I stumbled upon a series III 109 for a decent price. This has got me thinking about selling my Disco so i could buy another rover. Its a 1971 2.25L petrol engine, Series III LWB, Right hand drive, and a 5 speed. From what I'm told its all togather ready to go on the trails.

I love my disco, and have put a lot of work into her. I know i would be giving up the nice creature confronts that comes with a D1, but this is a deal of a life time. I'm 18 and have a job, I can drive stick, but not all that well. What do yall think?

 

So someone has done a gearbox conversion on it? What gearbox and transfer was used?
Series Rovers had 4-speeds from the factory.

Driving a Series requires an entirely different mindset than driving a coiler. First and foremost you should give up any notion of ever being in a hurry.
The 2.25 is a very reliable and tough engine (I've driven them 50 miles on just one or two cylinders)
The vehicles are dead simple compared to a discovery, though for the running gear you'll recognize everything as it's the same design.

 

CB - consider time spent on travel to places for jobs around you, long commutes may require considerable extra time. Parts and widgets harder to come by. Take a look at photos in this post, I recall your ham radio ideas. https://landroverforums.com/forum/of...light=boneyard.

 

I think I'll stick with my Disco. Its killin me knowing I could have it and all, But a right hand daily driver would get annoying after all, it wouldn't be as apealing to females (even though the disco didn't have that going for it to begin with), and that would be a little too much rover for a new driver to handle... Now if it was an 88'in I'd be all over that! But alas I have many more years in front of me...

 

1971 Land rover Series III 109 heres the link.... I think I may of hit the wrong button, I meant 4 speed