Thread: Tracing the untraceable? Goulburn area land rovers

Hello All,

Thought i might post up here as i've been researching the missing engine from my 48 LR R860855. The vehicle spent it's life in the Goulburn area and was found in the area around 1988-1995.

The vehicle is orgional apart from the missing 1948 side plate block and head. It still has it's complete 48 Early Flywheel, Flywheel housing, Dynamo, Dizzy and carb.

The engine in it's place is a 1954 2.0L engine. I have since had the engine traced to a vehicle

• 1954 86" 47600074 that was allocated to Claude Smith and Sons (Coffs Harbour) on the 24/11/1953

Writing to the RTA giving them the engine number i managed to get infomation that the vehicle was.

• 1955 Land Rover Green in Colour - GTS 938 - Rego Cancelled 17-March 1984
  

Now here are few facts about this engine.

• Reconditioned in 1958 by a South Australian Firm Angas Engineering
• Hole in side of block (Threw a rod at one point of it's life with Rods being numbered 1 3 3 4)
• 1948 dated Half Pennys as core plugs exhaust manifold side
• Whole engine painted in white
• Broken Corner of Head
• Chunk missing out of side of block
• Sump beaten to death!

Here's a few known details about the vehicle

• Worked on the Estate of A.A Dalglish Feb 1949 - 1954/1958
• Worked on the Estate of J.E HUNT of GOULBURN Unknown - Unknown
• Found close by to Goulburn airport on a large acreage / farm 1988-1996
• Rear of Vehicle painted in same white paint as engine
• Passenger and Drivers doors off late 1950-51 as is tailgate
• At the Local Dealers stand at the Royal Goulburn Show 1949 (I've looked everywhere for pictures)

Is there anyone in the Goulburn area that can recall any series one collectors or possibly people in the past known land rover dealers?

There is alot of facts about this vehicle that if someone knew it would not forget.

The 86" Vehicle 47600074 - Had a hard life has the engine and sump suggests. The gearbox crossmember and bell housing crossmembers on 855 are mint with no damage or very very little. Which suggests this engine was put in purily to keep 855 on the road for little cost as possible. At the time. It was a good converstion with all the correct 1948 bits being retained.

If anyone has access to NSW rego number sequences and could tell me when the GTS sequence was issued that would be a great help.

I only have the sequences up until 1951.

Anyways Enjoy the read ! I may never solve this one but there is no harm in trying.

Around 1965-66 a workmate bought a new Morris and quite by chance got plates with his initials EAG. Around 1970 another colleague went to get replacement plates following accident damage. At Rosebery then they just issued replacement plates from a stack of surrendered plates behind the counter. Again, quite by chance, he was handed EEH-179. Wasn't he chuffed.