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Happy New Year to all, It's been a while since I was on here. My '75 SIII (Lenny) has had little use for a couple of years since we were renting in town. Now back in our own place in the country and Lenny is back at work lugging trailer fulls of wood, etc. I've not done much other than an...

Me again, On the subject of usability and winter driving, for some reason my fuel and temp gauges and my instrument lighting have all stopped working. I have warning lights for choke, engine oil pressure and full beam on the dials. I've checked fuses and they all seem OK. I fitted a new fuel...

Hey all, A very belated HNY to you all. As you can guess from my posts, I go through phases of using my SIII. It worked hard in the spring of last year when I moved house but hasn't been doing much lately. Then, because it snowed briefly a while ago, I thought I'd better make sure it's in...

Hey all, I've been getting great use out of my old girl recently, moving house, towing trailers full of crap to the recycling centre etc. I've also been using it generally and I must say that the more I use it the better it seems to drive. Those springs do seem to loosen up a bit. Anyway, all...

Hey all, On account of moving house I have put the front wings back onto my ‘75 SWB and given it a service. It is now happily motoring about and all is well. Problem was, when I went to put my wings back on I decided to use the nice new Stainless fixings that I had bought in a kit from Wrights...

Hey all, I need a new coil and was thinking of fitting an Accuspark high output coil. I fitted one on my Spitfire and it seems happy with it. I’ve forgotten all the malarkey about internal and external ballast resistors. The accuspark coils come in ballasted and unballasted. Which one do I...

Putting my front wings back on again. I'm usually very good at making notes and taking photos but I don't have a record of where these bits came from. I think this foam piece may go between the heater fan and the inlet on the lhs front wing? But I can't see this part on relevant diagrams...

Hey all, I have had my SIII for a while now and the intention is to do a full body off restoration but I have a couple of other projects to finish up first so I'm going to put it back on the road. To make my drive a little more pleasant I'm going to do a cleanup of my interior. I have deluxe...

So, since I plan to replace hard roof with canvas I need a half door at the rear. I think a half door that hinges the same way as the full door will make rear access easier. The drop down is presumably more for pickup style? So anyone done this and has a recommendation for which door to buy...

Hey all, My door frames had no seals on them when I bought the landy but I think from the parts diagram that there should be three seals attached to the top frame? Can someone post any photos of these seals and advise on how they are fixed on please? Cheers, Al.

Hey all, My door frames had no seals on them when I bought the landy but I think from the parts diagram that there should be three seals attached to the top frame? Can someone post any photos of these seals and advise on how they are fixed on please? Cheers, Al.

Hey all, So I now have all the bits to rebuild both door tops with new window channels, spacers etc. I've bought the original style metal ones but now read that these are not expected to last that long and that there are plastic and aluminium ones available. Hey ho, I'll use what I have but I...

Just so I can plan my process, what did the alloy strips finishing the top edge of the lower half of the Series III have when they left the factory. I'm thinking of getting mine anodised for longevity. I suspect most people just paint them with aluminium or silver paint but I tend towards...

In the process of rebuilding door tops and I need to paint my replacement frame on the drivers side. I will most likely move to a full canvas hood so am thinking that I'll have the door tops the same colour as the rest of the exterior. Am I right in thinking that mine is Marine Blue? It looks...

Me again. The Parts diagrams I have have part numbers only. Has anyone come across diagrams or listings that describe the part as well? Cheers, Al.

Hey all, I am putting a new door top on my driver side and it has come without any holes for fixing the seals in. The old door top and seals were so rusted that it is difficult to see where the screws went through the seals and into the frame. I have some good parts diagrams that I think I...

Hey all, As the owner of a '75 Landy, I'm usually found lurking over on the Series zone but I'm going to look at a Suffix B Range Rover tomorrow. Anything in particular I should be paying attention to? I've been owning and working on all sorts of classics for 30 yrs so know the generalities...

Hey all, So I've finished welding my footwells and have turned my attention to cosmetics. My engine bay is tatty and the whole body needs a repaint. The body is currently Marine Blue I think, with cream roof and door tops. Are there particular paint codes for these colours? I spent most of...

Hey all, I have some 1inch holes in my footwells that need repaired. I was going to just get some new metal welded in but I see you can buy the whole footwells for around £30 a side. Any recommendations on the best supply source or do they all actually come from the same production source...

Spot the new member in 'fix it' mode... So, speedo cable had pulled out of the back of the speedo - an easy fix I thought! No so, it now works but reads about 20mph fast - even from slow speeds. So it pretty much immediately jumps to 25-30 mph when starting off and then stays well ahead of...