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nickburt

Newbie from Wirral

Post by nickburt » Fri Jul 06, 2012 9:44 pm

Hi folks, great forum, hopefully I'll be taking part soon.

Picking up a '76 Series III Lightweight 24v FFR tomorrow. Don't really know much about it at the moment and bought it pretty much blind, but on the advice and comment from a very good (trusted) friend.

As soon as I have all the registration details etc... I'll be looking for all it's history. Believed to be an ex Blackwatch vehicle. Ideally I'll be trying to restore to it's working condition/livery etc... but maybe carrying out a few "comfort" mods to use it on long distance trips.

The only picture I have of it at the moment (taken by it's current owners when they bought it in 2009):

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All comments/observations welcome :)
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landymad
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Re: Newbie from Wirral

Post by landymad » Fri Jul 06, 2012 9:59 pm

Welcome along to the forum :D
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Vlaanderen

Re: Newbie from Wirral

Post by Vlaanderen » Fri Jul 06, 2012 10:06 pm

Hi Nick, Welcome again to the forum, the usual culprits will be along later. :lol:

Hope you enjoy this site as much as I do, good fun and plenty of help and information.

"... but maybe carrying out a few "comfort" mods to use it on long distance trips.".......I like that :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

I'm not far from you, Preston :lol: .

Hope to see you soon.

Regards, Norman.
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Re: Newbie from Wirral

Post by cam3r0n » Fri Jul 06, 2012 10:16 pm

You have come to the right place Nick. Welcome to the forum. :D

Observations... You have good taste!

I spy with my little eye a roll bar :D
Cam

1980 SIII Lightweight GS 15HG59
1966 3/4 Ton Sankey 19ES51
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Re: Newbie from Wirral

Post by indibush » Fri Jul 06, 2012 11:51 pm

Hi Nick, Welcome to the forum :P

Indi
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Re: Newbie from Wirral

Post by AR4412 » Sat Jul 07, 2012 7:45 pm

Hi Nick,

Welcome to the forum, nice looking motor you're getting there. 8-) Hope it brings you many hours of joy and trouble free Land Rovering.

Regards,
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Re: Newbie from Wirral

Post by norcoatomique » Sat Jul 07, 2012 9:27 pm

Hi! hello and a very warm welcome to you and your truck! d. 8-)
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Re: Newbie from Wirral

Post by Gordon Bennett » Sat Jul 07, 2012 10:34 pm

Welcome to the forum :D Nice pic.
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nickburt

Re: Newbie from Wirral

Post by nickburt » Mon Jul 09, 2012 10:06 pm

Well, the LT/WT was collected over the weekend. Round trip of towing 570 odd miles - including some horrible weather conditions Sunday afternoon.
Now sat just outside the workshop. Unfortunatley, because I work away from home during the week, it'll be Sunday now, before I get chance to really get to give it a good looking at.

MOT is booked for Sat 21st - just to see what we're up against, but I don't think it's going to be much. Hoping to have it on the road in time to take it to Peterborough in Sept.

More pics to follow, when I'm on a proper internet connection.

Thansk for the welcomes and comments - looking forward to the fun ......
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nickburt

Re: Newbie from Wirral

Post by nickburt » Mon Jul 09, 2012 10:09 pm

cam3r0n wrote:.....................

I spy with my little eye a roll bar :D
Yup, and it's going. Totaly the wrong thing for this truck. Need a proper military bar. Also need a horizontal rear roof stick, fuel tank, change over switch ....... a previous owner has removed the c/o switch and cut the top out of the passenger tank to turnk it into a storage box !!!!!
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