Series 3 Picked up the series 3. Just need to get started now.

Picked the Series 3 up today.

First movement in 18 yrs


Looks better out in the open





Carpet , !!!



Shifting now


Just




Nearly there



Jet washing begins

doesn't look too bad for 18 years standing, how are the chassis and bulkhead?

Chassis is almost perfect. Has been oiled.

Bulkheed is fine apart from footwells, thanks to the multi layer carpet !.

Love it, just what i'm looking for.

Same year as mine and a County. Good luck with the project. You’ll have a nice vehicle once finished.

Thanks

It`s not a County, just had flashes fitted (90)
The roof has safari rooflights fitted along with a sunroof, so it has to go.
The rear has had seating but the entire interior is to be redone.

Not 100% what direction I`ll go. My last one was MOD green with bench seats, windows and a solid roof.

Want it plain and simple I think. Black front seating and black benches. Solid hardtop and keep the side windows.

Jet wash (inside and out) and an oil change and ready to go....

Hahaha, I wish. Bit more than that I reckon. Will be updating as the work goes on, but have still to list all the jobs required yet.

I like it. A lot. If it was mine I would keep it looking as it is and not try and get it too "show room". But fit a decent set of wheels (those are effing awful) and get it mechanically and electrically sorted.

Looks nice and straight.

Norrie.

Ripped out the door cards today, and the loft insulation behind them ! ffs.

Doors are rotten, driver side unsavable, passenger side maybe save the lower.
Tailgate savable.

More holes drilled in the bloody thing than anything. Everything fitted using woodscrews ! including the roof mounted speakers, screwed from the outside ! jeez.

I`m not doing the whole "patina" thing. It`s being rebuilt and repainted.,from the axles up.

Here's a few tips.....

I envoy you the work you have to do .

Hoovered it out today to get a better view of the corrosion issues. There are plenty ! lol.
Couldn`t turn it over with the cranking handle either so was panicking.

Removed the fan belt, sprayed ultra crack /WD40 mix down the bores and hey presto, seized water pump ! phew !.

Might be able to save one or both door lowers.
I take it all the new doors I see are skinned in steel rather than Birmabright ?

Oh well, here it begins.
Removed the water pump and some fanny had "glued" a stud back in because the had cracked of the thread housing from the case.

So, I need a timing chain case for a petrol 2.25.
Any ideas ?

Can it be welded and re-cut?

Have had that done before with some success. Getting someone to weld cast alloy is never cheap though as it`s a mare to do.