Thread: Where do we start?

Originally Posted by Ausfree

Come on now Mrs HH you have enough on your plate. Can somebody educate a student here, mention was made that one of them is a Series 11a, on looking at the piccies, the one in the forground looks like a Series 11 and the one in the background looks like a Series 1? Is that correct????

nup they are both series 1's...not to early though as the head lights are outside the grill and no flashers on the firewall below the windscreen


oppss should have refreshed before I posted

Mrs hh

Originally Posted by The ho har's

nup they are both series 1's...not to early though as the head lights are outside the grill and no flashers on the firewall below the windscreen


oppss should have refreshed before I posted

Mrs hh

thanks for confirmation Mrs HH.. no worries re: refresh...

I'll also be going to the knowledgable bodies on the Series 1 forum as per Tote's advice...

Yeah, I was a little confused when a mention was made that one of them was a Series 11a. Thanks Carolyn!!

Originally Posted by Ausfree

Yeah, I was a little confused when a mention was made that one of them was a Series 11a. Thanks Carolyn!!

Hi Ausfree,

sorry to confuse you, we have a Series IIa (according to fourfold.og data), as well as 2 x series I.
I took the battery out of the SeriesIIa and put it in one of the series Is to see if I could make it sing (or clear it's throat, or something...)

177600739
appears to be a CKD RHD 1956

the other number is not a chassis number

Mrs hh

I will wake up those shortly who are the series 1's encyclopedia of knowledge

Mrs hh

Originally Posted by The ho har's

177600739
appears to be a CKD RHD 1956

the other number is not a chassis number

Mrs hh

I'm going to have to take a closer look for that chassis number..

G'day Nostromo

Two very nice purchases, both appear to be 80 inch models,post 1950,the first one (brown) is a 50/51(in May 50 headlights 7" through grille,parkers/sidelights on firewall,May 51 sidelights moved to guards) model with the headhights surrounded by the grille is quite rare now, and also the first model to have the parkers in the guards and exterior door handles51/52,the other one(green) is later, as it has the classic series 1/2/2a grille, they should both have sloping rear of door edges, but, if one has square rear edges then it is an 86 inch model,the original early motor was a 1595cc unit which was replaced in August 51by a 1997cc unit(2 litre siamese bore) both motors being side/overhead valve configeration,post Oct 1953 the motor was improved with the 2ltre "spread-bore" which stayed in production until the 2.25 ltre OHV of 1958/9 series 2 models.


Hope that is of help to you


cheers