Thread: 80" Military

Hi there Keith

Thats a good find Keith - very unique indeed.

Wayne

Originally Posted by ellard

Hi there Keith

Thats a good find Keith - very unique indeed.

Wayne

G,day Wayne. Unique maybe but no one seems to know much about them.
Keith

Morning Keith

I have one as well - I just though it was an after thought restoration I didnt relise they were original (although I dont know where I put it)

Enjoy your day

Wayne

It would be unusual that Rover would use a turned wooden blank to replace the bakelite horn button headlamp dip switch, when the only other use for wood in the vehicles was for seat bases. Seems a local retrofit to me.

The other question for me is why are we thinking military as opposed to civilian?

Wayne, off what vehicle did your centre come from.

As for Military 80" we have records of only two, the Aussie Army trials unit eventually used for the Holden engine trial against the UK MoD after-market conversion 81" Rolls Royce B40 test bed (the other known military). There were quite a number of civilian spec 80" sold to the RAN. The other UK MoD military 80" we know of are either private imports or possibly brought out for the British Atomic Tests. But documentation scarse.

Diana

There is a thread about it on LRSOC. It seems it was a military mod when they put the horn button on the dash they replaced the centre with the polished block of wood. Did some come to Oz? Who knows. The centre I have looks professionally done. As I said there is mention of it in James Taylor,s book.
Keith