Woo Hoo I'm in the Series I club!!!

[Newbs-IIA]

Just won this old girl on eBay $405 :D :D :D

She's pretty rough, 1951 model aparently and has been sitting for 12 months, no doors or windscrene and has holden red motor. Anyway pics from the eBay listing:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2008/11/173.jpg https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/12/733.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/12/732.jpg https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2008/11/174.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2008/11/175.jpg https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/12/737.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2008/11/176.jpg https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2008/11/177.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2008/11/178.jpg

This is my second LR, I am already restoring an ex-military Series IIA 109 so I am new to series Is so any further info is appreciated. Oh and her name is Yellow Peril (previous owner's name for her)

[Sleepy]

Nice one mate......Looks like you've got some work ahead of you.:o

Good Luck

[olmate]

Well done mate :D Welcome aboard ;)

[Mick-Kelly]

Nice, looks like a project. I see you have two original seat backs and a straight bumper, you lucky bugger. Love the tyre chains :eek: let us know the numbers when you get it.

[Rangier Rover]

Looks around a 50 model. We used to run chains on ours here in the mud.

It looks savable. Well done:)
Tony

[Newbs-IIA]

Cheers guys, my mate and I are going halves and we are undecided what we will do with her as of yet. Some firewall pics

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/12/736.jpg https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/12/735.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/12/734.jpg

[slug_burner]

Good one,

Welcome to the S1 sickness. It will be interesting to see if you stop at one or is that 1/2.

[Rangier Rover]

Cheers guys, my mate and I are going halves and we are undecided what we will do with her as of yet. Some firewall pics

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/12/736.jpg https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/12/735.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/12/734.jpg

Stick it on a RRC or Disco 1 chassis and put a 318 in it:p;)

[Mick-Kelly]

Your firewall is way better than mine, congrats

[Newbs-IIA]

It all depends on the condition of the chassi, one of the possibilities we were talking about (me and my mate) was throwing some hilux diffs under it (my mate has acess to a couple) and turn it into a comp truck. It's already pretty canibolised so we thought... why not?

It will probably just be a paddock basher or shooting rig for a while untill I get my current project (the IIA Ex-Mill) on the road

Can't wait to go pick it up next week :D

[Mick-Kelly]

Well you know where to off load those seats and bumper if you dont want em :twisted::twisted::twisted::twisted::twisted::twis ted::twisted:

[Newbs-IIA]

Well you know where to off load those seats and bumper if you dont want em :twisted::twisted::twisted::twisted::twisted::twis ted::twisted:

Haha we'll see, I am transfereing the military bumper onto my military IIA - dunno about the seats, if we go down the comp truck road bucket seats will be the go so...

but don't get your hopes up haha ;)

anyone know where i can get doors and a windscrene?

[Rangier Rover]

Haha we'll see, I am transfereing the military bumper onto my military IIA - dunno about the seats, if we go down the comp truck road bucket seats will be the go so...

but don't get your hopes up haha ;)

anyone know where i can get doors and a windscrene? You won"t fit with bucket seats trust me:D The second bulkhead will have to give or better still extenda rover on a coil chassis:twisted:

[alexmassey]

Looks to be a Very Late 51 due the the lack of side lights on the firewall. The Middle seat is original 51 but the outer 2 are from an earlier model.

Or it could go this way the front guards are 2-piece which means they have been swapped from an earlier model or it is an late 50 or early 51 and the firewall sidelights were just cut off. Who knows... The firewall seems to be missing its center oval....

Any chance of a chassis number?

Anyways Congrats!

[Mick-Kelly]

Haha we'll see, I am transfereing the military bumper onto my military IIA - dunno about the seats, if we go down the comp truck road bucket seats will be the go so...

but don't get your hopes up haha ;)

anyone know where i can get doors and a windscrene?

i can put you onto some doors, i'll PM you

[back_in]

Hi All
I like the mod
Series 2 or later foot brake
as i said interesting!!!
cheers
Ian

[Newbs-IIA]

She's safe and sound in my front yard now.

According to CalVIN

CalVIN, the Land Rover VIN CALculator

16660998


1 Model year: 1951
6 Model: Land Rover, Series I, 80in, petrol
6 Body type: Completely knocked down (CKD)
6 Destination: Right-hand drive (RHD), export market
0998 Serial number

The wiring is an absolute mess because the previous owner decided to "isolate" everything bar the starter and coil, just the bare essentials. Saying that, the engine (holden 186) runs flawlessly, it's even got clean oil :o took her for a hot lap round the block and down to the vacant block to test it's cooking credentials (doughnut making specifically :D) which it also excelled at. Only thing is that one or two of the brake cylinders have frozen transfering all the breaking power to one wheel at the back and front...

Looks like she will be the farm hack for a while, mum is really keen on painting it too haha

[Rangier Rover]

She's safe and sound in my front yard now.

According to CalVIN

CalVIN, the Land Rover VIN CALculator

16660998


1 Model year: 1951
6 Model: Land Rover, Series I, 80in, petrol
6 Body type: Completely knocked down (CKD)
6 Destination: Right-hand drive (RHD), export market
0998 Serial number

The wiring is an absolute mess because the previous owner decided to "isolate" everything bar the starter and coil, just the bare essentials. Saying that, the engine (holden 186) runs flawlessly, it's even got clean oil :o took her for a hot lap round the block and down to the vacant block to test it's cooking credentials (doughnut making specifically :D) which it also excelled at. Only thing is that one or two of the brake cylinders have frozen transfering all the breaking power to one wheel at the back and front...

Looks like she will be the farm hack for a while, mum is really keen on painting it too haha
I am not a fan of GMH in Landys but the 186 do go OK as will hold revs and don't cook or burn pistons and valves.


Not to much doughnut making or the short rear axle will go ping:eek: Done it a few times in our 173 powered 80":angel:

Tony

[Newbs-IIA]

Don't worry, only made one... I wasn't that hungry. Plus the grass was very wet and greasy.

Just trying to upload a quick pic i took before it got to dark

[alexmassey]

16660998

Your bulkhead sidelights must of been cut off.
Very close to 1000! Well done. Did you ask the previous owner if he might know what ever happened to the original motor? It might even be a Square Sump 1.6L IOE

I have been lucky sometimes to find them still sitting in the same place they were removed 30 years ago or whatever.

I'm saying this because for my 51 i managed to track down the original motor as it was still sitting in the same place it was removed over 30 years ago. I can even confirm the removal year as it had a piece of newspaper stuck down the dizzy drive with a year of 1970 on it.

[Newbs-IIA]

Got some more piccys, took her for a little drive

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/12/727.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/12/726.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/12/724.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/12/728.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/12/725.jpg

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2009/12/729.jpg

Have done alot of rewiring over the past couple days, everything is pretty relyable now - even the temp gauge and ammeter works