Poor man's CSK
Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 11:37 am
Hi and Hello from Germany!
Hopefully I'm welcomed here me not having a CSK :)
I'm a Range Rover Classic enthusiast as long as I can remember. Now I'm 27 years old and owning my 13th Range Rover Classic :D
I call her the *poor man's CSK* as it is a 2-door and as well a limited edition of 300 cars, the so-called Range Rover 20th anniversary edition - only available on the French market in 1991.
It has the 2.5TD engine - and mine has covered only 90.000kms (56k mls) yet.
As I drove a RHD '93 Vogue SE before which I'm now breaking for spares, some nice bits have moved into my 2-door, as, for example the leather interior, which I converted to retractable 2-door seats, the auto-dimming mirror as well as the LSE-type 5-spoke wheels (which now are getting a re-spray in body colour and a polish to the outer rims)
As the car is in straight condition throughout, it just needed some optical re-condition and TLC, apart from new springs and shocks and new tyres:
When I bought it:
[img]http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JwpZxDAFbLs/SL2acxf48tI/AAAAAAAABjA/tT_QMVtHS5Q/s576/Range%20Rover%20106.jpg[/img]
[img]http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JwpZxDAFbLs/SL2aJbQ9uUI/AAAAAAAABhk/9RiIicqbg3U/s576/Range%20Rover%20094.jpg[/img]
[img]http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JwpZxDAFbLs/SL2dWtkAEwI/AAAAAAAABpA/Rze87Pcnkzo/s400/Range%20Rover%20107.jpg[/img]
[img]http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JwpZxDAFbLs/SL2dg4fFy-I/AAAAAAAABqU/IghaXN-3vzo/s576/Range%20Rover%20125.jpg[/img]
With new tyres in Spain (245-75-16 Pirelli Scorpion)
[img]http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JwpZxDAFbLs/SeuUoR_ftJI/AAAAAAAACV8/HYpZG_r2jSs/s576/CIMG3900.JPG[/img]
Another 2-door with genuine tyres
[img]http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JwpZxDAFbLs/SeuUnVr54sI/AAAAAAAACVs/T5iNsWE-gHE/s576/CIMG3789.JPG[/img]
Now the conversions:
[img]http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JwpZxDAFbLs/SL2dPjMr_VI/AAAAAAAABoQ/a8CA8OHlbCs/s576/Range%20Rover%20085.jpg[/img]
[img]http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JwpZxDAFbLs/SmYYIbGv4AI/AAAAAAAACh8/ZsedqwdTwso/s576/CIMG4270.JPG[/img]
[img]http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JwpZxDAFbLs/SmYYJOu3HoI/AAAAAAAACiU/ECPBGyACz0E/s400/CIMG4272.JPG[/img]
[img]http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JwpZxDAFbLs/SL2cn3Mj63I/AAAAAAAABlU/7gPkU-af2zg/s576/Range%20Rover%20062.jpg[/img]
new boot liner etc
[img]http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JwpZxDAFbLs/SmYYJQco5hI/AAAAAAAACiI/nyP5lg_GIyI/s576/CIMG4273.JPG[/img]
new side skirts of later 4-door
[img]http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JwpZxDAFbLs/SmYTouZNBpI/AAAAAAAACh0/eDEAMAHpwEw/s576/CIMG4269.JPG[/img]
[img]http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JwpZxDAFbLs/SmYTnnEK8WI/AAAAAAAAChs/VDjZoHkEp3g/s576/CIMG4267.JPG[/img]
no more photos allowed in one post :(
Hopefully I'm welcomed here me not having a CSK :)
I'm a Range Rover Classic enthusiast as long as I can remember. Now I'm 27 years old and owning my 13th Range Rover Classic :D
I call her the *poor man's CSK* as it is a 2-door and as well a limited edition of 300 cars, the so-called Range Rover 20th anniversary edition - only available on the French market in 1991.
It has the 2.5TD engine - and mine has covered only 90.000kms (56k mls) yet.
As I drove a RHD '93 Vogue SE before which I'm now breaking for spares, some nice bits have moved into my 2-door, as, for example the leather interior, which I converted to retractable 2-door seats, the auto-dimming mirror as well as the LSE-type 5-spoke wheels (which now are getting a re-spray in body colour and a polish to the outer rims)
As the car is in straight condition throughout, it just needed some optical re-condition and TLC, apart from new springs and shocks and new tyres:
When I bought it:
[img]http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JwpZxDAFbLs/SL2acxf48tI/AAAAAAAABjA/tT_QMVtHS5Q/s576/Range%20Rover%20106.jpg[/img]
[img]http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JwpZxDAFbLs/SL2aJbQ9uUI/AAAAAAAABhk/9RiIicqbg3U/s576/Range%20Rover%20094.jpg[/img]
[img]http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JwpZxDAFbLs/SL2dWtkAEwI/AAAAAAAABpA/Rze87Pcnkzo/s400/Range%20Rover%20107.jpg[/img]
[img]http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JwpZxDAFbLs/SL2dg4fFy-I/AAAAAAAABqU/IghaXN-3vzo/s576/Range%20Rover%20125.jpg[/img]
With new tyres in Spain (245-75-16 Pirelli Scorpion)
[img]http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JwpZxDAFbLs/SeuUoR_ftJI/AAAAAAAACV8/HYpZG_r2jSs/s576/CIMG3900.JPG[/img]
Another 2-door with genuine tyres
[img]http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JwpZxDAFbLs/SeuUnVr54sI/AAAAAAAACVs/T5iNsWE-gHE/s576/CIMG3789.JPG[/img]
Now the conversions:
[img]http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JwpZxDAFbLs/SL2dPjMr_VI/AAAAAAAABoQ/a8CA8OHlbCs/s576/Range%20Rover%20085.jpg[/img]
[img]http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JwpZxDAFbLs/SmYYIbGv4AI/AAAAAAAACh8/ZsedqwdTwso/s576/CIMG4270.JPG[/img]
[img]http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JwpZxDAFbLs/SmYYJOu3HoI/AAAAAAAACiU/ECPBGyACz0E/s400/CIMG4272.JPG[/img]
[img]http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JwpZxDAFbLs/SL2cn3Mj63I/AAAAAAAABlU/7gPkU-af2zg/s576/Range%20Rover%20062.jpg[/img]
new boot liner etc
[img]http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JwpZxDAFbLs/SmYYJQco5hI/AAAAAAAACiI/nyP5lg_GIyI/s576/CIMG4273.JPG[/img]
new side skirts of later 4-door
[img]http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JwpZxDAFbLs/SmYTouZNBpI/AAAAAAAACh0/eDEAMAHpwEw/s576/CIMG4269.JPG[/img]
[img]http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JwpZxDAFbLs/SmYTnnEK8WI/AAAAAAAAChs/VDjZoHkEp3g/s576/CIMG4267.JPG[/img]
no more photos allowed in one post :(