Sellers Comments
welcome to my auction. You are bidding on a classic series 3
which has been my faithful short distance work horse for 2 years. I bought the
landy from a forestry worker tired of having no power steering and a slow
commute to his job plac. He bought the wrong car !!! When i got it, the wheels were the wrong size
so I bought 5 new tyres and 5 good hubbs and the steering became infinitely
better. I paid £1650 for it and have spent the same again on the wheels,
electrical rewiring, new brake servo, new alternator and massive bosch battery,
handbrake repaired, new prop shaft and last week, i had the entire exhaust
system replaced. I have a bill for £1000 from the garage who did most of the
work with the other stuff done by local mechanics. So, it starts fine if you
heat the coils for 20 seconds when cold and produces huge clouds of black smoke
but then seems to emit the usual stuff to be expected from a 30 year plus car.
i cn get 50 0n the flat but you have to rev hard and use the gars to make
climbs with can be slow. Brakes are ok and the four wheel drive options all
work well. Lulls like a train but slowly. The cotpit has a removable storage
box complete with my home made arm rest !! The fuel tanks pictured do not come
with the car, I'm selling him for two reasons. Firstly, i want to pull my
motorbikes to events across the country and get there before I die. Secondly,
the engine has no serious flaws beyond being noisy and dirty but its tired and
i have no expertise in terms of restoration or even basic component replacement.
I think an enthusiast would probably overhaul the engine or throw in another
one but that is just far too advanced for me. The chasis is fine with no cracks
but the body work is great with checker plate everywhere. Im going to take the
cash and buy a disco or defender as that will be more like a car rather than my
road going tractor. i would be open to a part exchange if it is four wheel
drive and able to tow a trailer and bike trailer. Mine has full electrical hook
up and will pull anything but slowly . so, a well cared for car which is
mechanically tired but idel for someone who knows thee way around a landy and
has the time and desire to work on it . i am happy to chat to potential buyers
on 07552162086 . Happy bidding Paul
