Thread: Series 3 Rust Treatment - My First Bit Of Work On My Land Rover

Try some Pennetrol (Bunnings) for the bare metal and surface rust repair. I've used it with good results as have others here. It's not as "nasty" as some of the other brands
As far as matching the paint you may have to take a sample of the paint in and get it matched by your paint supplier
Looks like the 2/4wd selector gator securing strap has that colour on it
That may make a good sample
Enjoy!!!

Excellent, thanks Phil.

The colour looks like Spanish Olive, used during the 'Leyland' period (that's Leyland motors not the Leyland Brothers.....)
I created a thread on the paint code some time back but cannot locate it now.


Here it is Spanish Olive paint code


Colin

Originally Posted by gromit

The colour looks like Spanish Olive, used during the 'Leyland' period (that's Leyland motors not the Leyland Brothers.....)
I created a thread on the paint code some time back but cannot locate it now.


Here it is Spanish Olive paint code


Colin

Thanks Colin,

Reading through your linked thread, how did that spray can from Autobarn go? Did it match well?

Originally Posted by Cowboy Don

Thanks Colin,

Reading through your linked thread, how did that spray can from Autobarn go? Did it match well?

Only did some small parts but it was a good match.
Problem is it was about $35 for the can so mostly I've used the 4litres of acrylic that came with the vehicle when I got it. Isuzu C240 powered Series 3

I've also now found a paint supplier with an old Dulon book and they can mix to the old codes, otherwise most will mix to a sample.

Colin

Don,
if you want to stop dirt and crud sitting inside the front guards make up some spacers to hold the splash guard away from the footwells.
The main reason the footwells rot out is due to dirt sitting there. Nylon spacers cut from an old cutting board/breadboard
with a 20mm holesaw do the job. You may need longer bolts. On the drivers side, if your vehicle has the steering box cover, you may need to
tinker about a bit. Howevere for some unkown reason, often the steering box cover has been removed.
Having the splashguards spaced away from the footwell allows you to hose the dirt/mud out easily.
By the way, nice looking series 3 88 you have there.

Cheers, Mick.

X2 what Mick suggested
Makes cleaning out mud easy

Thanks, I'll look into that. I happen to have a few nylon cutting boards in the shed "just in case".

Originally Posted by mick88

Don,
if you want to stop dirt and crud sitting inside the front guards make up some spacers to hold the splash guard away from the footwells.
The main reason the footwells rot out is due to dirt sitting there. Nylon spacers cut from an old cutting board/breadboard
with a 20mm holesaw do the job. You may need longer bolts. On the drivers side, if your vehicle has the steering box cover, you may need to
tinker about a bit. Howevere for some unkown reason, often the steering box cover has been removed.
Having the splashguards spaced away from the footwell allows you to hose the dirt/mud out easily.
By the way, nice looking series 3 88 you have there.

Cheers, Mick.