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[williampp]

Hi all, have just joined your forum, come from Longreach Qld.
Have just got a 1955 series 1 86 Land Rover, which I will be doing up during the next 12 months. We used Land Rovers on our property from 1954 to 1978, then went to a 4wd who's name starts with a T (not sure if I should write the full name here).
I will post some photo's of the 86, when it stops raining.

[101RRS]

Welcome to the forum - there are lots of people with series 1s on here - my Baby is an 57 88.

Now there is nothing wrong with the T brand - in their own antique sort of way - it is just the owners - when they buy one the important parts of their brains seem to ne removed and their necks turn red.

Welcome - there are a lot of people here with their brains in place and have necks are normal colour.

Garry

[long stroke]

Welcome:)

[olmate]

Welcome mate.

[Sleepy]

G'day williampp,
Welcome :)
Love to see some pictures as you progress.

[Lost Landy]

Hi & welcome to Aulro, glad to see anonother series 1 being brought back to life.

[McDisco]

Welcome mate! Hope you enjoy the forum...

Angus

[naradataranto]

78 thats the year I came to be, Great to see there are still old series out there that are getting loved all over again. It's an awsome thing that so many of the marque have made it this far.
Love to see the photos as you progress.

[Lotz-A-Landies]

Welcome William, or can we call you Will or Bill?

It's a common fact of life that most properties changed over to the one's who's first letter is "T" but who will remain nameless in this realm. For a work vehicle anywhere outside the city they can't be bettered.

You don't see a lot of old T*#~%@'s being restored however.

The 86" were a great Land Rover and we look forward to your pics. Go out and enjoy the rain for the moment, you don't get a lot of that these days.

Diana

[JDNSW]

Welcome - we need more Series owners.

I was working in the Longreach area when I owned a Series 1 in the early sixties.

John

[ellard]

Welcome to the forum

Looking forwards to seeing the pictures as you just have to love the humble series one's

All the best

Wayne

[Shonky]

G'Day William! (Will? Bill?)

Looking forward to your photos. If you would like, I highly recommend you start a thread in the "Projects and Tutorials" section and document your progress (with LOTS of pics) as you go. Not only do you get lots of the best advice you could hope for, but your experience could benefit someone else. Quite apart from that, it just makes for good reading!

Welcome to AULRO. :)

[williampp]

Here are the photo's of the 86. As found, Home
Was a bit hard to load with the flat tyres

Bill Parker

[Sleepy]

Looks good William, pity about the Left hand side. How's the chassis, engine? What's your plan? Nut and bolt restore or get her running and tidyed up?

[williampp]

Thank you all for your replies.
The basic plan is, remove the body, work on chassis, gearbox, diff's, engine etc.
Find the parts I need, I am sure there will be plenty of then around here. paint, assemble, and I am finished, I do not think it will happen that quick.

There will be a lot of questions to this forum between the 'remove the body' and 'assemble'.

To Shonky, that sounds like a great idea to post my progress, I will keep the lens on the camera clean.

I will not be starting until the middle of October (going to NZ).

Keep your spanners clean.

Bill Parker

[vin16660088]

Hello William, glad to hear you have some rain out there, looks like it will be a fun restoration, if you have any questions there are people here who know the answers, keep us posted. Anthony.

[ellard]

Bill thanks for the pictures.....nice looking project.

All the best

Wayne

[spudboy]

Ooohh Bill - that is quite a project! I can see many hours of fettling in front of you. Nice to hear that it is going to be restored.

I've got one the same year and it forlornly sits and waits in my shed for me to get some time to get it started. Gotta stop working so much :(
Welcome
David

[easo]

Welcome Bill, you'll enjoy the enthusiasm provided by the sites members and our love for the LR's of old. We will endeavor to help you out along the way. (don't forget the picks :rulez::rulez:)

Cheers and welcome, Easo

[olmate]

Thanks for the pictures Bill. Looks like a good start point for you :)