Date: Thu, 05 Apr 2001 16:29:09 -0400
From: "KURT W. KRAUSS" <kwkrauss@knlaw.net>
Subject: LRO: Newly-acquired NAS SIII
>I took the plunge and purchased a 1973 NAS SIII to keep my Disco II
company. I am having it shipped from Florida and it will eventually end
up in Manchester, Vermont. Anyone know good mechanics around there?
Also, I am trying to locate a mint condition set of delivery documents
like the owners manual, a dealer list, passport ot service, etc. I have
the originals but they are tatty.
Rovers North, probably the best Land Rover parts and technical
information source in the US, is located in Westford, Vermont. They
have a website, or you can call them at (802)879-0032. I'm sure they
can help you find someone who can work on your vehicle.
Finding a set of mint-condition documents will not be easy. I have
all the papers that came with my SIII in 1973, and they are all in
pretty good shape except the owner's manual, which got used
a lot. You can get reprints of the manuals from the LRO (Land
Rover Owner Magazine International) bookshop (they have a
website). But if you want original manuals, Passport to Service,
etc., I suspect that might be hard.
One thing you might try is to contact some very established Land
Rover dealers in the UK. It's remotely conceivable that they might
have a stash of some of these pamphlets, manuals, etc. in a box
in the back room. It's not likely, but it is possible....
There are people who collect these kinds of things, and you might
be able to locate someone either through this list or through the club
lists in magazines like LROI.
You might want to contact the Land Rover "museum" in the
UK. What is it called, the Dunsfold (sp?) Trust? They have a large
collection of old, stock Land Rovers and they may have a lot of the
paperwork that went with them. If they only have a few examples of
the Series III Passport to Service, they probably wouldn't want to part
with them. But you never know what they might have until you ask.
Another potential source of the whereabouts of this sort of material
is James Taylor (not the singer). He used to write the Land Rover
history articles for LROI magazine, but I believe he's shifted over to
Land Rover World or Land Rover Magazine (LRM). He seems to be
a wealth of knowledge about the vehicle's history, and he might have
some leads for tracking down what you're after.
At least you have the original documents, however tatty they may be.
If nothing else, perhaps an experienced book restoration firm could
do something with them so they at least don't get any worse.
___________________________
C. Marin Faure
(original owner)
1973 Land Rover Series III-88
1991 Range Rover Vogue SE
Seattle
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