Thread: Did series III army version have different suspension to civilian models?

Yes like the Series 2a Au Military Land Rovers, the Au Mil S3 Land Rovers have both extra heavy duty springs (see below) and raised spring hangers, with longer spring shackles. The actual location and geometry of the Au Mil chassis and suspension is essentially the same as a 1 Ton Series 3. Apart from the regular transfer box, 7.50 16 tyre size and that the Au Mil chassis actuallu has 2 locatons for the front spring bolts: the raised suspension and another higher up on the spring hanger/shackle plates which mimic the suspension points and geometry of the civilian chassis.



Diana

The only issue that you may come across when fitting 33" tyres to a GS SeriesIII is that as i'm sure you have realised, the ex army front wings to not have the cut out lke the II/IIA did. Because the 33s are so much wider, they may scrub on the front wings on a SIII where they would not have on a SIIA

I want 33s for my ex army IIA

The 33" tyres should not be a great problem, the SIII 1 Ton had the same suspension as the Au SIII Military has on the bottom mount and the 1 Ton ran 36" tyres standard (9.00 16 or 255/100 R16) and did not have cut guards.

The reason that the Au SIIa Military had cut guards was not for the tyre size but because of the need to be able to put your arm around the wheel to get the mud from the back of the front wheels when on the black soil plains. This was the subject of a recent thread on REMLR and the answer came back from someone who was on the original trials where the decision was made to cut the guards.

Diana

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

Yes like the Series 2a Au Military Land Rovers, the Au Mil S3 Land Rovers have both extra heavy duty springs...

My IIA 109GS was only specced with Heavy Duty springs (8-leaf). As with several others I have seen.