My Series 3 (Awaiting Restoration)

[samc88]

Heres my 1976 Series 3 88" which shall be stripped down and rebuilt when the new garage is finished.

I've got the roof rack to go on it as well.

 

[Paul D]

Make sure the garage door is high enough ...

Not done it myself, but my mate did it with a Defender 110 and roofrack. Had to take the garage door and frame out and roofrack off ... They was about 1" clearance, though he wouldn't drop tyre pressures for some obscure reason!

 

[johnny curt 1]

Heres my 1976 Series 3 88" which shall be stripped down and rebuilt when the new garage is finished.

I've got the roof rack to go on it as well.

hey cool yer back windows in the sides look like mine

loks like yer got a good un there matey

 

[samc88]

Make sure the garage door is high enough ...

9 foot wide and 9 foot high

 

[samc88]

looks like yer got a good un there matey

Thanks very much. It's my granddads old one. I had it because he knew he'd never make the money back after what he's spent on it

 

[Paul D]

9 foot wide and 9 foot high

Heh, where are you, can I borrow your garage?

 

[piston-return-spring]

Doesn't looks bad at all!! good luck with you restoration
op2: keep the pics coming !

 

[samc88]

Doesn't looks bad at all!! good luck with you restoration
op2: keep the pics coming !

Thank you. When it starts I think I'll do a restoration thread
My granddad was an engineer of the old school where everything he does gets made of half inch steel plate so hope the stuff I find ain't going to be too bad.

 

[big si]

Thank you. When it starts I think I'll do a restoration thread
My granddad was an engineer of the old school where everything he does gets made of half inch steel plate so hope the stuff I find ain't going to be too bad.

nowt wrong with the Brunellian approach to injuneerin' buid it t' last.

 

[johnny curt 1]

Thank you. When it starts I think I'll do a restoration thread
My granddad was an engineer of the old school where everything he does gets made of half inch steel plate so hope the stuff I find ain't going to be too bad.

chassis carnt be as bad as mine was sureley

 

[samc88]

nowt wrong with the Brunellian approach to injuneerin' buid it t' last.

Yeah true. I'll have to put up a pic of the trailer he made when we get it back

 

[samc88]

One thing I never realised before was the different types of sliding back window. Some have a thick metal surround like mine and johnny curt's and others don't. Does anyone know why there's 2 different types? Also I seem to only have a one speed wiper

 

[johnny curt 1]

mine has a 2 speed wiper

slow and stop and as for the two types of rear window we have the up market fit the fekker yerself ones wich are copies of the original station wagon windows and the rubberised ones are more the cheaper deffender type ones brought out in the early 80s that didnt need 50 million rivets and a gallon of mastic to fit them and get em to seal wich mine neet taking out at some point and resealing or do i just get van sides

desicions desicions

 

[samc88]

Thought I'd put a few more piccies up for you.
First up the luxurious interior

Next the dash

Does anyone know what the switch is for in the top left with the dial label under it (not the one in the centre)?
The rather cluttered back

The heart of the beast, the mighty 2.5 N/A diesel

 

[SpringDon]

Switch is for instrument lights. The middle position (or possibly lowest, I forget) is for the optional interior light.
On mine, the side lights have to be on before works. Don't know if that's by design or a wiring fault.

 

[samc88]

Switch is for instrument lights. The middle position (or possibly lowest, I forget) is for the optional interior light.
On mine, the side lights have to be on before works. Don't know if that's by design or a wiring fault.

Thanks. I thought it might be something to do with that. It doesn't seem to be doing much at the moment