I sold my Series One in 2009 for £2100, I had been asking £2500 and for months & could not get it. The vehicle was tested and well maintained with a full history back to 1982. (I spent the money with a bit more on a Massey Ferguson and what a pile of rubbish that turned out to be, cracked blocks, cracked blocks and cracked blocks, oh , & did I mention cracked blocks ? Along with everything else )
I would not pay much more than a £grand for a Series 3. The Land Rover Centre in Huddersfield fully refurbish these motors at great expense . £6 grand would buy one of theirs and they are like new.
Freelanders, don't go there. Scrappers for £250 all over the place.
People sell Land Rovers when they do not want to spend anymore money on them. You will always be buying work with an old Landy, but good ones are out there to be had and looked after they will serve you well, but do not look upon them as investments. Coil sprung Landys built between 1985 and some where in the mid 90's are made of good steel and aluminium. Sometime later they were cheapened and rust for fun. TDi 200 engines are great. TDi 300 rely on electrics and not as good. As they get more modern they become expensive to buy and run and loose their identity between a work horse and a Chelsea Tractor. The modern ones ( known affectionately as Trani' Lanis because they have a Ford Transit engine) do not have air flaps in the bulk head anymore but air conditioning fitted instead! No thank you, rather have the air flaps.