Thread: Lights behind the Grille

Originally Posted by bayrover

Fair dinkum, If you do a little searching (series one shop victoria) you can get the originals at not so much a dear price Leave the butchering to the other types not the 80"

Can't possibly see how bolting 2 bloody headlights is butchering the thing
when it takes all of 15 minutes to change them by un doing 2 bolts.
And the realy bad thing is the blue wires are out of a series 3
Just deduct a couple of rivets Fair Dinkum..............

Originally Posted by back_in

why use something that not correct!
when you can get the reflectors re silvered for around $150 and globes a few bucks more
then you have the best for your vehicle
do not take notice of experts who in many cases do not have these vehicles but have a lot of misguided expert info to muddy the waters
there that's my thoughts
cheers
Ian

Define "correct" Ian. If you mean original, then re-silvering and new globes are no more original than the lights Groucho chose.

As it is your right to have your opinion on what is "correct", so does Groucho (and anyone else for that matter) have the right to decide what is "correct" for their car. I appreciate the ethos of Rover genuine parts when restoring a Land-Rover; I also appreciate the variety amongst Land-Rovers ever since they first appeared on the market. For example; on the Series One Club restorations forum at the moment, there is a very scruffy 107" ute with some delightful sign-writing on the side from the 1950's listing Wolseley and Rover as the marques dealt with by the owner of of the tow-truck. It also has a BMC diesel engine conversion popular in the 1960's. What a shame if it was restored to the condition it left the factory in; that little bit of interesting history would be lost forever to replaced as they say on the forum with a "clone".

My 80" will be another green clone; I wish I knew more about its history but I am not ashamed by the modern changes I have during the restoration. In any case, the changes Groucho has made to the lighting are not irreversible and nothing of significance has been lost!

Cheers Charlie

Charlie
I have no problem with what people do with their cars
I like to see effort made to keep it close to the way it was
when you spend a $ or 2 it not much more to try and keep it as it was
my main gripe is with the non owner experts
not owners bring cars back from the brink of the wreckers
the more out there working is what it is about
cheers
Ian

Well I know the 80 inch in my garage came to me with a 2 litre motor mid 50's radiator panel and mid 50's headlights and grill. I have been lucky enough to find a proper lights behind grill setup and she will be put back on the road with massey fergusson lights bought for $40 and the 2 litre is staying as her heartbeat. I believe that is a better outcome than seeing her as a rusty garden ornament slowly oxidizing away.
Remember that landrovers epitomize the parts bin ethos. The cars originated as a hodge podge of what works and what could be found for cheap and easy.

Well i'm not sure where you get the $800 from???? Alex Ward from Classic Ob Victoria had NOS reflectors for $25 bucks a piece and for the little cost of a globe we have a nice resto. And for the fellow that said he had the displeasure of driving a 80" with candlelights etc etc etc simple solution. Get a defender or later model. I'm out of hear with my last post ever on this forum. Good luck with your modifications

bat and ball......

Originally Posted by bayrover

Well i'm not sure where you get the $800 from???? Alex Ward from Classic Ob Victoria had NOS reflectors for $25 bucks a piece and for the little cost of a globe we have a nice resto. And for the fellow that said he had the displeasure of driving a 80" with candlelights etc etc etc simple solution. Get a defender or later model. I'm out of hear with my last post ever on this forum. Good luck with your modifications

Bayrover,
(I assume you will still read the threads,)
what did this achieve?, If you don't agree with someones opinion then say so,maybe suggest why and alternatives, but if they don't come around to
your way of thinking surely its not worth leaving the forum completely!?

this would defeat the "forum" part of the whole concept.

After a period where you may cool down I hope you will resume posting.

I hope you might return too, bayrover - we can easily take the wrong end of stuff in the format that is these forums - we all love Landies - especially S1's - so we should be able to demonstrate a bit of give and take between ourselves. After all, that is why we all find ourselves here.

I read your comment as you were trying to help.

But our restos are precious to us - I also think that "butchering" is just not the plan - so sometimes we might bark back.