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cherokeegraham:
A mate of mine has heard about a series landy for sale. Aparently it's an ex army '63 series II, £500. It's a runner, needs battery, & something to do with the front suspension. Does this sound ok? What should I look out for, I know nothing about Landies?

Bob Ajob:
Does it have an MOT? If so bite their hand off...

Check the chassis for corrosion, especially around the spring hangers and outriggers.
Check the ventilation flaps work and there's no major rust around these.
Check for rust around the door hinges.

Being ex army, does this mean it's a soft top?

Check the front swivels are still chromed and shiny, and not pitted with black marks
Check the springs, the leaves should fit snugly together, they may be splayed apart with rust and debris - this is bad, but new springs are not that expensive.

A battery is not much, though this may be missing so that you can not see it running... Try get to see the engine running, watch for smoke on start up, and listen for it running smoothly. Don't worry it it doesn't run that smoothly, as these engines are cheap and easy to fit and work on.

Check all the electrics work including lights etc, the ex army ones used to have the convoy lights switch which may have been removed / re-wired in a funny way.

Also check out this website for the Series II club:
http://www.series2club.co.uk/

Failing that and you're not keen, let me know where it's advertised as I know an interested party  :wink:

Regards,
Rob.

cherokeegraham:
Cheers Rob, don't know if it has MOT yet, it's a hard top. Will keep you in mind if it's not for me, cheers again for the promt reply.

cherokeegraham:
It's been used regularly on a farm, but has no MOT, would it still be a good buy?

matthew:

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Depends totally on condition and if it has things like an overdrive. As an example I paid £800 for my 109" without a test, but it had new parabolics, overdrive and disc brake conversion fitted.

Check the chassis, check the bulkhead, then check the chassis again. Most other things are cheap to fix.

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