Thread: CKD vs UK Build

Looks very tidy. I hope you have many years of enjoyment from it.

The colours on the Australian CKD models weren't the same as the UK. They used Peugeot colours as JRA had Peugeot at that time. (I just double checked thst with a friend who did his apprenticeship with JRA back then.)

The color is a tough one, I know they used some different colors because of the Holden/Peugeot assembly lines, but it seems oddly coincidental that it was logged as a red build in Solihull and also painted red after being built locally.
Additionally, the engine bay got some respray work at some point, but there is no large Land Rover data plate on the front next to the bonnet latch, just the compliance plate above the LH wheel. Was this typical or was the larger data plate removed at some point? I'm talking about the data plate that was rivetted on and said "Made by Rover Ltd" and had the VIN stamped on it in printed boxes. The silver sticker next to the latch just lists tire pressures and weights.

Originally Posted by kellen302

The color is a tough one, ................

I put a red 80 or 81 body on my 74 when the shell of the original white body got too rusty. Let's just say it was a colour change.

Yes it was a CKD donor.........there were odd bits of handwritten notes inside the doors, etc.

I needed some paint for it and when I gave the guy at the high end auto paint shop the year and model he looked it up and said 'Vintage Red, it's a Holden colour'.

This was in about 2000. He was adamant even when I told him it was JLR (I didn't know any of the CKD story) and it turned out to be a perfect match with the doorframes, etc.

I have the compliance plate somewhere and will have a look at the codes on it when I find it.

cheers, David L

From memory, so cant be too sure, but when the first local assembled ones turned up, one obvious difference was that the range rover name on the tailgate went from chrome block letters to a stick on label type of thing.

Originally Posted by sharmy

From memory, so cant be too sure, but when the first local assembled ones turned up, one obvious difference was that the range rover name on the tailgate went from chrome block letters to a stick on label type of thing.

My 74 was an import and had black plastic block letters on the bonnet and (from memory) on the tailgate.

Probably nylon and each had 2 pins that held them in place through holes in the steel.

I reckon they drilled the holes with a jig after the panels were painted coz the rust around the letter pins was so bad it was the demise of the bonnet.

I've still got the letters.

DL