liam_italian
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Well after what feels like forever searching for a project I've finally got myself a Series 3 88" landy, and the best part about it all is it didn't cost me a penny 
I was lucky enough to stumble across my Landy just down the road from where I live, the chap who owned it before me only used it to tow a small trailer on his land and really wanted a quad bike which I so happened to have sitting idle in my workshop. So I planted the idea of a straight swap in his head and off a went until a few month later he came to see me and we shook on the deal.
She's had 9 previous owners in her lifetime which shows with the patch work quilt style repairs to the chassis, and in an ideal world I'd replace it with a galvanised item but I'm on a shoe string of a budget so I'll just have to get fabricating. The rest of the panels are fairly straight although the front outer wings have the usual dents in them, doors are also the Defender push button type so they'll have to go. I will also need to source a rear door as she doesn't have one. The bulkhead is the usual story like most land rovers, years of neglect and dodgy patches mean both footwells will need replacing along with some other repair work.
As far as plans go I want to convert it to power steering with a p38 box setup and also change the engine to a 200DI setup, I almost had a complete Disco 1 last week but the guy didn't show up with it in the end. Apart from that there are no radical plans for her, keep for fairly standard and maybe change the colour to Pastel green.
I was lucky enough to stumble across my Landy just down the road from where I live, the chap who owned it before me only used it to tow a small trailer on his land and really wanted a quad bike which I so happened to have sitting idle in my workshop. So I planted the idea of a straight swap in his head and off a went until a few month later he came to see me and we shook on the deal.
She's had 9 previous owners in her lifetime which shows with the patch work quilt style repairs to the chassis, and in an ideal world I'd replace it with a galvanised item but I'm on a shoe string of a budget so I'll just have to get fabricating. The rest of the panels are fairly straight although the front outer wings have the usual dents in them, doors are also the Defender push button type so they'll have to go. I will also need to source a rear door as she doesn't have one. The bulkhead is the usual story like most land rovers, years of neglect and dodgy patches mean both footwells will need replacing along with some other repair work.
As far as plans go I want to convert it to power steering with a p38 box setup and also change the engine to a 200DI setup, I almost had a complete Disco 1 last week but the guy didn't show up with it in the end. Apart from that there are no radical plans for her, keep for fairly standard and maybe change the colour to Pastel green.
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