Thread: My 1960 SII Ute.

Originally Posted by DeeJay

Also,
The reg is more like mid 1969.
Look at the reg of my first Landie reg in Nov 1969

Dee Jay

Is the red 109" the one you are talking about?

The first civilian rego may have been 1969 - however that vehicle looks like it was military, so it would have been wearing an Army Rego Number for at least 5 years before 1969.

Originally Posted by Sleepy

T...I agree with you on the date of the rego. We had a 1969 kingswood in the "K" rego range. But using CALVIN on the ser number on the bulkhead gave me 1960 SII.

Paul

It has to be a 1960 Series II in the years up to the Series 2a the year of manufacture is included in the car/chassis number and in your case the "0" after the "153" is the code for 1960. Another hint is the fact that there is no suffix letter which were introduced with the series IIa.

BTW - do you know when/which previous owner fitted the radio and what frequency band it operates? I may know someone who could use it to restore a 1960 Land Rover Fire Engine. (that is of course if you don't want it.)

Diana

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

BTW - do you know when/which previous owner fitted the radio and what frequency band it operates? I may know someone who could use it to restore a 1960 Land Rover Fire Engine. (that is of course if you don't want it.)

Diana

Diana

Don't know a helluva lot about original owner..........yet. I bought KKS from Lancefield farmer who bought it as part of a farm deceased estate auction in Kilmore VIC "a couple of years back".
(I have a box full of gaskets and bits and pieces; some in envelopes addressed to original owner. I'll chase that up.)

Is there a way of finding out the history of a landy by serial/engine numbers alone?

I presume the radio is a VHF radio (based on shorter antenna in roof of about 30cm - too early for UHF) which would suggest it is CFA (Vic Country Fire Authority) which a lot of farmers/cfa volunteers have. Although I’m only guessing - it could be an amateur radio too(144 Mhz?)

I would be happy to pass it on to someone who has a use for it - no idea if it works.

Paul

Originally Posted by Sleepy

That'll buff out...

Goodness Paul! I feel a lot better about my chassis now!

Like I said before though it's a great looking truck and I'm sure that it will come out looking as schmick as the day it rolled off the line!

Look forward to seeing it transform!

Originally Posted by Shonky

That'll buff out...


Look forward to seeing it transform!

LOL....So do I......I keep crossing my arms and blinking but nothings happening.....

Think I'll have to fix it the old fashioned way!

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

Dee Jay

Is the red 109" the one you are talking about?

The first civilian rego may have been 1969 - however that vehicle looks like it was military, so it would have been wearing an Army Rego Number for at least 5 years before 1969.
Diana

Yes, I was just pointing out that KKS reg would have been 1969. My red Landie might still be out there. I sold it after 7 years & 150,000 miles. It was a 1958 sigs wagon - 24volt - yuk.

Vacuumed out the dirt on the weekend. I think the farmer who owned KKS was a chicken farmer. Cab was covered in a layer of chook ****!
Maybe this was preserving the vehicle?

Over the weekend I unpacked the box of goodies that came with the vehicle to see what I've got:



Don't you just love farmers! New bits ready for when you need them; all the replaced bits kept - just in case. New Gaskets (Gearbox and Rear end, Exhaust,) Brake parts, Indicator and Brake light lenses. Number plate light. Points, Condensers, the list goes on.
Some rather serious pieces of gearbox (Hey I'm an amateur - I don't know their names - but they look new!) It was like xmas

I also unpacked the cabin of other interesting bits.


As an newbie I'm not exactly sure what is original and what is not.

The bits are:

1. Wooden Handle (Jack?)
2. 2 bits of water pipe carefully wrapped in hessian
3. Coach bolt and a flat bracket (??)
4. Spare wheel bracket
5. Jack (Is this authentic? Looks like the one out of our old Kingswood)
6. A piece of rope with small wooden handle (pull start????)
7. Neatly fashioned lump of wood - rounded on one side. (??)
8. Tool with bolt heads bronzed onto each end (??)
9. I know this one - crank handle.
10. Plastic tube (1inch diameter)
11. Wheel brace (I've got the rest of it in the shed)
12. Old beach towel ( )
13. Large bolt with square nut on end (Spare wheel ??)
14. Jack Handle

Please let me know what's what.


I also found some interesting chalk notes under the seats.




Lastly I found an envelope dated 1967 addressed to:

M F Chumley (esq.)
Marreba
Sydenham Vic.

Rich farmer? Mmmmmm? More investigating required.

Originally Posted by Sleepy

Vacuumed out the dirt on the weekend. I think the farmer who owned KKS was a chicken farmer. Cab was covered in a layer of chook ****!
Maybe this was preserving the vehicle?

Over the weekend I unpacked the box of goodies that came with the vehicle to see what I've got:



Don't you just love farmers! New bits ready for when you need them; all the replaced bits kept - just in case. New Gaskets (Gearbox and Rear end, Exhaust,) Brake parts, Indicator and Brake light lenses. Number plate light. Points, Condensers, the list goes on.

Great little collection you have there, it may have been a case of Gunna - bought the bits gunna get around to fitting them one day.

If you were to buy that lot on the bay you would be up for quite a bit of loot.

Diana

Looks like the collection I got with mine, still haven't fully sorted mine out. Got 3 milk crates of stuff like gaskets, bearings & little things.
Then there is the wooden box.................

Amazing the stuff that gets collected over the years.