Thread: identification help

Sorry Diana

At least in Australia they have mudguards!

For some reason I still call them wings........

Wayne

Originally Posted by ellard

Sorry Diana

For some reason I still call them wings........

Wayne

Wayne, it's all those Land Rover fire engines flying down the road that has you confused with aircraft!

Diana

P.S. O.K. I accept that Land Rover has called them wings in the parts catalogue, but if we are going to get technical we must use the technical name from the manual for everything. So no firewalls nor bulkheads, no tarps nor tilts etc!

Originally Posted by shaunh

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

Shaun

Get a fine flat (wide) file and lightly file the LH end where the number is stamped. By removing some of the surface, you may be able to identify the remains of the missing digits.

Must be flat and ever so lightly, to not damage what's left.

17760317

Shaun (am at home with my books now)

If it is 17760317 with the first digit definitely a "1" it is a 1955 86" but you are still missing a digit.

If we go back to where you told us the number you from the ID plate etc, on the chassis number there was a "1" between the "0" and the "3". If you inspect the chassis number again, could it be 177601317?

This would give us the correct sequence of nine digits and be a 1955 86" and may I say one of the better models with machined screw locks for the windows etc, before they started on the downward slope lead by the bean counter's drive to cut costs and drive efficiency. (die-cast instead of machined etc)

Diana

hey
Sorry bout that yes there is another 1 in there

hey
Sorry bout that yes there is another 1 in there

Have to agree with the man from SA they are wings.
From the first pics it looked like an 86 and I have seen a number of late 1955models with the steel front panel.
It’s a wonderful thing that there is 20 ways of telling the difference between a 86" and a 88" and if you are working of a photo this is good, but if you are there a tape is also handy.
Dennis