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Bellini

Member Since: 11 Jan 2012
Location: Berkshire
Posts: 2261

2007 Range Rover Supercharged 4.2 SC V8 Zermatt Silver

Toby - A Very Original 1973 Series 3 Land Rover

Toby is an eBay find that I bought unseen, but was a purchase considered by a friend at the time. He test drove him and decided to buy another Series 3.

At the time, we had just the one Land Rover (my 110) and I had been considering a Series for some time.

So I decided to buy him. And was so desperate to secure him that I ended up bidding against myself...

Anyway, £1,400 secured him.

He's a July '73 Series 3 88" 2.25 petrol soft top. He has a genuine 61,000 miles from new and was sold to a lady in Guildford to tow her horse box. Many years later, he was sold to a few temporary custodians for short commuting purposes.

I registered him in my wife's name. That smoothed the purchase somewhat. And, other than a good service, refurbed wheels, new tyres and hood, he's largely untouched.

I say largely because, as you shall discover, he needed work of another kind later on.

But these are the pictures the day we collected him about 3 years ago.

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Fairey FWH's...

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An original, period variable intermittent wiper system!! Still works beautifully.

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Original three-bearing engine.

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A parking ding by one of the previous owners. Still like it now and I'm loathed to do anything with it.

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Interior all perfectly original, right down to the unmarked black vinyl seats.

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All very lovely.

But the original wheels were tatty and the tyres a mix n match affair. So I fitted a set of Defender steelies and normal tyres.

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But it killed Toby's looks. So I had the original wheels refurbed with the correct limestone paint and period tyres fitted.

Much better!!!

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And then I did something REALLY stupid....

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Si. <This is my name.

I eat rat poison.

A man ain't truly been insulted until he stands buck naked in front of a woman and she didn't even notice. Or care.

20th Apr 2012 2:55pm

Contraband

Member Since: 08 Nov 2010
Location: FIFE
Posts: 3697

'tis a Lovely beast... Tell us more, what did you do? Previously..
Vogue SE TD6
Defender 90 2.4
Defender 110 TD5
Vogue 3.5 EFI

20th Apr 2012 7:34pm

JOKER

Member Since: 11 Sep 2008
Location: Sconnie Botland
Posts: 15876

Great looking machine ….

Answers to what he did ….

Got offered a bit part in Emmerdale ====================================

"Open Mike Night " sounded like a lot of fun until i found out i was going to an Autopsy

20th Apr 2012 7:50pm

47p2

Member Since: 05 Oct 2010
Location: Gone Beyond, Subaru
Posts: 8048

My heart says yes to an old Landy but my head says no

20th Apr 2012 8:32pm

Bellini

Member Since: 11 Jan 2012
Location: Berkshire
Posts: 2261

One morning, as I did on many mornings, I took Toby to work.

But this time I didn't make it. In a string of poor decisions and badly placed cars, I hit a Nissan X-Trail up the arse at 20mph.

The Nissan's rear was a bit damaged but perfectly driveable.

Toby looked like this. Remarkably, despite pushing the radiator back into the engine, I drive him 4 miles home. Just about. Poor chap wasn't in a well state.

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I literally cried when I got home.

But help was at hand and so we embarked on a project to rebuild his front end. An insurance claim would have written him off, so I paid for this myself.

But I had to learn a few new skills in order to do the job without booking him into a workshop.

It would be another three months before Toby moved again.

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Si. <This is my name.

I eat rat poison.

A man ain't truly been insulted until he stands buck naked in front of a woman and she didn't even notice. Or care.

20th Apr 2012 8:41pm

Flashman

Member Since: 05 Jun 2011
Location: Windsor & Brentwood
Posts: 1228

2011 Range Rover Autobiography TDV8 Santorini Black

Hope it all went well. I miss my old series 3, I loved driving it and the back to basics mechanics and spec was refreshing compared to the computer cars out there now. Tom

Current Drive
2011 4.4 TDV8 Autobiography - Santorini Black - Ivory Leather

Previous Drives
2004 Model Vogue Td6 (Touchscreen) - Java Black - Parchment Leather
1994 RR Classic 3.9 V8 Soft dash - Niagara Grey - Grey Leather
1972 Series III SWB Safari - Green (Hand Painted) - Black Plastic

16th Jun 2012 3:33pm

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