Thread: Does anyone have any info on this vehicle, please?

You silly boy .

Have you given up on the current restoration and going to start a new one before the old one is done?

So - where are the pics, what condition is it in, where did you get it, will it get you to Cape York?

The plate in your pic is the ADR compliance plate - the Land Rover nomenclature plates should be in the usual spot in the firewall inside the cabin.

Originally Posted by garrycol

You silly boy . You got that right!

Have you given up on the current restoration and going to start a new one before the old one is done? Nope - this is probably the next one.

So - where are the pics, what condition is it in, where did you get it, will it get you to Cape York? Cape York is off my radar now - other probs have caused it to be a non-starter.

The plate in your pic is the ADR compliance plate - the Land Rover nomenclature plates should be in the usual spot in the firewall inside the cabin. See pics in link below

Click >>this<< for some pics.

Condition is pretty good. I looked for rust and didn't see anything in the usual places. Got it in Canberra - over in Holt. Current owner is moving to QLD and was selling it through a friend of his.

No engineering cert for engine. Will be checking to see if there is one for the seats (they appear to be Holden seats).

Finally someone has posted up a pic of an SIIa with a compliance plate!

Onto the vehicle itself.
35200938G engine number 34514489B Keys 634 and 679 (?FP) Tyres Olympic APL, Orig NSW Rego ENG-319 delivered to NSW Forestry Commission 19.5.72

Does that help?
Diana

BTW: Is it orange coloured?

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

Finally someone has posted up a pic of an SIIa with a compliance plate!

Onto the vehicle itself.
35200938G engine number 34514489B Keys 634 and 679 (?FP) Tyres Olympic APL, Orig NSW Rego ENG-319 delivered to NSW Forestry Commission 19.5.72

Does that help?
Diana

BTW: Is it orange coloured?

It helps a huge amount. Thank you. The owner has told a story (created a fantasy) about its origins and I can tell you, Forestry wasn't a part of it.

Yes, it was orange - and was then painted black - and is now an orange/yellow colour (see the pics in the link I posted).

The passenger door has been partially sanded to reveal a round 'something'. It will require a gentle approach to find what was there unless, of course, they have sanded through it in their excitement.

Diana - thank you.

Originally Posted by drifter

No engineering cert for engine. Will be checking to see if there is one for the seats (they appear to be Holden seats).

It may have been converted when certificates were not needed. The number plate indicates they were first issued in the early 90s when rego checks were done each year. If the engine number on the rego label/rego cert is correct you should be OK. If you do not have them Dickson Motor Registry should be able to tell you if it is legit. I would say that the engine conversion is know to the registration authorities and given that just a roadworthy from the local garage should all that is necessary - at most you may need the roadworthy to be done at the Motor Registry.

However if the engine swap was done after annual rego checks were dropped (about 1998??) and authorities not advised of the change then you will need to get it engineered.

Garry

That is my favourite model Land Rover - even the station wagon bit and especially the V8. (Just like one I had in 1978)

Very jealous!

Originally Posted by garrycol

It may have been converted when certificates were not needed. The number plate indicates they were first issued in the early 90s when rego checks were done each year. <snip>

Not that it's relevant, in NSW engineering certificates were required by 1978, my first 253 conversion was a breeze, basically just an engine number change. Unfortunately when I transferred the engine from the hard top to the station wagon in 1978 it turned into a nightmare.

Diana

I'm actually curious about the heater. When I restored my S2 I couldn't find a round heater so ended up with a wide flat panel the same but it was the only one I've ever come across until now.

The wide heaters came in about the time of the change to the cable wiper system. 1967

The reason being that the round one burnt the right shin of a front seat passenger and wasn't very efficient for the drivers legs.

I think they stayed on longer in Aus because Smith's here already had the tooling for the round one and probably lots of old stock.

Diana