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

Originally Posted by JDNSW

Round heaters were widely used in cars other than Landrovers, but not the flat one. For example, Holdens did not get heaters from memory even as a factory option until the mid sixties - but there were a lot of aftermarket ones sold, and they were either the round Smiths ones or copies of them. Landrovers rarely got heaters fitted until Series 3, so the most common heater available for S1/2/2a was the one sold for fitting to Holdens.

The first two Landrovers I owned, S1 and S2, were ex-SMHEA and were fitted with (round) heaters. The next one I got, a 1961 S2a, did not have a heater, but I fitted one (round) after driving from the Simpson to Sydney in 1966 - through snow in the Blue Mountains!

John

There were at least two variants of the Smith's round heaters. The ones that were regularly fitted to the FE, FB Holdens and fitted up behind the glove box were deeper than the ones fitted to the Land Rover. I know because I bought one on Ebay and it was wrong.

I am pretty sure our 1963 EJ holden had a heater demister as an optional extra.

The original 80" Land Rover had the Clayton round heater as an optional accessory as can be seen by the fact that they are included in the workshop manual. It seems that in Australia, it was the Smith's brand that were used. Both Smith's and Clayton brand heaters fitted into the same 2 holes in the firewall.

I am advised that it will be delivered to my place on Sunday.

I was not going to tempt fate by asking 'what time?'

I have also been advised that there is a shed full of spares that will be available some time over the weekend. I am cleaning out the back of the Disco as we speak and casting a nervous eye around for a trailer...

Once I have taken what I want, the rest will be going to the dump (I am told) so I want to make sure his load will be a small one...

If you decide to pull the V8 out [they burn huge amounts of fuel and cost lots of money to keep going and break lots of gear!!]
Can i please have first Dibs on the adapter plate please
I'm still on the look out for one if anybody has got one?

Thanks

Originally Posted by Lostkiwi

If you decide to pull the V8 out [they burn huge amounts of fuel and cost lots of money to keep going and break lots of gear!!]
Can i please have first Dibs on the adapter plate please
I'm still on the look out for one if anybody has got one?

Thanks

No worries - I did think of you and your quest when I first came across this vehicle.

I am still in two minds as to what to do with it. Keep the 253, replace it with a 202 or 186 or look for a LR 6 cylinder and go back to original.

If I do decide to remove the 253 then, sure, you have first dibs on the adapter.

The 253 is not a big V8, barely bigger that the 1970's Falcon 6. In the Land Rover, the 253 copes with higher gearing and because it has a 525 cc power stroke every 1/4 revolution (while the 202 has 550 cc power stroke every 1/3 revolution) it puts its power through the transmission very smoothly. Even the 2 1/4 puts mote shock loads on the transmission because it pushes a 570 cc power stroke every 1/2 revolution.

The result is that the 253 can often idle up obstacles the 202 or 2 1/4 have trouble with. That was my experience.

Sure if you thrash the V8 you will start breaking things.

Pull the holden engine out - put in a rover 3.9 attached to a R380 (or LT95) and stage 1 CVs in the front axle and you will have a nice driving machine.

Garry

I've got to get the bloody thing first!

Still no idea of when on Sunday to expect it...

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

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Sure if you thrash the V8 you will start breaking things.

Diana, I am a poor public servant - I cannot afford to thrash the thing.