Series III landy

When my lovely missus fell ill about 17 years ago we had a wee short wheel base series III which we had to get rid of to go down the road of motability vehicles (pun intended). After two motability euro-boxes for six years the time came when my wife couldn't travel anymore without vomiting due to lack of eye focus when travelling at speed...so I suggested getting a wee wreck of a series III landy again and doing it up as a hobby and as an emergency vehicle, thankfully she nodded in agreement.

So we got one and we spent the spring, summer and autumn outdoors rebuilding the wee bugger. Anne of course was in the tin shed watching the soaps on't telly while I was wrestling with the ancient old rusty bolts etc. Fecking great fun it was for both of us. I totally rebuilt the beastie, galvanized chassis, new defender bulkhead, full brake system and tons of new bits and bobs.

Anyhoo, I'm rambling somewhat so I'll get to the point. It's been fecked for at least 7 years, summat knackered in the clutch I reckon. I did start to repair it but being an old fart and a drunken lazy bazza to boot I soon lost interest and the poor wee beastie has been confined to the "tin shed"...which generally means rot death.

Now that we're back in the hoose, my target this year is to repair the wee landy to roadworthy condition. I'm not fussed about painting it, it's aluminium body panels...besides, scabby landies are so fecking cool looking.

Hopefully, if the project goes ahead I'll take lots of pics and bore the drawers aff ye's by posting them up till yer screaming for mercy for me to stop.

No mercy.

Spock said:

Hopefully, if the project goes ahead I'll take lots of pics and bore the drawers aff ye's by posting them up till yer screaming for mercy for me to stop.

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Can't wait.

Now, where did I leave that .357 Magnum...?

I had a series III way back when our boys were in school with a fiberglass hard top which we took off in summer , great off road on farms etc and great when snow was down but with no power steering (so couldn't manage it now anyway) and mine had the 2 1/4 diesel engine so noisy and underpowered in modern traffic don't think I would go back to it and I know my wife wouldn't manage one as she struggled with it when she was 30 now in her 60,s would be a big NO if I even mentioned it !

Talking about wheels, I sold my caravan over the weekend and bought myself a campervan to make it easier to put myself around a bit more. Might call and visit Spock, I'm sure I'd get a great welcome there.

When I first joined Activeshooter CH invited me to try some of his many guns. Might even visit him if he doesn't move house or barricade himself in when he reads this. (I think he's deleted the message with the invite now he's a bossman.)

Can I come too please dad to see Cow Parsley and Rab

I've got Rab a big roll of wipers in case he gets excited..


Although when I'm eating I can brake wind with the after effects before I've actually swallowed it.

I cleared a space yesterday at Houghton Hall at the Water Jump. I was sitting on my stick which opens into a leather Mole Trap, it pulls my cheeks apart. Anyway a nice little posh group sitting close beside on their blanky, they had a Silver Bentley two door, started to eat sandwiches as I watched. I warned them I was getting a rumbling. Horse and Moo were with me and they know and stood back. God was it was a stinker but quiet, but wet, it made them all run for it.

They all moved their blankets away and was circled with lots more space..
Not too bad with the windows open.


Slow full lifts are best for a captive audience..


Houghton Hall is close by to me. The home of Walpole, the first Prime Minister. A super lovely p[lace more trees the special kind that you can walk around in a day. International Horsey cross country.
New Zealand, Holland, Canada, Frog, all over they came from, Cross country jumping and falling in big water splash heap big fun.

Still got the projectile incontinence issue then, Willy?

Donposter said:

Talking about wheels, I sold my caravan over the weekend and bought myself a campervan to make it easier to put myself around a bit more. Might call and visit Spock, I'm sure I'd get a great welcome there.

When I first joined Activeshooter CH invited me to try some of his many guns. Might even visit him if he doesn't move house or barricade himself in when he reads this. (I think he's deleted the message with the invite now he's a bossman.)

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You're welcome anytime, so long as you bring along all those air rifles for me to play with...

Just don't tell Little Willy, he'll try to cadge a lift...

William Tell said:

Can I come too please dad to see Cow Parsley and Rab

I've got Rab a big roll of wipers in case he gets excited..


Although when I'm eating I can brake wind with the after effects before I've actually swallowed it.

I cleared a space yesterday at Houghton Hall at the Water Jump. I was sitting on my stick which opens into a leather Mole Trap, it pulls my cheeks apart. Anyway a nice little posh group sitting close beside on their blanky, they had a Silver Bentley two door, started to eat sandwiches as I watched. I warned them I was getting a rumbling. Horse and Moo were with me and they know and stood back. God was it was a stinker but quiet, but wet, it made them all run for it.

They all moved their blankets away and was circled with lots more space..
Not too bad with the windows open.


Slow full lifts are best for a captive audience..


Houghton Hall is close by to me. The home of Walpole, the first Prime Minister. A super lovely p[lace more trees the special kind that you can walk around in a day. International Horsey cross country.
New Zealand, Holland, Canada, Frog, all over they came from, Cross country jumping and falling in big water splash heap big fun.

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You would have to have a catalytic converter fitted, Willy, before I'd go anywhere with you in a campervan!

Sounds bad enough but imagine being there and smelling one he dropped !

Worzel, you have the fecking cheek to call CH Cow Poo. Pot and fecking kettle comes to mind here.

Nice one on the campervan Don. I'm expecting a new thread over the next few weeks and months, detailing your many exploits at ranges and back gardens all over the UK and possibly France, visiting a whole host of AS members. The thread will be called "Don's campervan exploits visiting active shooter members told in selfies".

grandadfatboy said:

Worzel, you have the fecking cheek to call CH Cow Poo. Pot and fecking kettle comes to mind here.

Nice one on the campervan Don. I'm expecting a new thread over the next few weeks and months, detailing your many exploits at ranges and back gardens all over the UK and possibly France, visiting a whole host of AS members. The thread will be called "Don's campervan exploits visiting active shooter members told in selfies".

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As long as he brings proper English tea bags with him, he'll be welcome!

Donposter said:

Talking about wheels, I sold my caravan over the weekend and bought myself a campervan to make it easier to put myself around a bit more. Might call and visit Spock, I'm sure I'd get a great welcome there.

When I first joined Activeshooter CH invited me to try some of his many guns. Might even visit him if he doesn't move house or barricade himself in when he reads this. (I think he's deleted the message with the invite now he's a bossman.)

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I am on the third one ,so far all VW based vehicles first was a VW T2 way back in 1984 ,then a caravan then a VW T25 then five years ago this Compass Calypso based on a VW T4 chassis .
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Our Whippet in doorway waiting to go off on a trip , he loves the van ,as soon as I open the door he is in there .

grandadfatboy said:

Worzel, you have the fecking cheek to call CH Cow Poo. Pot and fecking kettle comes to mind here.

Nice one on the campervan Don. I'm expecting a new thread over the next few weeks and months, detailing your many exploits at ranges and back gardens all over the UK and possibly France, visiting a whole host of AS members. The thread will be called "Don's campervan exploits visiting active shooter members told in selfies".

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It's going to take a bit of getting used to driving a bigger vehicle, but I took the 'Mature Drivers Assessment' run by the Institute of Advance Motorists last month a got a pass certificate. Probably easier than towing anyway.
Sorry I'm using your thread Spocky, I'll be very interested in following your Series III landy project, get cracking lad.

Something you might find useful don is a reversing camera. We had one fitted on the beast, the screen goes in the sun visor and comes on automatically when you reverse.

welshwizard said:

I am on the third one ,so far all VW based vehicles first was a VW T2 way back in 1984 ,then a caravan then a VW T25 then five years ago this Compass Calypso based on a VW T4 chassis .
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Our Whippet in doorway waiting to go off on a trip , he loves the van ,as soon as I open the door he is in there .

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That's a posh rig, Taff, very nice, mine's a more modest effort. I've towed caravans since the 1960s, bought a small Bayley 400/2 when my wife died 2010 expecting to knock up some miles with my son, but he died and I now find all the hitching-up business a bit much. I was going to pack it all in, but my nephew is a VW T2 nut and he made me rethink. I pick up the 2002 Fiat Ducato "La Meditteranee" on Thursday. I don't have a photo of it yet, it's a coachbuilt job but similar to this:
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Respect to Dad and Thanks to woC ooP for the invite.

But I won't join Dad no worries. Don well done; getting a wagon passing a diving blah planning to discover Nirvana like Rab's mate Captain Burp, of the Star Poop Enterprising of you.

The farty thing was a Whisky jobby, I was slurping from a hip flask.. I can control the need when pressed, but I didn't want to really.
It was my protest of folk intruding on my space, I wouldn't have done that to them. Seemed like a good idea at the time.

Exactly the same protest as at that Micheal Jackson concert when it was singing OooHH Earth Child or whatever. Micheal really did think he was Jesus really, and prob thought, we thought he was too, he's saving all the little children of the world on stage.
This bloke "I wish I could remember it's name" goofy ******* with big goggles probably pissed, jumps up on stage and starts as a protest to emulate Bottom Burps and is chased about.
Micheal didn't like space invaders, that was my idea too. It's only a Bentley you are not God, Smell THis.....Yes..

tds123 said:

Something you might find useful don is a reversing camera. We had one fitted on the beast, the screen goes in the sun visor and comes on automatically when you reverse.

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Already has one Tim, thanks.

We are going to use our van as a camper
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tds123 said:

Something you might find useful don is a reversing camera. We had one fitted on the beast, the screen goes in the sun visor and comes on automatically when you reverse.

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Could do with one of them on my 44ft trailer.

I got a motorbike rack on the rear in the photo with my dog in it you can just about make it out but it adds about 3 feet onto the length of the van , bolts into box section on chassis .,in the other photo it shows it without .