Thread: Land Rover SIII "Game" /// Register of information

Thanks Cliffy.

Have updated post #2, do you have a build month on the compliance plate?

Diana

I'll get it tomorrow when I'm working on her.

5/77

Saw # 164 on the weekend.
Also a 5/77 compliance plate.
Steel bar, wheel carrier, tropical roof, Deluxe bonnet.

And now #164 is going to be a truck cab blue series 3.
So externally no game bits at all.

Originally Posted by Pale green pants

Here are the photos. Will be coming home with me when I can organise transport. It is not in as bad condition as I thought and even runs! Had to agree to take away another s3 to seal the deal but it has a fairy o/d and some of the straightest panels I've seen on a series truck. What have I started?

So not much has happened to this in the months since this post.........untill today when it moved 20 min up the road to my place, decided to "branch out" abit from the Military rovers.....this could be interesting, will get details and a better pic or two in the next day or so

There was a question well back about whether Games were available with a turbo option. The short answer is no, the long answer is yes. There were available dealer fitted.

Long story short, we sold a pub business to the local Leyland agent, Mitchell Motors in Launceston, or more specifically the dealer principal at the time, Rick Shields. This was March 1979. On the lot was a new Game, fitted with a turbo. I had the pleasure of getting hold of it for three days to give it a try out. At the time I had a tricked up 1971 SIIA LWB. Performance was frightening, for the time. I remember backing off the power whilst going up a moderate grade with the speedo past the last digits (140 from memory). Brakes, to handle the power, were totally inadequate of course, but for a Landie it handled well.

I didn't buy it in the end, but painted mine Yellow Devil and white, got the flares and even the Game decals for the front guards (available as spare parts back then) and created a LWB Game.

Picked up an S111 Game from Tassie last week. His name is "Nugget"

Body is good, chassis is good, bulk head has a few small rust holes, door tops rotted out, rist in rear door frame, interior is trashed, all electrics work except fuel gauge, lots of cut off wires and added switches that seem to do nothing.

I have pulled the head off the Nissan ED30 motor and as i suspected it has blown head gasket, but motor inside is pristine. Gearbox drops out of 4th on deceleration (syncro ring?)

History from what I've been told - Presently in Melbourne, i bought it from Tassie, previous owner bought it from Perth, that owner bought it from Sydney and plates say it was in Qld during the 90's....

Build Number - 205
Manufacture date - 7/1977
Chassis - 90334045A
Engine - ED30 Nissan Diesel
Overdrive - Removed (dead)
Diff lock - McNamara
Front Hubs - Free wheeling option fitted
Spare wheel - Swing rear carrier
Wheels Sunraysia 15" presume original?
Seating - Cap 2 (Not original seats)
Bonnet - Deluxe bonnet
Front Bar - Home made thingy
Rear Bar - Bumperettes
Roof - Std (Not Tropical)
Interior - Missing all door cards
Rear windows - removed