Is it worth restoring?

**JDNSW** · 31st October 2011, 06:57 AM

Originally Posted by Warb

John (or anybody else!)

Just to try and avoid wire brushing half the chassis, when you say "the near side engine mount" do you mean the actual protrusion from the chassis to which the rubber block is attached? Or the chassis itself in that area? And, because the vehicle is in long grass and it's snake season, to avoid any needless crawling underneath the vehicle, do you happen to know which way the number faces (do I need to be in front, behind, above, below etc.!).

It should be on the top of the actual protrusion from the chassis, but I think it is on the RH engine mount. Unfortunately at that stage of production things were not necessarily well organised, and I would not be at all surprised if it were somewhere else! (Saw my second snake of the season yesterday!)

John

**123rover50** · 31st October 2011, 07:06 AM

If its an 80" it is on top of the short LH engine mount that is welded to the chassis. It can be read from over the mugguard from the LHS and is right beside the rubber. It may have 4 digits before it which is the build number. Ignore those. Some 50,s did not have the R in front so just start with the 061 etc. If its not there some knockdowns had them stamped along the top of the chassis and again I have one I cant find a number anywhere.

**digger** · 31st October 2011, 09:08 AM

Originally Posted by series1buff

Richard

Those would be NZ prices . The early models are fairly common over here . The number of 80" sales in Australia is just under 10,000. The Snowy scheme bought around 2000 1950 models alone, If I am correct. Just around my locality , I know of quite a few 80" models . A few months ago, I missed the 49 model in town here - I kept my eye on it but somebody ELSE got under the radar ! Actually, the free wheel models are easier to find here in my region than the later select type when I think about it. The local agents in town must have sold quite a few. I bought two 1950 parts donors for $150 each 6 years ago... Mike

SLIGHT THREAD DEVIATION...

I need virtually all the front of an early 80!!
I have a holden engine, late radiator support fitted to my '49.

Need radiator support, @ correct period engine, and front guards... (mine has some from an 86") so if you do come across some of these feel free to PM me..

Cheers
Digger

end of detour... thanks

**Warb** · 31st October 2011, 09:39 AM

Originally Posted by JDNSW

Saw my second snake of the season yesterday!

As the friend who "found" this Series 1 and it's owner were leaning on it having a chat, the farmer pointed at the ground between them and said "now you just behave yourself". My friend was confused, but then looked down and watched a brown snake slowly uncoil itself and slither away!

At this point I can't see any numbers on or around the front passenger side engine mount, and the driver side mount is hidden by other parts. However there is a great deal of dirt and old paint etc. so there might be a number in there somewhere, but it will have to wait a while!

There is, however, a brass disc on the radiator, with a large 2 in the middle and a small 50 underneath. From what Arthur said earlier I imagine this means the radiator was made in February 1950. So the number on the bulkhead and the radiator agree!

I've now learned that the Coke bottle wired to the windscreen was the "fuel tank" to gravity feed it when it was shown with the engine running at a clearing sale 15 years ago, after which is was never touched. However my trusty starting handle tells me that the engine isn't seized!

And pouring diesel in the bores of a '59 Series 2 I picked up at the same time has unstuck that motor, so it's spinning freely too! It had been driven in to a shed many years ago, so I suspected it had just glued up in the bores.

But now I must spend a few days farming..!

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