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Land-Rover Series 3.

S3 SWB submitted by Tony Luckwill.

The Series 3 introduced synchromesh on all four forward gears. It also has a plastic dashboard and a plastic radiator grill - the latter is of no use at all for impromptu barbecues.

Also in the page: Some Dates.

SW at LROC(Vic) Motorkhana 1987.
SW at 1994 Billing (UK) event - Bill Coloccia.
Bill Kaszer's S3 SWB.

Some Dates:

Back to Series 2A.
1971: (Oct) Series 3 introduced. New all synchromesh gearbox. 750,000th Land-Rover produced.
1972: Stronger Salisbury rear axle standard on LWB.
Unique military 101 FC introduced.
1974: End of imports into USA (RR imports started 1987).
1976: (June) 1,000,000th Land-Rover produced.
1979: On to Stage One and then ...
1983: 90 (SWB) and also 110 (LWB).