Help I am trying to trace a Series 3A landy

**Sleepy** · 8th June 2008, 10:47 AM

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.

**101RRS** · 8th June 2008, 05:42 PM

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

Garry

Selsi · 29th July 2012, 07:54 AM

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

**Slunnie** · 29th July 2012, 08:17 AM

Well done, how did you find it!

**Bigbjorn** · 29th July 2012, 09:17 AM

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

**Cliffy** · 29th July 2012, 10:43 AM

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

**Slunnie** · 29th July 2012, 10:53 AM

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

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

**digger** · 29th July 2012, 11:26 AM

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

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?

**UncleHo** · 29th July 2012, 11:56 AM

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

Selsi · 29th July 2012, 03:25 PM

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

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