Land Rover Serie 3. The land rover series 3 introduction. The series 3 commonly referred to as the series iii featured a few mechanical improvements over the series 2a.

Land rover series 3 was the most common of the series vehicles built. It was also the last leaf sprung land rover model made before the introduction of the 90 and 110 coil sprung models that preceded the defender. 1974 land rover series 3 swb 3 0 essex v6 conversion converted from ford 2 5 di diesel to ford 3 0 essex v6 using steve parker land rover adaptor plate.

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The car was offered with soft top station wagon pick up truck body shapes between the years 1971 and 1985. It was also the last leaf sprung land rover model made before the introduction of the 90 and 110 coil sprung models that preceded the defender. The land rover series 3 was introduced in 1971 and was pretty much a face lifted version of the series 2 and 2a. This 1973 series 3 land rover was discovered by buz ras at a wealthy apple farmer s house in tieton washington it had been sitting for 10 years due to a stuck clutch and was in need of a rescue.