Thread: Clearing sale today.

Today I spent at a clearing sale. What attracted me to it was that two Landrovers were advertised, a Series 2 and a Series 1, both going. The Series 1 was advertised as fitted with firefighting tank and pump.

The sale was interesting, to put it mildly, I have enver seen so much junk in all my life. I ended up buying a few things, but not all that much - others seemed to have a higher value than I did on a lot of things I was interested in.

The Series 2 Landrover turns out to be a Series 3 88 ute - VERY rough - all four corners knocked in, door locks replaced by sliding bolts, that sort of thing. The term going, was rather inaccurate - the engine allegedly ran, but not having a battery, this could not be demonstrated. But there was no brakes and no clutch hydraulics, and one very flat and wrecked front tyre.
It went for $100 - probably about what it was worth, although both bulkhead and chassis appeared to be rust free.

The Series 1 was a ?1955 107 chassis number 277600296 cab chassis with a wooden tray, fitted with an approximate 600l elliptical section galvanised water tank and a firefighter type motor and pump. The engine actually started and ran without undue noise, although the water pump had completely had it (fan belt off). It was fitted with an interesting alternator installation, where the alternator mounted above the engine is driven by a separate belt from an additional sheave on the fan pulley. The generator was retained as a belt idler. Again, it had no brakes. Body panels pretty knocked about, but not much evidence of rust.

This attracted spirited bidding and eventually went for $520 to the incoming property purchasers.

John

Originally Posted by 4bee

Mementoes of the owner's two visits to the Playboy Club perchance?

No, although that was my first thought. But probably the actual picture was inspired, perhaps unconsciously, by that. There were a number of large sheds that had been used for raising rabbits - these had shadecloth from about chest level to the roof, and the shadecloth was adorned with these rabbit logos in a chain all the way round each shed.

John