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Kooshmeister ◊ 2018-05-02 06:08	Looks like a Series III.
jcb ◊ 2018-05-06 08:31	I'd go S111 In UK this grille on S111 would mean Stage One V8 but maybe different for SA assembly. http://www.glencoyne.co.uk/stage1/stage1.htm -- Last edit: 2018-05-06 08:33:21
Sandie ◊ 2020-04-25 01:38	South Africa never had the V8, this is a local version called the Series III S: http://www.landyonline.co.za/specs/series3.htm Quote As far as the long-wheelbase Land Rover was concerned, Leyland SA were happy to continue with the 2.25-litre petrol engine, but they also wanted much more powerful units which would enable the vehicle to compete on equal terms with the Toyota Land Cruiser. So they picked on a large and powerful locally built diesel engine and on a six cylinder petrol engine which they also intended to put in Leyland cars. The range of Land Rovers powered by these engines was introduced in late 1980 and was known as the Series IIIS. The Series IIIS was distinguished from earlier locally-built Series III’s because it had the flush front of the Stage I V8, a model which was never sold in South Africa. It also wore special badging. Only two body types were available from the factory, one being a pick-up which could be had with all three engines, and the other a 12 seater station-wagon which only came with the new six-cylinder petrol engine (known as the R6) and the new diesel. The new diesel was a locally-built 3.8 litre 4 cylinder known as the Atlantis or ADE4 and came with a useful 73bhp (55kW) @2800rpm and a thumping 179 lb./ft (243Nm) torque at an incredibly low 1400rpm. The R6 engine had been developed from the E6 six-cylinder, itself derived from the overhead-camshaft four cylinder BMC/Leyland E-series which had started life in the humble Austin Maxi in the late 1960’s. In the Maxi, the engine was installed transversely and drove the front wheels. It had a capacity of 1485cc and was stretched to 1748cc in 1971, in which guise it powered the Maxi 1750 and the later Allegro 1750. From 1972, a six cylinder version of 2227cc was available in the Austin, Morris and Wolseley 2200 models. This engine was the E6 and it later went on to power versions of Leyland’s unloved wedge-shaped Princess range. In Britain that was as far as the E6 went, but the design was re-used by Leyland Australia who developed a long-stroke 2623cc version for conventional installation in the Australian Marina and the ill-fated P76 saloon. It was this engine which was picked up by Leyland SA at the end of the 1970’s and redeveloped as the R6 for the local Marina, Rover SD1 and Land Rover. For South Africa it had an uprated cooling system, lower noise levels and a new camshaft. Both saloon and Land Rover versions for the 2.6 litre six had twin SU HIF6 carburettors and the same 110bhp (82kW)@2800rpm and 148 lb./ft (202Nm) of torque at 2200rpm. In the Land Rover, the engine came with an oil cooler as standards. Like the diesel, it drove through a four speed all-synchromesh gearbox of Brazilian design, which had slightly different first, third and reverse ratios from the British-designed models fitted to four cylinder petrol models. Both the R6 and 2.24 litre petrol engines came with Salisbury axles incorporating the familiar 4.7:1 gearing, but the diesel had Salisbury axles with a final drive of 3.54:1, exactly like the Solihull-built Stage I V8. On the road the Series IIIS in four cylinder petrol form performed very much like any 2.25 litre petrol Series III. The six cylinder model was a very different kettle of fish, however. The station wagon had a maximum cruising speed of about 130 km/h (81mph). Somewhere about 5000 examples were built before production stopped in 1985. -- Last edit: 2020-04-25 01:48:41

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◊ 2018-05-02 06:08

Looks like a Series III.

◊ 2018-05-06 08:31

I'd go S111
In UK this grille on S111 would mean Stage One V8 but maybe different for SA assembly.
http://www.glencoyne.co.uk/stage1/stage1.htm

-- Last edit: 2018-05-06 08:33:21

Sandie

◊ 2020-04-25 01:38

South Africa never had the V8, this is a local version called the Series III S: http://www.landyonline.co.za/specs/series3.htm

Quote As far as the long-wheelbase Land Rover was concerned, Leyland SA were happy to continue with the 2.25-litre petrol engine, but they also wanted much more powerful units which would enable the vehicle to compete on equal terms with the Toyota Land Cruiser. So they picked on a large and powerful locally built diesel engine and on a six cylinder petrol engine which they also intended to put in Leyland cars.

The range of Land Rovers powered by these engines was introduced in late 1980 and was known as the Series IIIS. The Series IIIS was distinguished from earlier locally-built Series III’s because it had the flush front of the Stage I V8, a model which was never sold in South Africa. It also wore special badging. Only two body types were available from the factory, one being a pick-up which could be had with all three engines, and the other a 12 seater station-wagon which only came with the new six-cylinder petrol engine (known as the R6) and the new diesel.

The new diesel was a locally-built 3.8 litre 4 cylinder known as the Atlantis or ADE4 and came with a useful 73bhp (55kW) @2800rpm and a thumping 179 lb./ft (243Nm) torque at an incredibly low 1400rpm. The R6 engine had been developed from the E6 six-cylinder, itself derived from the overhead-camshaft four cylinder BMC/Leyland E-series which had started life in the humble Austin Maxi in the late 1960’s. In the Maxi, the engine was installed transversely and drove the front wheels. It had a capacity of 1485cc and was stretched to 1748cc in 1971, in which guise it powered the Maxi 1750 and the later Allegro 1750. From 1972, a six cylinder version of 2227cc was available in the Austin, Morris and Wolseley 2200 models. This engine was the E6 and it later went on to power versions of Leyland’s unloved wedge-shaped Princess range. In Britain that was as far as the E6 went, but the design was re-used by Leyland Australia who developed a long-stroke 2623cc version for conventional installation in the Australian Marina and the ill-fated P76 saloon. It was this engine which was picked up by Leyland SA at the end of the 1970’s and redeveloped as the R6 for the local Marina, Rover SD1 and Land Rover. For South Africa it had an uprated cooling system, lower noise levels and a new camshaft. Both saloon and Land Rover versions for the 2.6 litre six had twin SU HIF6 carburettors and the same 110bhp (82kW)@2800rpm and 148 lb./ft (202Nm) of torque at 2200rpm. In the Land Rover, the engine came with an oil cooler as standards. Like the diesel, it drove through a four speed all-synchromesh gearbox of Brazilian design, which had slightly different first, third and reverse ratios from the British-designed models fitted to four cylinder petrol models.

Both the R6 and 2.24 litre petrol engines came with Salisbury axles incorporating the familiar 4.7:1 gearing, but the diesel had Salisbury axles with a final drive of 3.54:1, exactly like the Solihull-built Stage I V8.

On the road the Series IIIS in four cylinder petrol form performed very much like any 2.25 litre petrol Series III. The six cylinder model was a very different kettle of fish, however. The station wagon had a maximum cruising speed of about 130 km/h (81mph). Somewhere about 5000 examples were built before production stopped in 1985.

-- Last edit: 2020-04-25 01:48:41

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