my series 1976 series 3 SWB

Hi everyone, I thought it might be time to upload a few pictures of my Land Rover

she's pretty straight overall, no rust in the bulkhead, the chassis is great other than a couple of small spots in the rear cross member which I am going to fix soon


anyway the pics

Good stuff . Is it a runner? Project?

nice series ! where in kiwiland are you ?

I got her for a bargain, probably about a half of what she is worth over here.

some earlier pics, from the day of arrival.









and I couldn't resist posting a few pics of my Dodge Truck project which is nearing completion

bit of a project, but not a lot of work really. she should be running pretty quickly.
mostly I need to replace all the brake wheel cylinders and make her all nice and tidy

I am in South Waikato. in a tiny little town called Putaruru. its winter over here so it looks a bit yuck in those pics

We toured the south island a couple of years ago. You're lucky you dont live in this ****e hole of a country !!

Series71 said:

We toured the south island a couple of years ago. You're lucky you dont live in this ****e hole of a country !!

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I have never been to the South Island, I am hoping to get there this summer maybe with the local LR club and do bit of offroading even

did you hear about the earthquake in Christchurch we had on Saturday morning?

anyway has England gone downhill a lot recently or was it always that bad.

JCS1991 said:

I have never been to the South Island, I am hoping to get there this summer maybe with the local LR club and do bit of offroading even

did you hear about the earthquake in Christchurch we had on Saturday morning?

anyway has England gone downhill a lot recently or was it always that bad.

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yes we have firnds who live in NZ. One lives in christchurch ! most of the electric and water is now back on but the centre of the city is a real mess !
Just waiting for my trade to come back on the jobs wanted list and we'll be emigrating .......so about ten years

What gearbox has she got? Looks like a SII stick. Also, a trip counter on a SIII! Posh!

Landie_Man said:

What gearbox has she got? Looks like a SII stick. Also, a trip counter on a SIII! Posh!

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I thought a trip counter was standard for series 3's ?

as for the gearbox, Im not sure, how do I identify it?

No. Mine just has the speedo and mileometer

Landie_Man said:

No. Mine just has the speedo and mileometer

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maybe it was standard for NZ then, because my dad's one has a trip meter too

edit, you are right a lot of them here don't have trip meters as well.

Nice Truck,

I have a Series 2A 109 SW in Hawea Flat, near Wanaka. I don't get to play with it often enough.

I noticed an Isuzu sticker - Have you got an Isuzu motor?

What are your plans for it?

Cheers

Jonathan

jonathan108 said:

Nice Truck,

I have a Series 2A 109 SW in Hawea Flat, near Wanaka. I don't get to play with it often enough.

I noticed an Isuzu sticker - Have you got an Isuzu motor?

What are your plans for it?

Cheers

Jonathan

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ah another New Zealander.

anyway its an Isuzu C190 Diesel

doesn't put out a lot of horsepower, but is very reliable.
sometimes I wish it was just a few years older, because then I could get the cheap rego, but if I keep her for another 5 1/2 years then I can :doh:

I am planning to tidy her up to a reasonable level, and then do a bit of exploring and some offroading where I can.

Just a little update on the engine, the current Isuzu has been rather badly damaged when it was knocking around, so im going to put a 2.3litre turbo diesel in instead, it will fit my adaptor plate and the fuel mileage should be upward of 30mpg (the isuzu it came out of was a similar weight, had similar gearing and was very boxlike)

it puts out around 80hp. so shouldn't be too much for the gearbox