my landrover series 3 restoration project

painted half of the chassis tonight, didn't do much because i was working for an our or 2, but i did manage to paint half of my chassis !

just bought a ruck of things of paddock for my axles such as shocks, bushes, bolts, shackles, il get some pics when they arrive

finished painting my chassis red oxide finally ! and i managed to red oxide my tank aswell ! gna try and get them both black tomorrow so ye heres some pics !

painted my chassis black, needs another coat tomorrow and my parts have come today so i got some pics for ya guys.

nice youve worked bloody hard and well on that chassis mate damn fine work

and a nice bit of parts porn with the dampers

Nice work on the chassis,those shocks are good too my rear ones are the same and are still going strong after about 5 years!

johnny curt 1 said:

nice youve worked bloody hard and well on that chassis mate damn fine work

and a nice bit of parts porn with the dampers

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cheers mate i ordererd them of paddocks !!

V8jon said:

Nice work on the chassis,those shocks are good too my rear ones are the same and are still going strong after about 5 years!

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cheers mate, alot of people told me them shocks are good

sorry i aint put photos on for a while, but i have been painting and cleaning ! ive managed to get my front axle off the 109 for mine and the rear springs off it, ive painted my rear axle and nearly all of the front with red oxide because i have to wait to buy all new drums and ends and all the brakes so ye heres some photos !

and i turned my chassis over and painted the other side appart from a bit because we need to weld some mounts for the back body

been painting things tonight after school, painted my axle black and also my springs yellow heres some pics

nice job but you need to stop moving when you take piccies

and i though i done good with me red oxide springs nice work and keep them pics coming

Series71 said:

nice job but you need to stop moving when you take piccies

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its because i took them off my phone haha cheers

johnny curt 1 said:

and i though i done good with me red oxide springs nice work and keep them pics coming

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cheers i did red oxide the springs before they went yellow

Question. Is it okay to paint the springs? I thought they worked best when oiled and greased up? Anyone got any opinions on this as I would love to paint my S3 springs.

crashbox said:

Question. Is it okay to paint the springs? I thought they worked best when oiled and greased up? Anyone got any opinions on this as I would love to paint my S3 springs.

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painting springs should be ok as i have owned leaf sprung trailers since i was a nipper wich the oldest i had was 50 yr old ive always painted the springs on them with no problems so landy springs shouldnt be any different

but as you said its just my opinion and experience im sure someone else will say different

Keep the 2 and a quarter, and buy similar wing mirrors to what it had on it, nothing worse than a series with 90 wing mirrors. Looks AWFUL

Interesting Johnny, but good to hear of someone with experience.