Thread: So what do you think??

hi i have a hard top for sale if needed for a80 inch jim

hi i have a hard top for sale if needed for a80 inch jim

modern thinking is to keep the land rover in farm patina interesting talking point at lr days but go to orignal is a little exspensive but at the end of the day it is worth it jim

I think we should try and make some pork pies russellsrovers

Thanks there Charlie. A "chassis poking screw-driver" was definitely one of the tools I was planning on taking along. (Probably the only tool I have that's correct for a Land Rover). I've photo-copied a few useful pages from the manual and Taylor's book as well as made a few notes of things to check and expected part numbers for a few items. I'm almost convinced it's a 1953 S1 after checking against the texts and the pictures. The current owner is happy enough for me to go and look again tomorrow and bring some tools. He'll also pump the tyres up and pull it out of the shed for me. I mentioned that at least one tyre was cracked from being flat so long and he said I'd be welcome to take the wheels and tyres off one of the other old LRs lying around. Part of the mission tomorrow will be to positively identify the "spares" LRs.

BTW, do you happen to know if the SII headlight will fit in the SI? The Hardtop SII he has there has two good lights while the SI is missing one. It's on the raiding list I think.

My wife caught me out referring to it as "my one" and "mine" when mentioning things about it that I find in the books. (Like "I think mine has a later model distributor like the 1955 107" model has). I asked if she wanted to come and have a look with me tomorrow and she replied "I'll just see it when it gets here".. I did suggest that if I went to see it with a car trailer it would save me the long drive every time I wanted to check some detail ... I could just walk out to the shed and look.

My brother and his partner are coming along for a look too. Her father owns a few series Land Rovers on the farm, all stored in sheds but definitely not for sale. She says if I don't buy it she will!! Apparently her Dad is quite excited by the prospect of me buying one.

Thanks too for the link to the LRS1 Club. Should be quite useful too.

Thanks for the offer on the hardtop russellrovers. Is it a "Truck cab" or a full "Hardtop"? "Mine" already has a Truck Cab and it was in pretty good nic from what I could see. I think the 80" Truck Cabs are relatively sought after if that's what you've got. There seems to be a few 80" S1's with the slightly incorrect 86/107" Truck Cabs fitted with the "b" pillars not quite right.

So I should have some more details and some more photo's tomorrow night.
Cheers
John B

Originally Posted by JayBoRover

Thanks there Charlie. A "chassis poking screw-driver" was definitely one of the tools I was planning on taking along. (Probably the only tool I have that's correct for a Land Rover). I've photo-copied a few useful pages from the manual and Taylor's book as well as made a few notes of things to check and expected part numbers for a few items. I'm almost convinced it's a 1953 S1 after checking against the texts and the pictures. The current owner is happy enough for me to go and look again tomorrow and bring some tools. He'll also pump the tyres up and pull it out of the shed for me. I mentioned that at least one tyre was cracked from being flat so long and he said I'd be welcome to take the wheels and tyres off one of the other old LRs lying around. Part of the mission tomorrow will be to positively identify the "spares" LRs.

BTW, do you happen to know if the SII headlight will fit in the SI? The Hardtop SII he has there has two good lights while the SI is missing one. It's on the raiding list I think.

My wife caught me out referring to it as "my one" and "mine" when mentioning things about it that I find in the books. (Like "I think mine has a later model distributor like the 1955 107" model has). I asked if she wanted to come and have a look with me tomorrow and she replied "I'll just see it when it gets here".. I did suggest that if I went to see it with a car trailer it would save me the long drive every time I wanted to check some detail ... I could just walk out to the shed and look.

My brother and his partner are coming along for a look too. Her father owns a few series Land Rovers on the farm, all stored in sheds but definitely not for sale. She says if I don't buy it she will!! Apparently her Dad is quite excited by the prospect of me buying one.

Thanks too for the link to the LRS1 Club. Should be quite useful too.

Thanks for the offer on the hardtop russellrovers. Is it a "Truck cab" or a full "Hardtop"? "Mine" already has a Truck Cab and it was in pretty good nic from what I could see. I think the 80" Truck Cabs are relatively sought after if that's what you've got. There seems to be a few 80" S1's with the slightly incorrect 86/107" Truck Cabs fitted with the "b" pillars not quite right.

So I should have some more details and some more photo's tomorrow night.
Cheers
John B

Your wife is a good woman. Taking a car trailer is gone! Welcome to the club!

You turn up with a car trailer and there goes your barganing power.

Originally Posted by JayBoRover

Thanks there Charlie. A "chassis poking screw-driver" was definitely one of the tools I was planning on taking along. (Probably the only tool I have that's correct for a Land Rover). I've photo-copied a few useful pages from the manual and Taylor's book as well as made a few notes of things to check and expected part numbers for a few items. I'm almost convinced it's a 1953 S1 after checking against the texts and the pictures. The current owner is happy enough for me to go and look again tomorrow and bring some tools. He'll also pump the tyres up and pull it out of the shed for me. I mentioned that at least one tyre was cracked from being flat so long and he said I'd be welcome to take the wheels and tyres off one of the other old LRs lying around. Part of the mission tomorrow will be to positively identify the "spares" LRs.

BTW, do you happen to know if the SII headlight will fit in the SI? The Hardtop SII he has there has two good lights while the SI is missing one. It's on the raiding list I think.

My wife caught me out referring to it as "my one" and "mine" when mentioning things about it that I find in the books. (Like "I think mine has a later model distributor like the 1955 107" model has). I asked if she wanted to come and have a look with me tomorrow and she replied "I'll just see it when it gets here".. I did suggest that if I went to see it with a car trailer it would save me the long drive every time I wanted to check some detail ... I could just walk out to the shed and look.

My brother and his partner are coming along for a look too. Her father owns a few series Land Rovers on the farm, all stored in sheds but definitely not for sale. She says if I don't buy it she will!! Apparently her Dad is quite excited by the prospect of me buying one.

Thanks too for the link to the LRS1 Club. Should be quite useful too.

Thanks for the offer on the hardtop russellrovers. Is it a "Truck cab" or a full "Hardtop"? "Mine" already has a Truck Cab and it was in pretty good nic from what I could see. I think the 80" Truck Cabs are relatively sought after if that's what you've got. There seems to be a few 80" S1's with the slightly incorrect 86/107" Truck Cabs fitted with the "b" pillars not quite right.

So I should have some more details and some more photo's tomorrow night.
Cheers
John B

hi john it is a full 80 inch hard top