You beauty iam a SIII owner

[MarknDeb]

Well i hung out long enough and tonight i got a 73 SIII shorty, i pick her up on Friday and can not wait, even my youngest (Matty) is so excited, g this Landy bug is bad when you get it isnt it. Now for the most important, what to name her, any suggestions

[George130]

Congrats. The name will come fairly quick.

[Grizzly_Adams]

Congrats, she looks tidy :)

As George said, the name will come quickly once you start to figure out her character :D

[DarrenR]

Good on you, I like it, hope it's got the 2 1/4 petrol engine in it :)

I just hope there are some Series III Landies left for sale in about a year or so (it will take me that long to drop the question to the good woman, no I don't mean marriage I mean "dear would you like another Land Rover?")

Best regards
DarrenR

[DarrenR]

Thats a military brushbar...so the next question is...is it an ex-mil vehicle? Do you have to join us saddies on REMLR?

Yeah I was thinking the bar does look like a military type, but the rest of it including the colour looks pretty stock. Except for the freewheeling hubs which look like the ones with the fiddly little locking mechanism.

So no you can't have him or his Landie, they belong on this side of the forum :twisted:

Best regards
DarrenR

[LR V8]

Well done mark & co .... been looking at that one on line.... appears to be a nice pick-up.

I just picked up my S3 stage 1 and S2A SWB for my son (18).... 1800 km of towing etc over easter with my boy.... absolutely priceless ..... :D

Cheers,

Pete

[MarknDeb]

LMAO, well i got her off EBAY and i dont think there was any competion because it was under accessories not cars. here is the info he had for her

For sale classic shape 1973 landrover series 3 with roadwothy. In good condition with a few bumps and srcatches as would be expected in a landrover of the age.
sold in good running order, great fun car, with all original engine et al.
Drive away and keeps driving.

Q: G'day, Can you tell me a bit more about your Landie? It's a bit hard to tell from the picture, but is it a 4-cylinder motor? What is the history of the car? Is there any rust? Has it done much beach work? Does it need any particular mechanical work done soon? How many seats has it got? Do you have any more photos? Sorry for all the questions, but I am interested in your car. Cheers, Mick.
A: Hi thanks for the questions. yes it is a 4 cylinder motor,i bought the car in charters Towers a couple of years back has had about 3 owners including myself. There is some superficial rust on chassis but none penetrating so genrally no.Havent done much beach work used it mainly for outback trips.The landrover is mechanically sound and used to get me to work daily ,is sold with roasdworthy rego to 11/05/07 .Has a bench seat in front so 3 seats and 2 troop benches for back not fitted as have been using as a ute with roof off.sorry havent got more photos as camera bust but is as pictures show. Interior is clean and original.There are some spare parts included clutch, brake pads bits and pieces really.

he emailed me before and it had the rear cylinders replaced today, thats all that was needed for road worthy, Rego is up next month but what the hell i say as to me it was a bargin at $1600

[MarknDeb]

Blknight.aus (Dave) said that the passengers need well insulated shoes, lol so Debs now calling her "HOT THING", its not official yet:D

[JDNSW]

Looks good. The military bullbar and the rear bench seats do suggest it may have been military - in which case it should not be too hard to find the evidence with a bit of inspection. But they may also just indicate that a previous owner bought a few military bits - the seats and the bullbar bolt onto a civilian one with at most five minutes with a drill.

John

[Ken]

Nice ol girl that Im jealous:)

[DeeJay]

Yes I was watching it too, I always look under landrover (one word) as there can be stuff there not under Land Rover.
Glad to see the quest has ended, now to enjoy.:)

[Dinty]

G'day All, From memory there are no swb S3 ex-military Land Rovers the last of the swb's were very late S2A's of which one REMLR member has, it has just been fitted up with some ex-mil fittings which as JDNSW has said 5 minutes with a drill/welder and it's on, did you not chase up the S3 109 with the 5cyl?? 3.9 diesel, anyway cheers Dennis:wasntme:
PS a quick check of the chassis number will soon tell you

[shorty943]

Nice little stocky. Good job MarknDeb. Hasn't even got locking fronts yet.

A "hot thing" tip. Try to chase down some Marine Engine Insulation. Flat sheet stuff, cuts with Stanley knife, heat oil acid resistant, noise insulation, do I really need to say waterproof, glues onto your floor panels. Well it does in cabin cruisers and such. Can't see why it won't do the same in your Landy.

Shorty.

[Blknight.aus]

Nice little stocky. Good job MarknDeb. Hasn't even got locking fronts yet.

A "hot thing" tip. Try to chase down some Marine Engine Insulation. Flat sheet stuff, cuts with Stanley knife, heat oil acid resistant, noise insulation, do I really need to say waterproof, glues onto your floor panels. Well it does in cabin cruisers and such. Can't see why it won't do the same in your Landy.

Shorty.

lift the floor plates, glue it to the underside.

[shorty943]

lift the floor plates, glue it to the underside.

That's right. G-day Dave. Good to see you back on deck mate.

Shorty.

[Blknight.aus]

That's right. G-day Dave. Good to see you back on deck mate.

Shorty.

not quite, but getting there....

now got broad band at a mates place, after his wife finished on world of warcraft.

New home is about 2-3 weeks away..

[MarknDeb]

Ok i took some pics and have changed the spark plugs, played with a couple of things that i can, things are going good, Dave i think ill take you up on the work to the front end, ill have to sort out when tho, theres movment all the way down to the steering box and virtualy nothing after that.

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[OLR-067]

Gday Mark...congrats mate..looks like a good solid one...I think I actually saw it at lunchtime Friday at Clontarf, MacDonald Rd.The bar caught my eye. Looked pretty good.Was it over at Brighton?

Once again congrats....looks a little gem...

cheers
paul

[Blknight.aus]

Ok i took some pics and have changed the spark plugs, played with a couple of things that i can, things are going good, Dave i think ill take you up on the work to the front end, ill have to sort out when tho, theres movment all the way down to the steering box and virtualy nothing after that.

http://www.aulro.com/app/showgallery.php/cat/500/ppuser/12407

Since its a steering/brakes issue and Im currently hiding at a mates place in brissy and happen to have my toolboxes on the trailer (no air compressor if you can line one up with nitto fittings that would help) Im happy to come round and give it the MK I. Eyeball for you... If its easy fix stuff I'll do it on the spot.

[UncleHo]

G'day MarknDeb:)

When you say the Steering box, is that the Relay on the front chassis rail?? if so the pinch bolt on the lower relay drop arm might be loose ( the symptom of this is that everything works up to the relay but nothing happens at the bottom of it)


It is a very nice clean vehicle, right down to the radiator splash shield, but I would advise you to move the Fuel filter from above the manifold, to over near the fuel pump, as if it splits or melts, instant fire:(

cheers

[MarknDeb]

Thanks UncleHo, ill do that with the fuel filter. Um yeah it moves down to that point behind the grill, by the manual you are suposed to check the oil level there, i took a look and remembered Dave offering some help so i thought i could watch him one day and see how its done :angel: .

Mate we are real happy with her, i will have a heap of things to do, like i have to get a rubber seal to go between the canopy and body, the drivers door latch does not return the door latch fully and if you dont check it before you drive away and the first left corner the door fly's open on you:eek: , I pulled the dash apart today to check the light switch and when i put it back the speedo doesnt work so i pulled it out again and ?????? i cant see anything rong, the only thing i can think is the cable is out at the gear box, so ill check that end when i can.

[Mick-Kelly]

I used to snap speedo cables on my series three with monotaneous regularity. It was a pain in the coit.:mad:

[UncleHo]

G'day MarknDeb :)

That is the Relay that sits just behind the grille, the upper and lower relay arms are held on to the splined relay shaft by a pinch bolt, just check that they are both tight, you should be able to get to the upper one by removing the plastic grille, and the lower one from underneath, have someone move the steering wheel, and from under the vehicle you should see the shaft move and lever move, if the shaft moves it is the lever that is loose or the splines are stripped, the speedo cable on Series 3's have a plastic upper clip, and these frequently snap the little clip off and the speedo cable drops off the speedo head, They are about $20 something from memory.


Was this car at M R autos recently?? as I was down there a couple of weeks ago and one very similar was out the back.


cheers

[jx2mad]

how about "stumpy"