Hello I'm Graham, I have a 1972 series 3 88" petrol SWB landrover.
I have been considering changing the engine over to a 200 TDI for a while.
Then i found & won this on ebay Discovery for £420 :
It wan't worth saving as there was a lot of rust in the normal places.
Rear floor, both arches & both sillls.
All the mechanical parts were useable including the engine as it had has only done 84K!
It starts & runs on the button.
As i picked it up.
Starting to strip it down. ( Revealing all the rusty areas! )
Now down to the chassis
Starting to strip my Series 3 down.
This was what i found when the engine & gearbox were separated!
I wanted to fit the power steering from the Discovery,so i cut out the front cross member & trial fitted the steering box prior to mounting it correctly on the chassis leg.
This shows the front chassis now adapted to take the power steering.
The plan wasn't to completely strip down the landy at the beginning, but at this stage i changed my mind & started to remove the rear.
It was then that i noticed the the rear chassis was worse than i expected!
The rear spring hangers had been replaced at some point & had been welded on twisted! Also the under side from the mid cross member back was plated, in some places 3 patches deep!!
So after all the work adapting the front end, i decided to cut my loses & buy a new galvanised chassis.
This is my new galvanised chassis bought from Richards chassis's. They can supply a chassis already adapted to take the power steering from a Discover or Defender.
Starting to rebuild on new chassis.
Engine & gearbox now fitted.
Trial fitted front end.
I've still a bit more to do yet, but hope to have it back on the road in the next month or so. (Maybe!)
I have been considering changing the engine over to a 200 TDI for a while.
Then i found & won this on ebay Discovery for £420 :
It wan't worth saving as there was a lot of rust in the normal places.
Rear floor, both arches & both sillls.
All the mechanical parts were useable including the engine as it had has only done 84K!
It starts & runs on the button.
As i picked it up.
Starting to strip it down. ( Revealing all the rusty areas! )
Now down to the chassis
Starting to strip my Series 3 down.
This was what i found when the engine & gearbox were separated!
I wanted to fit the power steering from the Discovery,so i cut out the front cross member & trial fitted the steering box prior to mounting it correctly on the chassis leg.
This shows the front chassis now adapted to take the power steering.
The plan wasn't to completely strip down the landy at the beginning, but at this stage i changed my mind & started to remove the rear.
It was then that i noticed the the rear chassis was worse than i expected!
The rear spring hangers had been replaced at some point & had been welded on twisted! Also the under side from the mid cross member back was plated, in some places 3 patches deep!!
So after all the work adapting the front end, i decided to cut my loses & buy a new galvanised chassis.
This is my new galvanised chassis bought from Richards chassis's. They can supply a chassis already adapted to take the power steering from a Discover or Defender.
Starting to rebuild on new chassis.
Engine & gearbox now fitted.
Trial fitted front end.
I've still a bit more to do yet, but hope to have it back on the road in the next month or so. (Maybe!)
