Can 1998 Commercial Landrover be converted to passenger?

miss_daisy · 05-01-2011 10:26pm #1

Hello,

Im looking for a bit of advice. My neighbour has a 1998 Commercial Landrover (it has five doors) which he is selling at a good price. Id like buy it but because of the new commericla tax laws, it would only be feasible for me to do so if it had seats in the back. I was wondering does anyone know if it can be converted to a passenger jeep easily ( as i said it has the 5 doors).

And if it can be converted, could it be done cheaply enough?

Thanks for your help

05-01-2011 10:44pm

Possibly not easily as the holes for the seat bolts etc may well be welded up, if it was not a commercial from new that's quite likely to be the case I would think.

frank gooding · 05-01-2011 10:50pm

Should be easy enough to do just vrt will do there best to screw you mind.

Fixings for seatbelts and seats should be easy enough to sort out.

101sean · 06-01-2011 9:40am

As RoverJames says, it depends on how the conversion was done. If done on import the seatbelt mounts will have been welded up, windows plated etc etc and may not be worth it. If it was originally an Irish registered passenger one later converted to commercial, there may not be so much damage so would be easier to put back.

What it started as may also affect whether you get clobbered for VRT. You'll pay over €900 road tax on it.

No problem getting parts, it's a late 300Tdi Discovery 1 I assume you are looking at, there's plenty being broken with terminal rot. There's plenty of good passenger ones for sale as well so do your sums.

Can 1998 Commercial Landrover be converted to passenger?

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