LAND ROVER SERIES 3 RESTORATION

    • land rover restoration project on arrival.
    • LAND ROVER SERIES 3

Here are some pics of an early series 3 which we recently restored for a customer.

We collected this Land rover from a garden after partly demolishing a wall and getting past a tree , etc with flat tyres and siezed brakes .The vehicle had been sat there for a long number of years and was in a very bad state of repair.This proved difficult to get out of the position as it was also to be moved round the corner of an outbuilding. As usual we succeeded with a bit of our Jake Wright ingenuity.

The  restored land rover was to be a surprise 40th birthday present given by the gentlemans sister and brother in law and it had to be finished on time and delivered by them to his party !

It was not to be a concourse nut and bolt restoration but had to be a reliable good looking vehicle .

As you can see from the pics serious corrosion had ocurred in every part of the land rover.

We have fitted a new galvanised and powder coated chassis, replaced the bulkhead and front panel as well as overhauling the brakes , clutch ,repainting  etc and rewiring .

Then as always we carried out extensive road testing and corrected any minor faults. Take a look at the pics of the Land rover taken during it's restoration.

  • land rover restoration project on arrival.
  • The land rover series 3 is being prepared for restoration
  • The land rover series 3 body is now being removed using a forklift
  • The land rover body is being carefully removed using a forklift
  • The land rover series 3 bonnet frame was completely rusted away and so was replaced
  • land rover series 2a showing a very rusty rear chassis cross member
  • Here is a very rusty rear x member after removal from a series 3 land rover
  • Another view of the very rusty rear cross member and body x member's on the series 2a land rover
  • A new galvansed and powder coated chassis being made ready for fitting onto a series 3 land rover
  • Series 3 land rover chassis being carried on a forklift
  • land rover series 3 footwell showing the rust after removing the pedals
  • land rover axle and chassis during the refurb
  • refurbished land rover axle and brake drums ready to fit
  • The replacement land rover galvanised chassis is now on its axles
  • All the rusty pieces of the land rover series 3 chassis now ready for the scrapman
  • The land rover 2.25 petrol engine is now in the chassis
  • The corroded bulkhead is now on the ground from the series 3 land rover
  • The wiring loom is now being fitted to the land rover series 3 chassis
  • land rover series 3 body is removed from the chassis and is now on the ground
  • The 2.25 land rover petrol engine is now in the rolling chassis.
  • The Land Rover Series 2 has now been repainted in land rover deep Bronze Green
  • The Land Rover Series 3 on a lovely sunny day in Ilkley with the Cow and Calf rocks
  • Land Rover Series 3 2.25 petrol seen at the Cow and Calf Rocks on Ilkley Moor