I suspect that it was a not uncommon conversion at the time. Rover did look at putting the Vanguard diesel into the Series 1, but concluded that it was unsuitable, although I am not sure why.
John
I have a mate who's just obtained a LWB Series 1 with a Vanguard engine.
When he gives me some more info, I'll post it up.
Perry
Numpty
Thomas - 1955 Series 1 107" Truck Cab
Leon - 1957 Series 1 88" Soft Top
Lewis - 1963 Series 11A ex Mil Gunbuggy
Teddy5 - 2001 Ex Telstra Big Cab Td5
Betsy - 1963 Series 11A ex Mil GS
REMLR No 143
I suspect that it was a not uncommon conversion at the time. Rover did look at putting the Vanguard diesel into the Series 1, but concluded that it was unsuitable, although I am not sure why.
John
John
JDNSW
1986 110 County 3.9 diesel
1970 2a 109 2.25 petrol
Grey Fergie TEA20 had a Vanguard engine. It was Standard fit!
Numpty
Thomas - 1955 Series 1 107" Truck Cab
Leon - 1957 Series 1 88" Soft Top
Lewis - 1963 Series 11A ex Mil Gunbuggy
Teddy5 - 2001 Ex Telstra Big Cab Td5
Betsy - 1963 Series 11A ex Mil GS
REMLR No 143
I believe the straight petrol engine version is exactly the same as the Vanguard, whilst the petrol paraffin engine has a larger displacement to cope with the lower power output due to the lowered compression ratio required to run on paraffin. Mine is I believe the latter as it has the split fuel tank, but I just run it on unleaded. Might run well on Jet-A1?
Numpty
Thomas - 1955 Series 1 107" Truck Cab
Leon - 1957 Series 1 88" Soft Top
Lewis - 1963 Series 11A ex Mil Gunbuggy
Teddy5 - 2001 Ex Telstra Big Cab Td5
Betsy - 1963 Series 11A ex Mil GS
REMLR No 143
I don't suppose you've seen the vehicle yet. I only ask as 35 years ago one of my friends brothers had a 107 with a vanguard engine in it. It was a blue hardtop with timber slats for seats & was located on the northern beaches in Sydney.
the vanguard was 2088 cc four cyl and a good engine, but when tired or thrashed had a propensity to throw a leg out of bed no 3 usually, but how would I know?
my '49 vang was tireless worker with bags of power for the size of the car and was a genuine 100 mph motor car in those days, but it needed to be told what to do.
it had high ground clearance and would have gone everywhere a series one in two wheel drive could go, I guess it may have been a good swap when the s1 engine got tired, but also I suppose the vang engine would have come from a tired vang, as the s1 engine would have gone ok for many years before some people needed to replace their engines.
I did know a chap that fitted a ford v8 to a 49/50 vang, it went pretty well.
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