Diary of a Series lll Restoration

Welcome to LucyLandRover.co.uk, a web site dedicated to the restoration and maintenance of a series lll Land Rover, called as you might have guessed - Lucy.

History

Lucy is a 1983 2.25l diesel station wagon, that was purchased via eBay in 2004. She was a runner - just, and had sat neglected in a wood in Derbyshire for the previous 4 years after failing the MOT. I was under no illusion that it would take some work to get her roadworthy, but just how much was yet to be discovered.

2004 - 4 years parked in the woods at an animal sanctuary in Derbyshire

Eight years on, after several partial rebuilds, numerous minor repairs, I’ve decided to do the job properly and undertake a ground up rebuild. Hopefully I’ll be passing on the tips and pitfalls I’ve learned along the way, to help anyone else who owns or is thinking of buying a series lll.

If you’ve never driven a series lll diesel Land Rover, I’d like to pass on the following quote I came across not long after getting Lucy back on the road, and it sums it up perfectly.

“Imagine putting your head in the engine bay of a tractor at full revs, while someone hits you repeatedly in the small of the back with a spade” - that is what driving Lucy is like, but its great fun as well.

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Page updated 21 June 2012

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