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    Smile Who assembled the Landys in OZ

    Sometimes i hear the word CKD used when they talk of Landys being made, I assume they came here in knocked down form and were assembled by a local concern, obviously Landy never existed here as a dedicated assembler, Did Leyland here have anything to do with there construction or was Leyland Australia defunct by then, be intersting to know who made them and where

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    How Long ago you talking ??
    My Series 3 i think is leyland built its got a lil Leyland badge on the door.

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    Starting with the Series 1 from about 1950 they were assembled by the Pressed Metal Corporation, and later Rover Australia, which merged into Leyland Australia, then JRA. I don't believe any have been assembled locally since the late eighties. From the mid fifties at least there was significant local content, although it varied with the model - for example, most station wagons were fully imported. Substantial local design went into some models as well, particularly the military ones.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JDNSW View Post
    Starting with the Series 1 from about 1950 they were assembled by the Pressed Metal Corporation, and later Rover Australia, which merged into Leyland Australia, then JRA. ...
    ... John
    Not completely correct. Rover Co Ltd contracted Pressed Metal Corporation who already assembled and built bodies for Leyland and AEC buses to assemble Land Rover vehicles but that only happened in about 1956. The factory was at Enfield in the mid western suburbs of Sydney. On Series 1 vehicles you should find a PMC built ID plate, just near the transfer box information plate vehicles, with an LRS or LRL serial number in addition to the chassis number. Land Rover and in fact Range Rover, production continued at Enfield, along with Pugeot until the mid 1980's. Australian Range Rover production ceased in about 1984 with the commissioning of the new Range Rover assembly plant in the UK. After the Enfield plant closed military Land Rovers, including the Parentie were built in the JRA plant at Moorebank.

    Prior to PMC assembly, and in this case John's date of 1950 is correct, the Aussie CKD vehicles were assembled at a number of master distributors. Champion's Ltd in Adelaide, Regent Motors in Melbourne, Annand and Thompson in Brisbane and Grenville Motors in Sydney. (In fact the Grenville Motors assembly plant was in Australia Street Camperdown). Whether Faull's Motors in Perth actually assembled vehicles or only distributed them I am unaware.

    There were quite some differences in build quality at the different assemblers and such was the quality control that Rover Co Ltd decided to have a single Australian assembly plant which was PMC as above.

    Some interesting differences between the various assembly locations. In the 80" models the chassis number was supposed to be stamped on the LHS engine mount top, this was done at assembly and not at chassis manufacture (there is a chassis build number for that purpose). At Annand and Thompson by the 1953 models they had changed the location for the stamp to the top of the chassis rail and this location continue into the 1955 86" models which were supposed to be stamped on the spring hanger but A&T stamped the chassis rail top.

    A&T also were the distributor responsible for the paint stenciled Land Rover on the front and rear of their vehicles.

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    "sort" of not a hi-jack

    My RRC has CKD in white letters on the chasis I often wondered why, I guess now it's someones idea of a joke?
    maybe?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies View Post
    Not completely correct. ...... ......

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    I knew someone (probably you) would correct and amplify my information. My first hand knowledge only went back as far as the oldest Landrover I have owned ('56). Thanks for the information.

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    G'day Lotz-A-Landies

    G'morning Diana Thanks for that bit of info, that has filled in a little more of the Jigsaw I was not aware that Grenville Motors assy plant was in Australia St, that would be what became "Ausfields" Leyland Aust main distributors, I am aware that PMC is/was a wholly owned subsiduary of Leyland Aust, ad that there were differences in chassis No stampings on Series 1's but not where that originated from, they may have been assembled at A&T's building at Bulimba in Brisbane, which in the 60's was their detailing building.

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    A&T also were the distributor responsible for the paint stenciled Land Rover on the front and rear of their vehicles.
    As per 253 27731 D 109" S2A PMC LRL 20219. Although this Rover didn't have it on the rear.


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    Quote Originally Posted by HangOver View Post
    "sort" of not a hi-jack

    My RRC has CKD in white letters on the chasis I often wondered why, I guess now it's someones idea of a joke?
    maybe?
    (Just being pedantic here, if it's officially a Classic then it's a 1994 build and can't be a CKD as all 1994's were assembled in the UK.)

    When CKD vehicles were dispatched they were sent in batches usually multiples of 6. (6 chassis, 6 engines, etc etc.) It is highly likely that when a batch of chassis were produced in the chassis factory a stack of them that were destined for delivery to the CKD dispatch factory instead of the Lode Lane assembly line would have at least 1 chassis branded CKD to inform the drivers of the alternate delivery location.

    This would explain your chassis, but only if your Rangie is pre-Phase 2 (1985 model).

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    Quote Originally Posted by UncleHo View Post
    G'day Lotz-A-Landies

    G'morning Diana Thanks for that bit of info, that has filled in a little more of the Jigsaw I was not aware that Grenville Motors assy plant was in Australia St, that would be what became "Ausfields" Leyland Aust main distributors, ...
    I have seen some pics of the early assembly in the Grenville Motors Australia St Building. What I also know is that I purchased a new Subaru 4WD from Lannock Motors (also an LNC Industries name) from the same building in 1981.

    My A & T assembled 1951 has a lubrication plate mentioning Newstead, would this be the same location I seem to remember was in Wickham Street accross from a park where they were running out the P76 in 1974? Haven't been to that part of BrisVegas in ages.

    Diana

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