Hello to all you Landy nutters.

I must admit to being a Landy nutter too, new to this forum but not to Landys. I am almost 63 yrs old and looking for another series, I must be mad (wife thinks I am). I have owned several series beasties (at least half a dozen), my first one was a 1949 s1 which I bought in the 1960's for the princely sum of £10. That old boneshaker used to transport the wife's granny backwards and forwards to Derbyshire, it's a good job she had a sense of humour.

Anyway, now that I have taken early retirement I am looking for a tax exempt vehicle (2a or 3), diesel and with a good chassis. I know what you're thinking (get in the queue feller). I repaired farm machinery for 18yrs so I know the difference between a hammer and a spanner and a bit of work is acceptable but I no longer have under cover welding facilities.

I have one or two questions for you more experienced chaps:-

1. Is it possible to fit a 2.5 n/a transit diesel into a series, if so would it do the job?
2. Would a non-original engine invalidate the classic car/exempt status?

I bet there will loads more questions occur to me when I've signed off but that will do for now.

p.s. I live near Sleaford in Sth Lincolnshire.

Nev.

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:welcome2: Firstly i think you can fit the transit engine into a series, there are several conpanies that specialise in kits to make it easier Land Rover conversions - M&D Engineering for instance. Secondly, the Q-plate registration is a point system, for which certain changes to the vehicle incur points, by changing the engine you won't accumulate enough points to lose your original registration and thus you can keep tax exempt status

You would be better off posting your question in the series section too

Harry