Thread: 1956 Series 1 with PTO welder (home made)

I'm making a handle for a Shelley jack I picked up at a Trash & Treasure market so I thought I'd check out the jack handle on the Series I.

Now I've owned the Series I since 2007 and know that it has a King Dick jack but never really looked at the handle. It's mounted in Terry clips behind the seats and when examined it I found that the socket on the end is forged onto the end of the solid bar !

I can make one down the local woodwork club I just need an idea what it looks like.

There is one at the end of this thread I started years back Land Rover jacks
It looks like it's tapered along the whole length, I was going to turn up something more fancy with just the tapered section in the middle.
Or I could buy one......Jack Handle - Wooden (FF007211) for Land Rover Series IIA/III

Anyone have an original, does it look like the one from Famous Four ??


Colin

I made up the handle for my Shelley LJ25 Jack using a early RR jack handle. I welded the two sections of the handle together & modified the end that fits into the jack. I bought the wooden handle the UK. I will get you a photo tomorrow & the length .

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Found photo of the Jack & handle I made from the RR handle. Also photo of my complete tool kit that has taken many years to find. I will measure the length of the handle tomorrow.
Depending on which Shelley jack you have what the jack end of the handle looks like ,mine has a spade shape.

Originally Posted by 1950landy

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Found photo of the Jack & handle I made from the RR handle. Also photo of my complete tool kit that has taken many years to find. I will measure the length of the handle tomorrow.
Depending on which Shelley jack you have what the jack end of the handle looks like ,mine has a spade shape.

The Shelley jack has a square socket 3/4" across flats.
The steel section will be straightforward it was the wooden T-handle I need to make, yours looks like the one from Famous Four.

Thanks,

Colin

I have bought a Shelley jack from a later Series that had the Sq at one time from a guy in Bathurst , I pasted it on to a mate who had a later S1. I can remember a few years back I bought 4 Shelley LJ25 jacks at Toowoomba Swap & none came with handles, have passed them on to other owners. The LJ25 is correct for 1949 / 50 .

Yours should be much easer to make jack_shelleyLJ23c.jpg I had about 15 of the RR jack handles , am not sure if I have any left, if I do you can have a set for free, I will check it will save you a lot of time making the end the wooden handle fits into.

Thanks, I was just going to weld a piece of thick wall tube on some 5/8" rod and a short piece of 3/4 square on t'other end. Not going to bother with the taper in the socket for the wooden handle.
Hopefully I never have to use it anyway ....

Colin

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This is what I have which is a copy of an original LJ 25 handle . every thing should be the same on yours except the end that fits into the jack. Not sure if the longer wheel base had a longer handle though to reach under the centre of the spring pad.

Originally Posted by 1950landy

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This is what I have which is a copy of an original LJ 25 handle . every thing should be the same on yours except the end that fits into the jack. Not sure if the longer wheel base had a longer handle though to reach under the centre of the spring pad.

The forged eye on mine is different and the rod is round not square.
Might have been supplied with the King Dick jack so different supplier, different handle ? Also may have been changed at some point over the years because the flat on the end has been filed or ground at some point.

How about this ....... a website devoted to classic British car jacks ! Vehicle Jack Index
King Dick is not mentioned for Land Rover so maybe it was changed at some point but it does mention that LR would have sourced various jacks depending on price or availability at the time.

A few names from the past on there, Harvey Frost were based in a town in the UK I lived in as a young bloke (long time ago....), also made cranes for wrecking trucks.
Ernest Lake plus Lake & Elliot were in a town I was living in 22 years ago before heading to Australia.

Colin