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Series 2 vs Series 3 vs lightweight

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Cal:
Potentially a big can of worms, but what are the pros and cons of the above to pick one as a cheap off roader and weekend run around.

I'm not much of a mechanic but would like to learn and am basically thinking along the lines of fitting parabolics, a wee bit of under body armour, buckets seats, MTs and just enjoying it as much as possible. Say a max spend of £1.5k.

Cheers  8)

Rich_P:
Late Series 2A and Series 3 vehicles are very similar to the extent that unless you're an expert on the differences you wouldn't know the difference between them!  :wink: Both vehicles are just as capable as each other (because they share a lot of the parts or have very similar parts anyway), and it all comes down to condition and price.

For £1,500 you should get a fairly tidy Series with a good amount of life left in it.  For a very tidy one (like mine) you would be looking more towards £2,500-3,000.

Could I just suggest that you try using the Series without underbody protection and parabolics?  They will do pretty much what you want to do, and largely will only get damaged if you do something wrong such as attacking a climb with lots of big rocks in the middle that will bash away at the axles...

Lightweights are best left alone, because the good ones fetch money by the Lightweight enthusiasts in my opinion.

Cal:
Thanks for the reply Rich.

I'm also umming and erring between an old 90 as well, but would quite like a "proper" old land rover.


--- Quote ---Could I just suggest that you try using the Series without underbody protection and parabolics?
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I'm guessing that's from a purists point of view to keep them as standard as possible? Part of the reasoning behind my question was see people's opinions about modifying a Series - I know that obviously Series 1s and  2s and lightweights are getting less common (well, relatively anyway) and I therefore would be v hesitant to do anything to them, but my thinking on parabolics was to make it that bit more capable, but not change it to the point of being irreversible.

I'm almost thinking if I do go down the modifying route to go for a tatty but sound Series 3 and then in theory I wouldn't be wrecking a nice bit of history...

Rich_P:
The reason why I was asking for you to try it without any significant if any changes, is to see what they can do without spending unneccasery amounts of money on them. ;)  After all, you want to spend as least required as you can don't you?

Parabolics can increase articulation to an extent, but they're more to do with ride improvements than articulation.  To most, parabolics look superb in comparison to leafs but that's because the parabolics were only up against old worn and rusted solid leaf springs!  :?

Give it a try, and just improve on what you find necassery to improve/modify.  That way you hopefully won't spend a lot of cash without need. :)

Cal:

--- Quote ---The reason why I was asking for you to try it without any significant if any changes, is to see what they can do without spending unneccasery amounts of money on them
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Good one - didn't think of that!  :lol:

Thanks for the advice

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