Thread: Australias Oldest Land Rover

Originally Posted by andy_d110

They all look grey in old black and white photos.

No actually everything was really grey or black and white...
those photos are colour - the world was B&W.

(this is how I explained my childhood photos to my kids. )

They all look grey in old black and white photos.

I had better be careful at the traffic lights then?

Les's Land Rover was the same colour light grey inside and out.

Good point about the undercoat being grey paint, I had better look for that service update, as it said something about that.

Les Wells, if he was still alive today would be aged somewhere about 110 to 120 years old, so I can't introduce him to you except by description and I guess that his Land Rover is the much the same, as I don't know where I can find any evidence of it's existence.

It's a bit like the story of the WW2 Harley Davidson motor bikes in boxes, but then, they did dig up those WW2 planes ( Spitfires? ) in South East Asia!
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Originally Posted by wrinklearthur

I had better be careful at the traffic lights then?

Les's Land Rover was the same colour light grey inside and out.

Good point about the undercoat being grey paint, I had better look for that service update, as it said something about that.

Les Wells, if he was still alive today would be aged somewhere about 110 to 120 years old, so I can't introduce him to you except by description and I guess that his Land Rover is the much the same, as I don't know where I can find any evidence of it's existence.
It's a bit like the story of the WW2 Harley Davidson motor bikes in boxes, but then, they did dig up those WW2 planes ( Spitfires? ) in South East Asia!
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Arthur,

You have the knowledge of it and the interest in its fate. Enquiries in the area where Les lived could turn up leads, even photos like those published in the thread - it could be an exciting hunt! It is always possible that you may find it too. About a quarter of the pre-1500 vehicles sent to Australia over sixty years ago have turned up since Michael's research was published and generated the interaction of enthusiasts.

Bob

Originally Posted by digger

Originally Posted by andy_d110

They all look grey in old black and white photos.

No actually everything was really grey or black and white...
those photos are colour - the world was B&W.

(this is how I explained my childhood photos to my kids. )

I was a bit worried, I knew the World didn't become coloured till after WW1 but I frequently didn't know what to think when I saw WWII movies in colour.

Then I realised they were only made in colour for us post-War baby boomers.

Here's some info about R860130 and how it was found in WA's south west.

Untitled Document

http://www.series123.com/AUShomepage...x24/index.html

Note how it has also faded to a greyish colour.

Hi , It looks like a 49 grill , yhe 48's had one extra horozontal bar in the grill (16) bars the 49 - 50 had (15) bars in the grill . The bottom bar was closser to the bottom of the grill. If you count the number of bars in the grill of the old photo & the photo of the 48 with the P3 & truck in the background this grill has 16 bars to the other ones 15.
Wayne

I believe it is just the hot Australian sun fading them for sure because up until mid 49 they were all light green

This is the true original color on my 49 that was under a double skin and never seen the light of day.



Cheers Richard

Originally Posted by incisor

seems to be two colours

left hand row is darker than right hand row?