Was smurfing and saw this.....

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/RANGE-ROVER-197...SwZ-lbfP6I

Now call me a sinick, but I think I smell a rat

I was under the distinct impression that the 4 door wasn't available until 1981...... Yesterday I couldn't spell Engineer... Today I are one!
Inventor of the 'Guide-o-Matic automatic wheel alignment tool'
Former long term L322 owner, Up/Down graded to a Classic Tractor!

The DVLA think its a 1972 according to the Gov website. A school friends father had a white 4 door circa 1975 which a third party company was producing, can't remember who at the moment.

If its real then restored could be collectors item.

It looks like a late car, and has alloys fitted

4 door wasnt available until 1981-ish, IIRC

5 speed box wasn't available until early 80's too

Later models had black rear pillars


I do believe something is being naughty
And rather ambitious thinking it can be MOT'd in an afternoon. There's greenery growing inside the car

Rosco wrote:

The DVLA think its a 1972 according to the Gov website. A school friends father had a white 4 door circa 1975 which a third party company was producing, can't remember who at the moment.

I guess someone has put a late shell on an early chassis and VIN probably to get free road tax at some point.

in 2006 it had only had 8K on the clock and 2 years later still not broke 11k.

If it is a monty then its is already a collectors item.

I bet the chassis is the only bit left from the 1970's. 405 AB exec seats Baltic and Cirrus
93 RR Classic efi

Remember it's easier to get forgiveness than permission!

Gone in order:
4.4 TDV8 SE - gone to a good home
93 Classic hard dash Plymouth Blue
03 L322 Oslo Blue
2000 Disco TD5 ES Epsom Green
98 P38 Rioja Red
89 Classic Cairngorm Brown

Now that's a project for someone.

No idea on the dates when 4doors started, but that looks like it will need a full body off restoration.
I like the seller's post that it will have an mot. I wonder what the brakes / fluids are like
Got to love the greenery on the inside too  Too many toys, not enough time

2011 4.4 TDV8 AB Black

Solid underneath.........not withstanding the hole which the brambles are growing through!  David

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I think he's confused about the year - perhaps someone told him that these were made from around 1972. Sept 84 build lost the front quarter windows but the centre console doesn't appear to have ashtrays like my Sept 84. He doesn't say that he has owned it from new, just ...forever, meaning that it feels like for a very long time.

Something very wrong, possible 're shell onto a 72 chassis engine and axles.
Not a montverdi either, that's a genuine factory shell and doors Remember:- amateurs built the ark
Proffesionals built the titanic

The door handles are in the LR production location rather than the Montiverdi location which was an inch or so higher and always sticks out like a sore thumb...

Yeah....and the shut line angle is wrong between the bottom of the rear window and the rear wheel arch, plus the small window in the rear door is wrong for a Monteverdi too. It’s def a factory shell.

Def a project for a brave soul.

 2011 Range Rover Vogue SE 4.4 TDV8

Previous cars :
2003 Range Rover Vogue TD6
1999 Discovery Td5 ES
1995 BMW M5 3.8 6 speed
1992 Range Rover 3.9 Efi Vogue
1992 BMW M5 3.8
1988 BMW 735i SE
1989 Ford Sierra XR4x4 2.9i
1981 Ford Fiesta Supersport

I think it's an early 4 door full stop. 1981 to 1986 as it has the exposed hinges on the bonnet and doors... As far as the reshell goes there are a few wee problems with that... the original RRC that used the lt95 box (4 speed and transfer in same case) had a fixed cross member.. meaning that to do a clutch you either had to strip the interior out and remove the floor, or, you had to remove the engine.. Now I could be wrong, but I don't think that the 5 speed gearbox with fit in the early chassis, and to get at the gearbox for any work it will be body off.

So my best guess is it's an early 4 door everything with a 2 door reg number and possibly vin tag, if it's got a chassis number I'd bet on it not matching, in fact I wouldn't be surprised if it didn't turn out to be a ringer....

Question now is who do you tell?? Where's Pete when you need him?? Yesterday I couldn't spell Engineer... Today I are one!
Inventor of the 'Guide-o-Matic automatic wheel alignment tool'
Former long term L322 owner, Up/Down graded to a Classic Tractor!

Surely the early 2 doors came out early 70s,on a H/J plate,so this cant be the correct number,it being a dateless one which finished early 60s?