Thread: how many 48s

Originally Posted by goingbush

I just dug out these pics of an early one I spotted over the back fence of a house I was visiting in Eildon about 10 years ago. On a subsequent visit is was gone.

I forgot most of what I knew about early ones, (I restored a 49 model ) but this has the shackles on the front so puts it in the 48-49 years.

anyone know if this one has been rescued or still MIA

If the grill and lack of fish plates on the chassis are correct it's a mid to late 1950 (but not extra late 1950 with the wide front springs).

Only about 16,000 1950's were made, whereas there were only 3,000 official 1948 (of those there were likely only about 1,500 actually built in 1948) and another 4920 official 1949 models.

Remember that in the 1949 calendar year. The Rover Co. manufactured Land Rovers designated 1948, 1949 and 1950 models. All of those had the headlamps behind the grill and fishplates on the dumbirons to support the bumper bar.

The bulkhead looks like the early fabricated type and the housing surrounding the gear lever looks like the early type too...

Originally Posted by andy_d110

The bulkhead looks like the early fabricated type and the housing surrounding the gear lever looks like the early type too...

So maybe no# 005 and now a Chinese toaster!

Although the wheels aren't the early 4 1/2" ones.

When did the ring pull 4wd setup make way for the more common red and yellow levers? The reason I ask is that a contractor who did some work for me said that his father has a series one up on his property in the snowies, when I quized him he said that the lights were behind the grill and that it only had a red lever? This to me would mean it's '48-'50? It might be worn my while getting some further info..

How many of the 48's imported into Australia had the swivel pin ball housing's and the clutch and brake pedals foot plates made from bronze ?
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Originally Posted by Summiitt

When did the ring pull 4wd setup make way for the more common red and yellow levers? ...<snip>

IIRC (without access to the books here) the ring pull dissappeared around 6,000 vehicles into 1950.

They retained the freewheel unit with a yellow button until about 5,000 vehicles into 1951.

Also for a list of the 1948 sequence Vehicles to Australia. This was handed out by Michael Bishop (260AC -AULRO Forum Name) at Cooma 2008

http://www.lrsoc.com/forum/forum_files/AUSforum.pdf

For the Article that went with it

http://www.lrsoc.com/forum/forum_fil...48SARTICLE.pdf

R8664985

R Prefix: Right-hand drive (RHD)
8 Model years: 1948 to 1949
6 Model: Land Rover, Series I, 80in, petrol
6 Body type: Basic 4985 Serial number

firewall has been cut in a few spots, steering column from holden welded in, chassis really bodged up with a holden set of wishbones cut in!!

if i can work out how to get photos from my phone to the computer i'll post them...

cheers
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