Lot Ended
Description
From a deceased estate; totally original and unrestored; from 18-year
ownership; remarkable condition for its year/mileage; manual gearbox; impeccably
maintained; driven 30 miles to the sale; one of the nicest we have
seen
Supplied new by the Stafford
Land Rover Centre in January 1987, this impressive Range Rover Classic 3.5 EFi
was first owned by the rather splendidly named Major Levett Haszard
who lived at his ancestral home, Milford Hall in Staffordshire. The Major was to
keep the car until 1992 when it was acquired by a Mr D Cooper of Stoke-on-Trent
who was to keep it for 15 years, during which time it was registered as DCR 602.
The current (fifth) owner acquired the Range Rover in 2007 to join
his carefully curated collection of fine classic cars, but it was put into the
name of his widow when he sadly passed away earlier this year so the V5C records
five former keepers.
It has covered 86,100 miles to
date, as warranted by no fewer than 26 old MOTs on file, and comes with an
impressive history file to show meticulous upkeep from new. The original service
book has eight stamps, the last at 48,020 miles in July 1993, with many invoices
for subsequent maintenance.
Always kept garaged in the
current 18-year ownership, we are told that it has been regularly serviced by
the mechanic employed to look after all the cars in the collection. There are
various invoices for new parts fitted including: new rear coil springs and shock
absorbers in 2012 at 77,692 miles; new front brake discs and pads in 2015 at
80,619 miles; new radiator core and clutch master cylinder in 2019; alloy wheels
refurbished in 2020.
We are told that it has also
been regularly waxoil treated (which is clearly apparent when you look
underneath), the only welding known to have been carried out being a small
repair to the rear axle mounting bracket which was fixed when the rear
suspension was being renewed in 2012.
As you can see in the photos,
this Range Rover is in truly remarkable condition for its year/mileage with
lovely original Chamonix White paintwork and a wonderfully preserved original
cloth interior. Even the carpets are original, being protected by rubber Range
Rover over-mats. The original handbooks are all present, as is the original
radio should the purist wish to replace the modern Blaupunkt Atlanta 110
radio/CD currently fitted.
On offer here from a deceased
estate, we are told by the late-owner’s mechanic that it drives as well as it
looks – he fondly remembers co-driving it to the Mille Miglia and then down
to Spain in June/July last year, reporting that it never missed a beat and
that the manual gearbox gives it plenty of go compared to an auto, with better
fuel economy (the last two photos show the car crossing the Pyrenees during
that extended road trip).
Driven 30 miles to the sale,
it has an MOT until October 2026 with no advisories recorded (in fact it has
barely had any advisories over the last 20 years if you check online) and will
soon be MOT-exempt under the 40-year rule.
Starting instantly and running
very sweetly as we have moved it around on site, this is one of the nicest
Classic Range Rovers we have ever seen and you would be hard-pressed to find a
better one, let alone as original as this. Bucking the current trend, the Range
Rover Classic also seems to be one of the few collector vehicles going up in
value of late, the classictrends.eu website reporting a 25.6% rise in the last
two years alone. In addition, the EFi version is also widely considered to be
superior to the earlier carb-fed models.
If Major Haszard is still
alive he would no doubt be delighted to see how good his Range Rover still looks
today. We love it and we are sure that you will too, so make sure you come and
see it!
Consigned by James
Dennison – 07970 309907 – [email protected]