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Old 03-24-2015, 12:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Paul Grant
I'd say I've parted about a dozen over the years. I also have two R380's in pieces sitting in storage for a customer. He owns four or five (at least 3 XD's) all with R380's.

I'd guess the numbers were somewhere along the lines of 1200 in '94, 1500 in '95, 1200 in '96 and 1000 in '97. I don't believe they did any 5 speeds in '98 or '99.
How much do you get for an r380?
 
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Old 03-24-2015, 12:56 PM
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Originally Posted by BloodyShirt
How much do you get for an r380?
I don't have any. The two I have in storage are a customer's. I'm merely holding them for him.
 
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Old 03-24-2015, 02:17 PM
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Originally Posted by BloodyShirt
How much do you get for an r380?
The R380 I sold had the T case with shifter, flywheel, Peddle assembly, Slave and master cylinder with it. I sold the whole package for $1000.

Not sure if that is the going rate or not.
 
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Old 03-24-2015, 02:27 PM
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wow. I saw a 5speed disco, a couple moths ago, for 1100. on craigslist......wish I would have gotten it.
 
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Old 03-27-2015, 09:40 AM
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I'll take one at that price if you find another one.. About to order the rebuild kit and attempt it myself which means I'll probably need a new r380 soon

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The R380 I sold had the T case with shifter, flywheel, Peddle assembly, Slave and master cylinder with it. I sold the whole package for $1000.

Not sure if that is the going rate or not.
 
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Old 03-27-2015, 11:12 AM
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wow. I saw a 5speed disco, a couple moths ago, for 1100. on craigslist......wish I would have gotten it.
My buddy picked up a non-running one with a lift and 33s for $500. One fuel pump later it ran great, threw new bearings/seals/brakes on it in the fall and I'm heading over there after work today to rip the carpet out and asses the rust and whatever else it needs before wheeling season.
 
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Score!!!
 
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Originally Posted by Paul Grant
I seriously doubt there were 14,000 5 speed DI's imported into the US in 1997. I would venture a guess that there might have been 14,000 5 speeds imported overall into the US but I think even that number is high. I remember seeing total imports by year for the DI a number of years ago. Imports of all DI's automatics and 5 speeds were over 20,000 for a few years but automatics outnumbered 5 speeds by over ten to one. The first two years, '94 and '95 saw the largest number, as a percentage of total imports, of 5 speeds brought over but, even then numbers were no where near 14,000/yr.
It was so long ago, I couldn't recall the numbers, but that sounds correct. I may have been mistaken, but I know r380 Discovery 1's are rare.
 
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Old 06-08-2015, 07:04 AM
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Originally Posted by BloodyShirt
I recently posed the same question to Land Rover as I wanted to try and register the truck as a collectible.. Not sure if I met the qualifications or not though for my state as it just requests a letter from a car club or manufacturer stating its rarity.
A D1 collectable, maybe in another 20 years if you are lucky or have a Camel Trophy model.
 
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wow guess when i am at the u pull and see one i should consider pulling the stick trans lol
 
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