1980 Land Rover Series 3 ex MoD from UK and Ireland - Comments

26th Sep 2003, 05:49

What things have gone wrong with the car?

I had a set of tyres fitted for the MoT last week and one of the inner tubes has a leaky valve. Erm that's it!

General comments?

Bought this old land rover for peanuts off a well known auction site for some fun as I am bored with driving around in standard euro boxes.

Utterly reliable and just sailed through the MoT which is not bad for a 20 year old.

Performance is 'adequate' at best, but who cares.

Handling and steering are scary.

The soft top makes it fun in summer and is also water proof when it rains.

All in all I have had my money's worth in laughs out of this car already, and the Land rover clubs are very helpful.

I love my Landrover!


13th Sep 2004, 09:55

What you can get is a 119bhp head or change the diffs to range rover versions with higher ratios will then do 100mph.

Bit scary though!!


1st Jan 2005, 13:23

Totally agree with you

i have purchased a series 3 109 ex military and have had nothing, but fun in it. it is the only car that makes me smile and laugh from the moment I get in it to the moment I get out of it.

It needs certain little things doing to it like gearbox noises, but other than that I love it so keep it up and always enjoy it.

Stuart.


31st Mar 2005, 01:42

Been running a 24 volt series three for a year now great fun aiming for puddles on country roads and trips off road cause great smiles repainting the vehicle is fun no expensive respray needed just paint with brush mines an ex para vehicle that was rebuilt by the reme in 1992 so should last for years.

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