1973 Land Rover Series III 2 Door Wagon 4x4 88" Prices, Values & Specs - NADAguides

1973 Land Rover Series III 2 Door Wagon 4x4 88" Prices, Values & Specs - NADAguides
**asking around the low end price $8,000**

1 of 3379  imported before ceasing export the USA by Land Rover.
source:  http://www.fourfold.org/LR_FAQ/FAQ.3.LR_sales_US.html

**The top is the original color that I got with it.  It won't take much to sand and paint -
 just have had a billion, well, not a billion other things going.
** Very straight body, overall in very good condition for a 38 year old vehicle.
**This is a first come, first served contingency.**
I have a extra set of (5) 16" road wheels that go with it.  Other parts extra. Just ask.

Features amazing technology like:
Steering wheel and brakes.
5 round tires (32")
3 doors that open AND shut
hazard lights and horn
4wd w/ hi and low range
4 speed with full synchronization
139 cubic inch inline 4 (2.25L) petrol engine
all lights that actually work
front air control flaps in firewall
heater - works even better in august
seating for up to 7 people w/optional center front seat
seatbelts for 6
herculined interior panels and floors for noise dampening
*wash it out with a garden hose- it doesn't care*
solid frame and firewall
fully removeable top.  haven't gotten to inner liner yet.
rear step bumper with tow pintle
*Defender door panels* The bling of the vehicle.
front winch bumper (winch extra)
under seat storage

***Drivetrain has been gone through, axle to axle
***engine runs like a top
*you can drive it places, steers great and doesn't beat you to death and wander
  all over the place like some jeeps i've owned. you drive it, it doesn't drive you.
*Beyond that it is just preference on what someone wants to do.
*Top comfortable speed is 60, if you want to go faster I would recommend a
  roverdrive or fairy od.  -about a 3 1/2 hour install-  good for 5 to 10 extra mph
  at the same rpms.
*For even more off road performance get some parabolic springs( give 2 to 3" lift too)

Problems fixed!

Ok - speedo cable grenaded itself so the squeaking stopped. Cheap and easy fix.

The parts came in for the shift tower thingy.  It is a defender type with a pressed steel pin instead of a set screw.

I guess the slop of the old shifter was the reason for a 'notchy' gearbox.  This thing shifts like butter now.  (cold butter, but butter)  There is a BIG e-clip that keeps the shifter spring in along with a lower flat washer and a conical upper washer.     1/2 hour job after paint dries.

I checked the  reverse wires for grounding etc.. but could not find a short. 

Houston, we have heater.  On a 39 degree day there is a warm waft of air that circulates thru the front of the cab before getting sucked out the seal - lacking rear windows.

 New LAND ROVER brake switch.  It works!

 Here is the reverse short after putting back on the tunnel cover.  My reverse switch + terminal is directly behind the 4wd push lever mounting bolt.  After a couple hundred miles the bolt wore thru the heat shrink and shorted - problem fixed w ground down bolt.

small trip into dallas, bad brake switch, cooked wire, shifter, speedo cables

Oh where to begin...  shifter set screw came out leaving me stuck in reverse for a while until I could get the shifter into the forks.  Just got a new defender style shifter tower with a pressed steel pin to replace it.  OOH.  AAH.
  I had to get a cheapo generic brake switch so I could go on a field trip with my kid into dallas.  I built a temporary bracket in the cab for it where the pedal actually contacts the switch.    Some of the brass switches are crap (2 went out in three months) so I ordered an ACTUAL land rover switch to the tune of $36.  It has more epoxy around the connectors - will see how it works tomorrow.
Lets see what else ... oh yeh , backing out of the garage I noticed a light haze coming from the firewall (bulkhead) area.  I shut it off immediately and found the reverse light power wire had cooked off about 3" (75mm) of insulation for whatever reason.  It didn't seem to affect anything else- so I put a fuse inline.  It kept popping so when replacing the shifter I bet I'll find the problem with the wires. Probably nicked it putting the floor boards back in.  Just no reverse lights for now. 
And lastly the speedo cable end broke off in the speedo.  I got it out and shaved off 1/4" of speedo cable housing.  It works again but has a squeak up to 5 mph.  It'll probably go away.  Or jam up, wrap up all the wiring in the dash and catch fire going down the highway.  But that could never happen.