1976 88" let the new project begin!

Hi guys, totally new here, but thought i would start a build thread...as you do.

so start to now


First viewing




Looked ok


this stung me the day i collected her, then cleaned out loads when i washed her.

popped over and hauled her back. i know it was probably a bit over my towing capacity, but only moved her about 17miles at 30mph




then a quick wash



after rebuilding the chinese cheap piece of crap carb, she now runs so nice


this is her next to my other project


Any thoughts or comments welcome

and does anyone know if there should be a seal between that roof on the back and the car body? and what the hell is the thread that should bolt it on?

nice to see another one with a cat flap, much better than the door imho.

everyone should have a chevy and a landie

Chevy??? Says VW on the pic I am looking at. Nice Landie one to just fettle and enjoy as it is. There should be a seal, pricey for what you get I reused my old ones when putting station wagon sides on and sealed with silicone. Dont see many cat flaps now.

Nice looking landy - you don't want the cat flap though, I'll swap you for a door

Nice one, doesn't look like it needs much at all apart from losing the disco wheels, looks really good.

divie said:

Chevy??? Says VW on the pic I am looking at. .

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so it does, I didn't look that closely, how embarrassing. must stop putting off the trip to specsavers

still stand by my comment though

That is a massive window on the side panels

Looks nice though

Holy sheet! 17 miles with 1400kg on that, you've got some balls! Look at the flattened tyres heheh

Looks pretty tidy, but so did mine..

Nice looking Landy.....if only everything in life was as reliable as a Volkswagen!

Well guys, today I found time to bolt the roof on properly by removing it again and putting the blts in the right way round and I fitted the seatbelts after fixing them too, added a few bolts to places that needed them and then drive her down for MOT

Fail sheet to follow lol failed on a bad earth for the headlights causing dodgy pattern, and two very tiny bits of welding at the very end of the chassis legs where they are welded to the rear "bumper" section, oh and left headlight aim is out, lol

With refrence to the cat flap, I want to keep it for when I take the roof off so I still have the bottom flap

whatalotafun said:

With refrence to the cat flap, I want to keep it for when I take the roof off so I still have the bottom flap

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Don't we all! Cat flaps are becoming rarer these days with prices to suite: land rover series 1 2 3 lwb swb cat flap upper top tailgate | eBay

Then there's still a tail gate etc to find...

MOT list doesn't sound too bad - you'll have her on the road in no time

Freetime101 said:

Don't we all! Cat flaps are becoming rarer these days with prices to suite: land rover series 1 2 3 lwb swb cat flap upper top tailgate | eBay

Then there's still a tail gate etc to find...

MOT list doesn't sound too bad - you'll have her on the road in no time

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tomorrow the mot will be done, then the fun begins.

will take pics of my progress

whatalotafun said:

tomorrow the mot will be done, then the fun begins.

will take pics of my progress

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Yup pics are compulsory

hauling this across a field earlier, lol

had to repair this on both sides!

Nice Landy. Knowing you I bet it was a bargain.

inseinelighthousekeeper said:

Nice Landy. Knowing you I bet it was a bargain.

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it was a bit of a bargain
so how do i know you again?

dig the paint job on the bus

trotted back to the MOT station today and we could not get the headlight adjustment screw to move. i did however manage to manipulate the headlight to get a decent aim,

so....She now has 12 months mot!!!!

can anyone point me in the direction of some decent heads lights for a series 3?