Help I am trying to trace a Series 3A landy

Fascinating story for what is (was?) a unique vehicle. If you could determine the serial number that may help. (perhaps NSW authorities would may have the details cross referenced with the rego.) I suspect the "3A" designation was more a colloquial term rather than on official designation. Good luck on your search. I'm sure you'll get plenty of interest here.

It would not have had the 2 litre engine though - that was droppped at least 11 years earlier in the first series 2s.

Garry

Many thanks for the suggestions and help....

WE FOUND IT!!!!!!!!

BUT

Now we need a good mechanic as it is in bits. Does anyone know of a good LR person who can put the engine / gearbox back together and give it a good check over? They should, preferably, be in the Lithgow / Oberon / Bathurst area but can go to the Mountains.

Many thanks

Well done, how did you find it!

Cambridge Blue was the NSW police car colour for many years. Is it still?

I owned a SWB SIII that was a 72' MY.
Had the S3 dash but no heater (never fitted) and also had the IIA box.
Motor was a bag of snot so I sold it.
Would it have been one of these "transition" models? IIIA/B:p

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Originally Posted by Cliffy

I owned a SWB SIII that was a 72' MY.
Had the S3 dash but no heater (never fitted) and also had the IIA box.
Motor was a bag of snot so I sold it.
Would it have been one of these "transition" models? IIIA/B:p

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Cliffy, was that a non-synchro box on first and second gear?

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Originally Posted by Selsi

Many thanks for the suggestions and help....

WE FOUND IT!!!!!!!!

BUT

Now we need a good mechanic as it is in bits. Does anyone know of a good LR person who can put the engine / gearbox back together and give it a good check over? They should, preferably, be in the Lithgow / Oberon / Bathurst area but can go to the Mountains.

Many thanks

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Now we need a story written detailing the history of your relatives involvement with PMC, and dates, the story of the test vehicles (incl any photos and serial numbers etc) and details of them (eg: how they are now etc, the sale and recovery of this one also...)
this is land rover history that unless you had been looking for them we wouldnt have, so good to have it recorded..

cheers
and how did you find it?

G'day Selsi :)

Seeing that they were prototypes, would they have had an ADR plate? or were they the vehicles to get type approved? also what is/was the Chassis number/numbers?


cheers

It was a 1973 LWB,2.25L manual, Serial Number 97300001A, Engine number 13 00333A.
[The short wheel base one had the serial number 97300001B, (If I remember correctly; can't find what the engine number was though). Its NSW rego was GKF???]

David McKendry, the LROCV Membership Officer, helped to track down the person we sold it to. Many thanks..

I will try and post photos when we get hold of it.

Need the good mechanic to put it together though