Thread: Show us your S1.

Yeah, it appears to be an original Station Wagon.

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Ray

Don't base that conclusion on the hardtop though - you need to look for the clues in the rest of the body. Unfortunately unless you have some sort of dealer records - there is nothing in the chassis number to identify a station wagon.

Things like door stay fittings under the dash, rear seat mounting brackets and holes, evidence of front upholstery, internal light switch and bracket on the dash, rear step mounting holes on the rear cross member - original car colour (most often grey). If you have the front doors - the door stay mount, locks on the door, locks on the windows and evidence of door trims.

Garry

Originally Posted by garrycol

Don't base that conclusion on the hardtop though - you need to look for the clues in the rest of the body. Unfortunately unless you have some sort of dealer records - there is nothing in the chassis number to identify a station wagon.

Things like door stay fittings under the dash, rear seat mounting brackets and holes, evidence of front upholstery, internal light switch and bracket on the dash, rear step mounting holes on the rear cross member - original car colour (most often grey). If you have the front doors - the door stay mount, locks on the door, locks on the windows and evidence of door trims.

Garry

Also the rear tub aperture upright galvanised finisher panels on either side of the tub door/tailgate aperture. These have hinge fittings and door catch positions and are quite different to the standard tub tailgate aperture that only has tailgate seals.

Bob

Originally Posted by rayhyland

Yeah, it appears to be an original Station Wagon.

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Ray

Hi Ray
The one sure way to identify a genuine Station wagon is by looking at the rear corner of the tub

On all Landrover EXCEPT Station Wagons their is a hole punched for a bolt to hold the rear pipe for the canvas

On Station Wagons the hole is only half punched out.

Rear corner above the rear light



Zoomed in you can see the half punched hole



Cheers Richard

Hi Richard,

I believe you meant to say on all 86/88 Series 1 Station Wagons that the rear corner finisher socket tube is incomplete compared to a standard 86/88 vehicle. Great photo illustrating the socket tube!

Series 2 and later have the hood sticks/bows retained by a u-shaped plate above the capping clamping a flange on the hood stick/bow.

Bob

Originally Posted by bobslandies

Also the rear tub aperture upright galvanised finisher panels on either side of the tub door/tailgate aperture. These have hinge fittings and door catch positions and are quite different to the standard tub tailgate aperture that only has tailgate seals.

Bob

yep, that's what mine has so that's why I concluded it was a station wagon.

I will look for the "half punched hole" tomorrow in the daylight.

Originally Posted by bobslandies

Also the rear tub aperture upright galvanised finisher panels on either side of the tub door/tailgate aperture. These have hinge fittings and door catch positions and are quite different to the standard tub tailgate aperture that only has tailgate seals.

Bob

Originally Posted by rayhyland

yep, that's what mine has so that's why I concluded it was a station wagon.

Be aware that when someone puts a station wagon roof on a basic they often also take the parts that Bob mentions above and put them on the basic to make the rear door work.

Do you have all the specialist station wagon bits like rear seats and doors or did you just get what are in your pics?

Cheers

Garry

So far, just what's in the pics.

It did have what appears to be a factory-installed or dealer-installed heater in the rear area. There are two asbestos-wrapped water pipes coming from the engine that pass under the seating compartment, and come up and through the rear tub's front bulkhead to a heater core that was mounted on the back of that rear tub bulkhead. The holes in the rear bulkhead for the heater-tubes appear punched, not drilled, that's why I am guessing it was factory installed.

But then, I am only a week into this, and everything is new still.

Cheers

Ray