Thread: Center different lock problems :(

Series 1 landies do not have a diff lock - they are part time 4wd - just engage 4wd and you are locked in 4wd.

Cdls did not come in until 20 odd years later with the introduction of the 101 and classic Range Rover in the late 60s - early 70s.

Garry

Originally Posted by garrycol

Series 1 landies do not have a diff lock - they are part time 4wd - just engage 4wd and you are locked in 4wd.

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except for the 80" until the 1951 model which were constant 4WD, but didn't have a centre diff. They had a freewheel unit in the front output.

Maybe the vehicle in question is a Series 1 Discovery ?


Colin

Evidence to date is exactly that.

Yesterday I sent him a message asking if it was a 1948 to 1957 Land Rover Series 1 or a Series 1 Discovery and if a Disco if he wanted the thread moved.

Today there is a new thread in the Disco 1 area, so I guess that answers our question.

In the beginning, the Rover Car Company called their new off road vehicle a Land Rover.

The name 'Land Rover' remained until the new shaped model was released which was then dubbed 'Land Rover Series two' and by default the earlier 'Land Rover' became 'Series one'.

Am I preaching to the converted here?
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Originally Posted by wrinklearthur

In the beginning, the Rover Car Company called their new off road vehicle a Land Rover.

The name 'Land Rover' remained until the new shaped model was released which was then dubbed 'Land Rover Series two' and by default the earlier 'Land Rover' became 'Series one'.

Am I preaching to the converted here?
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Yep!

They made other similarly confusing terminology:

1. the original 80" was simply the "Land Rover"
2. that was followed by the "86" Land Rover" and then also the "107" Land Rover" (the 80" became the "Early Series").
3. As stated above "Land Rover Series 2"
4. The Range Rover was simply "Range Rover", in 1984 the later Range Rover became "Phase II" making the earlier model "Range Rover Phase 1".
5. In 1994 for 12 months the early shape "Range Rover" was produced simultaneously with the P38 and was called "Range Rover Classic". A term which has now morphed into all of the early Range Rovers being called "classic" when actually only the 1994 soft dash is a "Range Rover Classic".
6. The Land Rover 110 was launched in 1983.
7. In Australia the 110 station wagon was released with the "County" trim level (similar to "Deluxe" in earlier models) in Australia the term "County" becomes the term for all Land Rover 110 including the poverty pack hard top 110s.
8. In 1989 the Land Rover "Discovery" was launched.
9. Then in 1999 the second major version of the Discovery (LR2 in the US) was launched with a "Series II" badge making all the earlier ones Discovery Series 1
10. 1990 the Land Rover 110 becomes the "Defender" which then becomes the name of all similar variants back to 1983 except in Australia which still uses "County".

And now we have people claiming the shape of the "Land Rover Series 2" is the traditional "Defender" shape!

Looks like the rivet counters are alive and well

Originally Posted by garrycol

Looks like the rivet counters are alive and well

472! (only if its a 109 hard top)