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Landrover in New Zealand
DIR By: kiwi s3
Date: April 8, 2015, 5:31 am
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Hi everyone,
I've been lurking around this forum for a while and made a few
posts, so thought I better introduce myself properly.
I'm originally from north Lincolnshire, but moved to Wellington
in New Zealand in 1996. There has been a Landrover of some kind
in the family since I can remember - starting with a new 1973
station wagon, moving on through to a LWB v8.
I've owned 3 Landrovers since moving to NZ - the first was a
1994 V8 Discovery (that's not what I typed, but I like a forum
with a sense of hunour!) auto - which was fantastic but the fuel
bills put an end to ownership as we used it as our daily
commuter vehicle.
Then in 2013 I bought a 'project' 1961 Series 2 SWB pickup that
I did some jobs on. I continued tinkering with it until earlier
this year before realising I had neither the skill nor time to
give it what was needed to get it into a roadworthy condition,
and sold it.
In the meantime, I had an altercation with a skip while driving
my Alfa Romeo 145, which demonstrated that skips are made of
sturdier steel than Italian cars. I therefore needed a new
vehicle and decided that I'd buy an old Landrover that was
'ready to use'. After much searching for one with its original
engine, I located an original looking 1978 S3 SWB hard top a
ferry ride away in the South Island, and in March 2014 drove it
home.
This is a picture of the S2 and S3 together on the driveway.
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Ownership has been great with no major issues, with the only
time I needed to call the AA for a tow being when I snapped a
rear half shaft while in traffic.
Jobs that I have done over the past 12 months include - new door
tops, rear bench seats, inertia front seat belts, cleaned out
the starter motor, replaced some non-original / ugly lights, new
exhaust and repainted the steering wheel.
It gets used for commuting to work during the week, a bit of
light-off roading at the weekend and any moving jobs that need
doing.
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The next jobs to tackle are the paintwork (the limestone top &
wheels are peeling and the Green is hand-painted) and sometime
later on it will need some gearbox work (a lot of metal bits
came out when I changed the gearbox oil, but it still works
'OK').
Looking forward to using the forum and learning a thing or two
about repairs & maintenance that will stop me throwing my
spanners around the garage.
Cheers,
Mark, NZ.
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Re: Landrover in New Zealand
DIR By: hippydave
Date: April 8, 2015, 4:11 pm
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Welcome along dude, nice motors with a very nice back drop too.
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Re: Landrover in New Zealand
DIR By: S210912j
Date: April 9, 2015, 1:25 am
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Nice Landy, gorgeous scenery. You lucky devil!
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Re: Landrover in New Zealand
DIR By: DarrenH
Date: April 9, 2015, 3:54 am
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welcome mate :)
a nice choice of vehicle for slightly less terrible fuel
consumption :D
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Re: Landrover in New Zealand
DIR By: Arjan
Date: April 9, 2015, 4:38 am
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Bonjour,
Welcome to the MadHouse :giddy:
Nice vehicle - stunning place :thumbs:
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Re: Landrover in New Zealand
DIR By: Jackual
Date: April 9, 2015, 6:59 am
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Another bloody pommy ex-pat joins the fold! :thumbs: ;D
Great to see you on here, Enjoy the forum!
Jack, Also NZ.
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