Thread: 1973 LWB Series III project photos

Hello from Brisbane.

I would have thought that unless it was for the Army or some other special order the majority of S3 trucks would have left the factory with limestone or silver wheels. Most likely the latter for 109" models.

Cheers,

Neil

Hello EasyJo,

Yes, there is another Series III lurking in the background of that photograph. To the front and centre is Rebus that originally had a 2.6 litre six cylinder motor fitted to it. With its nose poking into the background is my one month older 2.25 litre diesel by the name of Baldrick. Baldrick had a much harder life. Very scruffy and smelly compared to Rebus - hence the name from the Blackadder TV show taken from the Elizabethan period.

According to the bloke I bought off Baldrick was taken on a couple of big laps around Australia by the former owners that he bought the car off. So three owners ago. It had a home made tray-back camper built out of heavy ply and structural grade hardwood frame for the cupboards! It had a full length pop top roof for sleeping. They must have seen Australia one rock on the side of the road at time as it would not have been a fast trip.

They did upgrade the brakes from the 4 cylinder to six cylinder brake drums and brake wheel cylinders. Although they kept the non-assisted master cylinder. The brake lines were kept as a single circuit system too. The front bull bar weighs a ton by its self. On yes and it has silver wheel rims too

Kind Regards
Lionel

Silver on mine as well - not sure about them though , they were on there when I got it. Definitely don't like the rims. Waiting for the tyres to wear out.


cheers,
D


p.s Easyjo your bodywork looks Bahamian Gold and the Door top Camino Gold. Was there a plate with the paint colour stamped on the radiator grille?

Originally Posted by Dark61

Silver on mine as well - not sure about them though , they were on there when I got it. Definitely don't like the rims. Waiting for the tyres to wear out.


cheers,
D


p.s Easyjo your bodywork looks Bahamian Gold and the Door top Camino Gold. Was there a plate with the paint colour stamped on the radiator grille?

Ah, really interesting. I actually put on the door tops, and got some camino gold mixed, as my initial indicated it was camino gold, I guess I got it wrong. Unfortunately no paint colour on the grill, the grill was replaced at some stage, so must have lost it.

This thread does seem to indicate mine could be Bahama Gold: http://www.aulro.com/afvb/series-iii...urs-codes.html

also a bit more reading suggest Bahama was more popular on earlier models as well, which always points towards Bahama?

Is there a definitive way of confirming if I missing the colour stamp?

Edit: This thread seems to suggest Bahama was infact popular on later models, not early ones:
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/technical-...149-paint.html

Hello EasyJo,

Photographs from different cameras and attached to electronic forums via different software packages can play havoc with colour authenticity.

The only way I could prove to myself that my 1976 Series III LWBs were Camino Gold was to take the paint mixing code to a paint supply place.

I got a spray can mixed up and then painted the panel just below the door which gets rubbed by people dragging the feet over it to get into the cabin. The colour matched all the surrounding area so the proof was in the pudding.

I then went over to the very sun faded and sandblasted from much travel panels of Baldrick. I found a part of a panel that was not exposed to the sun too much and sprayed next to it. One month later in its manufacture and very sun faded however this too proved that Baldrick had started out with a nice glossy coat of Camino Gold. Therefore two vehicles side by side can look deceptively different in the coats of paint.

I wanted to respray Baldrick the same "Yellow Devil" (Paint Code - 566 17422) as the Game's have. However my darling wife said that it looked like "Volvo Yellow" from the 1970's and that she "Hated that colour". So that was that idea canned. Then the clutch died and it wasn't the hydraulics side of things either. This happened after already spending way too much money on Baldrick. So Rebus jumped up in the restoration queue. Then along came Batty my ex-military Series III .... one's sanity does not increase along with the accumulation of Land Rovers!

Kind Regards
Lionel

A useful clue to original colour on Series Landrovers is usually the cover for the left hand drive handbrake slot. This will have a bit of the original paint under it that is very rarely repainted and has never been exposed to the sun.

John

Originally Posted by easyjo

also a bit more reading suggest Bahama was more popular on earlier models as well, which always points towards Bahama?

Edit: This thread seems to suggest Bahama was infact popular on later models, not early ones:
Paint

Hello from Brisbane.

I don't think there was too much choice about the colours - more likely an artefact of when it was built. Land Rovers in Australia and most other markets were a bit like Model T Fords - pick any colour you want so long as it is the one we are selling.

The two different yellows, as I understand it, relate to the standard colour that was on offer in each of two periods of the S3's production run locally. For matching the actual colour with or without the paint plate John's suggestion of looking at the seat box under the handbrake grommet retainer panel is a good one.

Cheers,

Neil

I replaced the drivers side door top as well , took it into the local auto paint shop and they said Camino Gold. Apart from my appalling first attempt at using a paint spray can , I thought the colour match was good , if not the finish!
cheers,
D