Buying and Price Guide

Later Series Land Rovers are fetching big money at auctions

Every Land Rover model is covered in our updated Price Guide – plus the latest Market News

IF YOU needed proof that Series IIS and SIIIS are rapidly becoming ever more desirable – and pricey – you only have to attend classic car auctions.

The latest classic car sale at Anglia Car Auctions at King's Lynn, Norfolk, saw a late Series III short wheelbase County Station Wagon fetch £7200 (£7560 with seller's premium).

The vehicle was a cracker – as can be seen in the main picture on this page (above) – and it had been treated recently to new Polybushes and parabolic springs, but that's still a hefty price for a 1983 vehicle that was not totally original and would probably have made little more than half that sum a few years ago.

It had a recorded mileage of 58,000 and had been offered for sale with no reserve.

At the same sale, a trio of very nice Series IIAS from a private collection also made good money, topped by a 1968 short wheelbase with a chassis-up rebuid to professional standards – a feature that no doubt figured in the eventual price of £8400. The others – a 1966 and a 1962 model – made £5000 and £4800 respectively.

The only Series I at the sale was a 1954 86-inch, which had also got the benefit of a chassis-up rebuild, new interior and electrics. But it was not totally original, with an EX-SIII 2.25-litre diesel engine fited, and made £6600.

However, don't run away with the idea that any old Land Rover is worth a small fortune. A 1975 Series III SWB diesel with an estimate of £5000 to £7000 failed to find a buyer at the same sale, despite having a full MOT and being tax exempt.

The next classic sale at Anglia Car Auctions is on June 13.