Thread: My series 1 Snowy

Yes paint colour was definatly green. What i meant was the trim on the seats. I was haveing a look at the gods must be crazy clips on youtube and i could swear it also has red seats?

Hi there

What i meant was the trim on the seats. I was haveing a look at the gods must be crazy clips on youtube and i could swear it also has red seats?

The fire engines had the poppy red seat, and the drivers seat back looks original - but I suspect they 3/4 seat back is not original.
All the best

Wayne

The 3/4 seat looks like the originals from a 107 wagon.

Diana

it cant be so was the snowy scheme not built solely by the fj40 as every one says hahahaha good luck with the resto my 86 came with red seats and look to be factory but thats hard to say used to have a heater too once

hey mate,

congrats on your newly found toy. will be following your resto.
also on the topic of the SMH someone at work today was telling me about the people who worked there were licensed to carry guns. why was this?

Chris

Originally Posted by 460cixy

it cant be so was the snowy scheme not built solely by the fj40 as every one says hahahaha good luck with the resto my 86 came with red seats and look to be factory but thats hard to say used to have a heater too once

The people who used Toyotas were Theiss Constructions, who also became the national importer of Toyota. They only started using the 20 Series and the FJ 35 (butterbox) station wagon after 1958 a decade since Land Rover started working on the scheme. The 20 series only had hi range until the 40 series came onto the project sometime after 1960 and they continued with only a three speed box until the mid 1970's.

The SMHEC/SMHEA used Land Rovers right through to the 1970's when the construction phase of the scheme was officially complete.

i was only pulling ya chain i have a fella at work that wont believe me and takes the **** out of my deffer any chance he can get but wont come 4x4ing with me any how best get back on topic

I wasn't sure, the Snowy Scheme Museum at Adaminaby was originally sponsored by Toyota and one of their original conditions was that there were to be no Land Rovers depicted in the collection, basically Toyota were denying the first decade of the scheme. The sponsorship has now lapsed and last time I spoke to the curators of the museum they were looking for a Land Rover that had been on the scheme.