovely. I've still got my late hard-dash Classic and I'll never part with it. Yes, it's a bit agricultural, but I've driven it from the top corner of Scotland to London and back and got out of it fresh as you like. I've towed livestock with it, thrown engines in the boot, used it as a shed for months and it's never complained. I love my FFRR, but my Classic is ingrained in my blood now.  2003 Vogue TD6/1992 Classic 300TDi/2x 1991 Golf GTI/1966 Volkswagen Kombi/2x 1968 Volkswagen Kombi/Probably something I've forgotten...