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blueant27

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Hello all newbie here

I've just purchased my first ever Land Rover, after years of wanting one. Since I've been little I've always wanted a Series 2 with a soft top. After years of searching for the right one I actually ended up buying a series 3.

So am I being mad in thinking I can change the front end to look like a Series 2? Is it just a case of swapping some wings and grille?

Below is the same as what I have and the look I want to acheive.

Any help or advice would be appreciated.
 

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Basically yes, but for the passenger side wing you'll need a hole for the S3 heater still. When i changed my S2a from a S3 front i changed the centre panel and the wing fronts only by drilling out the rivets and putting in S2a fronts.
 
I would learn to love the S3, all the series have a nice look, just different. There's someting nice about a vehicle that looks how it should, that gets lost once things are changed between versions.
 
rob1miles said:
I would learn to love the S3, all the series have a nice look, just different. There's someting nice about a vehicle that looks how it should, that gets lost once things are changed between versions.
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I like a nice original vehicle as much as anyone, but if they were all pristine original life would be a bit boring, so I like a nice conversion too, even this:
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There is a cutoff date at which the minimum distance of the dipped headlights from the side of the car changed, which basically prohibits fitting an early series 2 front on a series 3.

FWIW, I think a series 3 looks better than a series 2
 
Registered jan 1971....which looks right other than the grill....best bit is that mot expired in 2013!!!!
 
My Henry has bits off every series. Including a few that never made it past the Land Rover litter bin.
It still leaks, smokes and fizzes and sparks now and then. It’s a series. ;)
 
Personally I'd leave alone, there are far too many Land Rovers trying to be what they are not, mess about with it too much and it'll lose value. As FlyingPete and jamesmartin state its probably 'illegal' to have your headlight too close together on a later vehicle.
 
I can't quite figure it out- you first look at it and see either a series 2 or series 3, then figure out that it's actually both. I think it looks alright, personally.
 
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