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Brief introduction....when I was about 15 I sent away for a RN catalogue and received a RN sticker...which went on my change jar (used glass gallon jar of hot sauce). It sat in the corner of my room, dorm room, various apartments, and now resides in the closet of my house.
I enjoyed the utilitarian look of Land Rovers and knew that I wanted one...some day.
Fast forward 20 years. I am the new owner of a '76 Series 3 88 RHD. For the price I figured I would be working on it all summer, fall, and winter (or years!!!) hoping to get it on the road (not restored) by the spring. Sat in a garage the whole time it was in the U.S. Came with long line of paper work, importing info and 4 new tires in the back. Best part...drove it on the hauler!
Well 48 hours later and can say I should have it on the road in a couple of weeks. Idles great, brakes are good solid, 4wd works well. Heck, even the wiper squirters work!
I've found that the left blinker doesn't work, turns on, but doesn't blink. So I will have to figure that out. And the gas gauge doesn't work...So, thats a pretty short list just to be able to drive around town.
The negative/normal problems...
1) some rust in the floors...nothing more than a quarter (25c) in size...from what I see
2) leaks...but nothing major
3) problems I have yet to see...yup know they are coming.
Over the next week I am going to pop drums off to check the brake shoes, get new tires on the steelies, fab a priming lever-thingy (missing).
In my town there is a nice collection of LR people with early defender, another S III 88 (that was in the last RN Rovers mag-the pale yellow RBE one), another S III that the guy drives around with the top off always.
Looking forward to bangin' around town this summer/fall. This winter I will be fixing some of the rust issues, adding a radio, CB, fabbing a brush guard in the garage, and fixing things I don't see now.
Thanks for the help of this great forum; searching and through inspiration. I'm sure I will be calling on you for help in the near future...and maybe...just maybe and I learn a thing or too I can pass it on.
I enjoyed the utilitarian look of Land Rovers and knew that I wanted one...some day.
Fast forward 20 years. I am the new owner of a '76 Series 3 88 RHD. For the price I figured I would be working on it all summer, fall, and winter (or years!!!) hoping to get it on the road (not restored) by the spring. Sat in a garage the whole time it was in the U.S. Came with long line of paper work, importing info and 4 new tires in the back. Best part...drove it on the hauler!
Well 48 hours later and can say I should have it on the road in a couple of weeks. Idles great, brakes are good solid, 4wd works well. Heck, even the wiper squirters work!
I've found that the left blinker doesn't work, turns on, but doesn't blink. So I will have to figure that out. And the gas gauge doesn't work...So, thats a pretty short list just to be able to drive around town.
The negative/normal problems...
1) some rust in the floors...nothing more than a quarter (25c) in size...from what I see
2) leaks...but nothing major
3) problems I have yet to see...yup know they are coming.
Over the next week I am going to pop drums off to check the brake shoes, get new tires on the steelies, fab a priming lever-thingy (missing).
In my town there is a nice collection of LR people with early defender, another S III 88 (that was in the last RN Rovers mag-the pale yellow RBE one), another S III that the guy drives around with the top off always.
Looking forward to bangin' around town this summer/fall. This winter I will be fixing some of the rust issues, adding a radio, CB, fabbing a brush guard in the garage, and fixing things I don't see now.
Thanks for the help of this great forum; searching and through inspiration. I'm sure I will be calling on you for help in the near future...and maybe...just maybe and I learn a thing or too I can pass it on.
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