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Thanks for the replies guys! I'll keep looking just thought I'd ask and get some opinions. If/when I find the right one does putting the extended hangers and shackles on (either by welding on new dumb irons or a new galv chassis made with those options) does that void it being a like for like...

Sorry for writing so much but I feel it's easier to explain the whole idea so that it's as clear as possible. As I have shown in a different thread this is my dream 109 looks wise, it's been done really nicely in my opinion and although maybe not 100% original as I said I think it looks smart so...

I've not had a reply yet from Glencoyne and don't want to keep the sellers waiting too long, so if anyone else has any ideas or knowledge I'd be really grateful. This is a direct quote from the gov website; Keep a vehicle’s original registration number A rebuilt vehicle can keep its original...

Thanks for the advice and link guys, don’t worry I’ve got my eye on another! I’ve sent Richard at glencoyne an email so we’ll see what he says. My logic was if you restore a landy with pieces you find while trying to be period, I don’t see a problem with just finding them in one place albeit...

Hi all, So a while a go I was asking about series 109's etc. An opportunity has come up to buy one, but I had a couple of questions that I thought I'd put out as it's an area I'm not too familiar with. The land rover I've found is a project (1963 model), all the body panels are there and in...

I've got a couple of questions when it comes to what to look for on the chassis of series Landys. I've read and watched as much as possible in what to look for when checking the chassis, and most say to obviously look for corrosion. That's pretty self explanatory but being new the thing I'm...

The description just "1978 SERIES 3 LAND ROVER" haha, I think that could be a difficult sell!

I do see the logic of that if you're in the right frame of mind about it, i.e. this is going to need work done and I won't fool myself. In starting with not much and all the surprises already laid out in front of you the gamble isn't quite as big, and then yeah as you said in knowing you have to...

I'll do some research into the clubs that's a good idea. My intention was to make it smart and reliable so that it could go on 150 mile round trip to the occasional show like Peterborough for example, but then really just be a weekend driver. I think I'd walk before I could run and wait until I...

This one is an interesting one, I found it online a couple of years ago when I first "discovered" series and thought wow they're pretty cool and a bit different to all the defenders you see driving around. The website is american so they do things a little differently but what's quite good is...

Thanks for the advice, I was trying to take all ebay/online ones with a pinch of salt as the sellers can make the pics say what they want it to. I think having read this thread I can see that over the 50 years a land rovers been around it can really become so many cars all at once. forsalelro...

I feel I haven’t gone about this in a great way, I jumped in with an idea/option without fully explaining it. So I'll just explain myself and what it is I was looking for baring in mind it is optimistic to say the least (but hey you gotta start somewhere) My dream land rover is an S2/2A 109"...

Hahah not a fan of those then? Wasn’t sure if it was a good idea to mention or not, didn’t want you to all lose faith in me before I’ve even gained it!

As rob mentioned the green one I posted earlier do you think for a first timer this ones got potential , it looks mostly there but a bit corroded, or a bit too much work to be taking on?

It wasn’t 100% ex military I needed, I was going to make mine look as original as possible (I’m not too fussed about if the tub matches the year. I’m just a big fan of the S2 front end) the look I was going for was something like Brooklyn coach works land rovers. It just happens that most...