Hello,

I am looking at buying a Land Rover series 3 and have a few questions about a specific example I have just viewed and will potentially buy. It has been sitting for about 15 years and will not roll, seller believes that the drum brake shoes may be rusted which could be causing it? I assume that would be a fairly easy fix as new shoes are fairly cheap? Also it has a Holden 202 red engine, what is the effect of not having the original engine in a car like this? Is this a common swap to be made? I would assume that it would decrease the value of the car. It is a station wagon body type with Salisbury diffs and the safari roof, is this a rare specification? As I have struggled to find any for sale that were even in the station wagon body type, would it be possible to make an estimate as to what an example in working order like this would fetch on the market?

Kind regards.

 

Welcome to the forum. You should post your questions in the Series LR section of this forum. The safari roof and Salisbury axles are a plus. The replacement engine would be a minus in my opinion. If the problem is seized brakes you’re right it’s an easy cheap fix. But what if the diffs are seized?

 

Thank you for your guidance, yes I will have to investigate as to whether it is definitely the brakes or if the diffs may be seized because that would not be something great to deal with. Thank you very much for pointing that out.