Land Rover Series III.

Little changed cosmetically from the IIA to the Series III. The Series III is the most common Series vehicle, with 440,000 of the type built from 1971 to 1985. The headlights were moved to the wings on late production IIA models from 1968/9 onward (ostensibly to comply with Australian, American and Dutch lighting regulations) and remained in this position for the Series III. The traditional metal grille, featured on the Series I, II and IIA, was replaced with a plastic one for the Series III model.

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New trim options were introduced to make the interior more comfortable if the buyer so wished (many farmers and commercial users preferred the original, non-trimmed interior).

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A Stage 1 version utilising a V8 engine refers to the first stage of investment by the British Government in the company to improve the Land Rover and Range Rover product offerings. The use of the Range Rover engine and drive train made it the only Series III vehicle to have permanent four-wheel drive.

Source: wikipedia.org