Thread: Importing Series 3 to Australia

It's not worth the expense to ship a series vehicle out here. We have nearly as many as Britain. Well, maybe not, but ours are better (more character). You can pick them up very cheap and parts are plentiful.

WA require an engine imobilizer, WA or NT would be the easiest places to get registered. Once it's been registered here it's not a major drama to transfer to another state.

Australian design rules for 1974 required very minor changes from UK specs. I am not certain what they were, but would probably include seat belt mounts (front only probably), seat belts to Australian specs, positive crankcase breathing (blinkers required, and possibly reversing lights). All parts would be readily available here.

One point to be wary of is that there will be quite severe restrictions on post manufacture modifications, but if it is in pretty much original condition, you should have little problem.

However, as kaa mentions, your Landrover is probably worth a lot more there than it is here. However, although there are plenty of Series Landrovers here (often pretty rust free), 109 station wagons are relatively rare.
John

It must be clean.

no,, CLEAN!

inside outside underneath door cavitys, see your face in the chassis clean,
NO dirt/grass ANYWHERE clean,,,
steam clean for hours clean,,,

seriously.



Let us know when it gets here

like everyone says plenty here but its your car if you love it and can bear the expensne bring it over, plus clean clean clean, we had ours (90) steamed cleaned then under sealed before bringing it over, had no problems with getting though customs and quantine, of course they all want there bit of cash so it does add up.

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

It must be clean.

no,, CLEAN!

inside outside underneath door cavitys, see your face in the chassis clean,
NO dirt/grass ANYWHERE clean,,,
steam clean for hours clean,,,

seriously.



Let us know when it gets here

A very good point! It must have no possibility of bringing in any soil, seeds or insects. If you have just replaced the chassis and bulkhead and are about to paint it, you should have little problem as long as you are not tempted to drive it offroad before coming here - preferably don't drive it on road either!

John

John

It will cost far more to get it here than it is worth. Depends how attached you are to this particular vehicle.

Originally Posted by kaa45

It's not worth the expense to ship a series vehicle out here. We have nearly as many as Britain. Well, maybe not, but ours are better (more character). You can pick them up very cheap and parts are plentiful.

I dont understand why when anyone asks this.....people instantly say dont bother.

he is obviously very attached to the vehicle and already stated he doesn't want to leave it behind.

When we brought our 90 over Graeme coopers said the same thing "why would you bother" WTF! we realised that it was a heart over financial matter.

but I say if you love your vehicle, you have already spent a lot of time and money on it that your not going to recop and your prepared to pay despite people telling you how many are over here already bring it over!