Thread: I have acquired a FC 101

Originally Posted by garrycol

I have just acquired a FC 101 - no 9620053A - Suppose I will have to join REMLR now.

The vehicle is a non runner at the moment but shouldn't be too hard to get mobile. The main issue is how to get it from Newcastle to Canberra. Any ideas at this point of time would be a great help - a 2.2 tonne brick that is nearly 3m high and not mobile is a bit awkward to get moved over that distance.

The questions start tomorrow, eg how much of the electrical system is 24v and how much is 12v (the fuel pump is only getting 12v).

Garry

Garry

Great work - do you know any history yet?

The good thing about the 101 is that a lot of engine and transmission components are classic Rangie and Stage 1 V8. Although - living in Canberra, you may want to have some woolie socks, snow boots and leg warmers as the front panel is just where your feet are.

I moved my S2B forward control from Trangie to Nowra using my Classic Rangie as a tow car, the rear step bar is rated at 4000Kg. The big problem is finding a trailer for the weight, we hired a tri axle plant trailer from Mac's Hire in Riverstone. The trailer is rated at 4 ton and has electric brakes on all axles and was only $100 from Saturday morning till Monday morning, you need a pintle hook on the tow vehicle.



Let me now how you go.

Cheers
Diana

Very cool, they are truely awesome looking bits of machinery, look forward to seeing your restore progress. Do you mind me asking how much the old girl set you back?

Have "we" seen this one before Gary?
Looks fairly complete ,,,

as for transport,,

how much do you want to spend?

Ahh Garry

Welcome to the sickness. I too have been bitten about 4 years ago.

Missguided 2 is a Australian Army 101. Previous owners have converted it to 12V and put it on Gas other than that its pretty original.

I have a full set of books and army service logs. I also have the circuit diagrams showing how it was converted to 12V.

On the transport question another member of the Land rover Club of Victoria has an English 101 he tends not to drive it long distances he has a vehicle trailer which he hooks up behind his TD5 Defender. it looks ungainly but the defender has no problem draging it.

Nice buy there. THat 101 was on e-bay for an insane price, my old man was contemplating buying it actually.

So come on, REMLR membership

I'll add the chassis number to the registry, thanks for posting that. Interesting to see that it still has some unit insignia on the doors.

are you going to restore her (ie, full soft top??) . I'm very jealous !!

Interesting, that vehicle was previously owned by REMLR member 65 according to the 101 rego page!

nice pickup Garry !!

We are of course very, very jealous

well done,

Pete

That reminds me, there is a fair number of 101 manuals in various places on the net for download. Have a look around for them. I've got a few on my hard drive so if need be I can e-mail you some or send some on a CD.