How many Stage1 V8s

[LandyAndy]

Hi Guys
Was chatting to a workmate,telling him Stage1 Landys are pretty rare in Aust.HOW RARE? he asked.
Anybody got a break down on how many of each type were sold.
ie
HardtopV8
HardtopIsuzu
WagonV8
WagonIsuzu
UteV8
UteIsuzu
TraytopV8
TraytopIsuzu
Total Stage1s
Thanks
Andrew

[JDNSW]

I have a feeling someone posted these figures recently - I just tried unsuccessfully to find the thread though, so maybe I'm imagining it.

John

[mcrover]

Does that mean they are worth more than what you would normally think?

[shorty943]

Don't tell him, just don't tell him.
He'll try to corner the market.:p

[numpty]

Stage 1's with the Isuzu are worth a lot more than the V8's. But isn't that the same with County's and Disco's.

[Phoenix]

It was me that posted the figures, but I only had incomplete figures as I didn't have station wagons. I'll try and find them again.

[Phoenix]

Ok, I found my post in the Isuzu section. here is what I said.


A while ago REMLR was given a sheet showing the series 3 production in Australia. Obviously we were interested in the Army Series 3's, but it also had information on the Stage 1's. By the looks of the listing that I have it does not include the station wagons.

CIVIL 109 V8 ALLOY TRAY 4
CIVIL 109 V8 C/C 5
CIVIL 109 V8 H/T 18
CIVIL 109 V8 STEEL TRAY 6
CIVIL 109 V8 UTE 1

CIVIL 109 4D ALLOY TRAY 2
CIVIL 109 4D C/C 3
CIVIL 109 4D STEEL TRAY 22
CIVIL 109 4D H/T 74
CIVIL 109 4D UTE 7

However my list of 5296 vehicles has 2612 unknown vehicles. Now I don't know oif those unknowns were wagons, but I believe the wagons were built in the UK and shipped here whole, but I may be wrong.

Interestingly I have information on chassis numbers, colour, engine numbers etc, and only Camino Gold, Bahama Gold and Sahara Dust are listed as colours on these vehicels, so the reds and whites must have been either in the unknowns, or brought in painted that.

[scrambler]

That seems a little underdone on trayback utes. The first Stage 1 V8 I saw was an alloy tray. One of only 4? Seems like not many when there's another around Toowoomba.

As for the wagons, they were CKD - at least mine was.

There are at least 5 Stage 1's in the Toowoomba area - 3 wagons, 2 traybacks. No Isuzu's AFAIK though an Isuzu-engined hardtop was sold through a local dealer about 4 years ago. Asking price then was $10k. Despite the figures, of all the variants I've seen fewest Stage 1 hardtops.

[JDNSW]

That seems a little underdone on trayback utes. The first Stage 1 V8 I saw was an alloy tray. One of only 4? Seems like not many when there's another around Toowoomba.
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I wonder if the descriptions really meant:-

Alloy Tray = Landrover ute body

Steel Tray = Locally provided flat top tray, material unknown?

That would make more sense, but the numbers do seem low, although they have never been common.

John

[Phoenix]

As I said, there are some big gaps in what I have (THe series 3 production data for australia) and a lot of those gaps are towards the end of the list. Those numbers are vehicles which are definitive.

[Traveler]

My stage 1 has a wooden tray. Is it possible this is original?

[JDNSW]

My stage 1 has a wooden tray. Is it possible this is original?

As far as I know, no trays were made by Leyland Australia (or whatever name they went under at that stage), all were supplied locally by dealers or perhaps at state level in some cases, and often to customers specification. Most would have been steel, a few aluminium, at that stage, but it is quite possible that a wooden one is original. Particularly if you mean wooden decking and sides with a steel frame. By the time of the Stage 1 wooden frame trays would have been quite uncommon, but would still have been made. Some customers preferred wooden trays as they are a lot quieter than metal ones, despite the greater durability of metal.

John

[Roverray]

Another reason that a lot of farmers liked timber floors was that drums and gear did not slip about as much and not as hot on dogs feet.

[Traveler]

Another reason that a lot of farmers liked timber floors was that drums and gear did not slip about as much and not as hot on dogs feet.

I bought it off a cane farmer too;)
If it is the original glass...the back sliding window has the dealers sticker > U.K MOTORS Bowen Bridge Road HERSTON 520101

[JDNSW]

I bought it off a cane farmer too;)
If it is the original glass...the back sliding window has the dealers sticker > U.K MOTORS Bowen Bridge Road HERSTON 520101

Likely to be - the sliding glass does not get broken that often.

John