Thread: Look what I bought today

Jeff at a quick glance I'd say you have a very late 1950 or 1951.

More than that geven the type of grill badge, my guess is it's a late 1950.

Diana

Diana,

What made me think it was early 50's was it has the little lights on the top of the fire wall ( I think there parking lights ) and i've only seen them on early 50's series 1's. I think I have got a great starting point, I can't wait to get home , when I do I'll check out numbers to see exactly what year it is. The other interesting thing about it is the rear tail lights and indicators have the army type surronds on them, I have never seen that on a series 1, any thoughts?

Cheers Jeff

Ain't she sweet.


Well done.

Love it!

Originally Posted by outback jeff

Diana,

What made me think it was early 50's was it has the little lights on the top of the fire wall ( I think there parking lights ) and i've only seen them on early 50's series 1's. I think I have got a great starting point, I can't wait to get home , when I do I'll check out numbers to see exactly what year it is. The other interesting thing about it is the rear tail lights and indicators have the army type surronds on them, I have never seen that on a series 1, any thoughts?

Cheers Jeff

Does it have shackles on the front or the back of the front springs?

I'd say that the tailight surrounds are a later addition of a 2a or later.

Originally Posted by outback jeff

Diana,

What made me think it was early 50's was it has the little lights on the top of the fire wall ( I think there parking lights ) and i've only seen them on early 50's series 1's. < Yes the firewall side lights were only fitted from 1948 till very late in 1951 production. AULRO member Larry has a late 1951 without the firewall side lamps. The good thing about them is you can work on the engine with the sidelights on. >I think I have got a great starting point, I can't wait to get home , when I do I'll check out numbers to see exactly what year it is. The other interesting thing about it is the rear tail lights and indicators have the army type surronds on them, I have never seen that on a series 1, any thoughts? < Retro fitted >

Cheers Jeff

you'll be looking for a number 061????? for a 1950 or 16?6????. For both those they should be on the transfer box instruction plate near the steering wheel. The chassis number will be stamped on the flat top of the LHS engine mount (or very unlikely on the top of the chassis rail just in front of the same engine mount - this only happened at Annand & Thompson and usually only on the 1952 and later vehicles.

The tail lamp guards were usually only fitted to government contract vehicles, mostly the Army ones, but I have never seen them as original equipment on an 80" IRL or in archival photos.

The 80" are great fun for thin people of average height or shorter but are a squeeze if the circumference has expanded over the years!

One of the local wrecks I found was a "in-between" type with the larger 7" headlights, but still with skinny front springs. That set up was original factory for a short period. If you follow the factory change over point car number sequence, it all adds up Maybe that outback jeff one is similar. Or could be a retro-fit later grill in it ?

Mike

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

" The 80" are great fun for thin people of average height or shorter but are a squeeze if the circumference has expanded over the years!

In that case I might not be able to buy that S1 I found, (It's a 52 and has the Annand & Thompson badge on the right hand side of the steering wheel). Nice one though Jeff.

Cheers Ian