Are ya gonna wear this like an LL Bean flannel?

 

I've seen lots of D1's for under $1k that were good starter projects ...and ran. Why would you pay $2k? Is it particularly low mileage or something? I think on just about any ordinary D1 you buy you can expect to do full brake work, front hub bearings, some steering work, seal up the steering box, fix windshield leak .... there is a long list of other 'maybe's if the previous owner didn't do them. But just those few are a lot of work. One might just consider pulling the engine and disassembling and putting in new seals/gaskets and do evrything once and have access to the steering box.

 

Well I made the jump (I'll admit I was a little nervous from my last DII experience) and bought a bad *** rig from a member outta CO. It got here Friday and I'm already loving it. Glad to be back

 

Is that the one that was in the for sale section? That thing looks bad ***.

 

It is that truck indeed. And it's as badass in real life as it looks in the ad. Runs like a top and rides really well.

 

It should and it better be, the guy's a LR mech tech and was asking a dollar amount not usually associated with Discoveries of this vintage..........

 

Yea I justified the price with the amount and type of modifications that have been done to it. That and the person did the work. Every mod is something that I would've done, but it would've cost me much more than what the seller was asking. I'm much more confident in this truck than I ever was with my 04.

 

I'm glad it came along and tied it all together for you in one shot. The 04 could've been a great truck but it takes some serious cash to work out what LR decided was "good enough" to put on the street. I'll raise a brew on your behalf next time I'm at the pub.

 

That's funny, I'm actually thinking about getting an 04 ......

Not getting rid of the 98 though.

 

Don't get me wrong. I absolutely loved that truck. It was f'ing sexy. I just didn't do any research before I bought it. I just new I had always loved discos. I overpaid at a dealer and ignore a LOT of warning signs when test driving and negotiating. If you go in knowing the worst then you'd probably be OK..... maybe