The is defintely looking good, not too many patches, I ahd the same issue with the dumb irons, I just dropped the one with the worst repair to the same level as the other. Nice to see another series 3 being rebuilt though, keep at it!

Thanks, plenty to keep busy with at least. As for the wing skins, I did look at the ABS, but wasn't really sold on them because not only did I have a set of pretty good, complete aluminium spares, but I do want to try and stay original as possible. You're right, I'm on the Antrim/ Down border...

Thanks, I'm from/ live in Northern Ireland, I'll try the DVLA and see if they can help, I've got the original tax box anyway to go off

Strip down then began, with parts being bagged up and where possible bolts put back into holes/ parts, have now ended up with a small room full of labelled bags though. Most of the bolts on the outside of the body had to be cut with a grinder, as they would either not budge at all, even with...

Bought this back in August and have only just got round to the chassis work in the past month or so, so no real progress until recently, it's a 1975 diesil Series 3, ex RUC/ police I've been told, with a bullt hole in the bulkhed in the lower dash area, patched areas in the hardtop and the...

Thanks for the welcome, will hopefully have a topic up tomorrow

Hi, so I recently purchased a 1975 Series 3, and found this forum looking for parts, the S3 is a bit of a bundle at the moment, but hopefuly not for long! I'm currently 16, and plan on getting her rebuilt and running as a first car. I'll get a topic up in the appropriate section in the next...