Thread: Bundalenes '51 Restoration

Originally Posted by JDNSW

It may be, but it was made nearly sixty-five years ago, and could have had the hardtop put on at any stage in its history, although it is pretty certain the hardtop was made in the fifties - perhaps a bargain deal on some surplus 80" hardtops after the 86 appeared?

John

hi i have a original hard top here i will get the s1ze and lenght they dont hangover like that

I have borrowed 4 hubs and associated parts off the roo shooting buggy to turn our 51 into a rolling chassis when it eventually comes out of the molasses bath.









The springs are from elsewhere.



Erich

While we were on our two day road trip in southern NSW earlier this week, we decided to try and find some information about our 1951 Landy, the chassis of which is in the molasses bath.
The information I have, which is signwritten on the vehicle…is ….D.C. Kensit, Aubyn Vale, Narrawa and C.D. Jeffery, 22 Bradley Street, Goulburn.









Researching the Kensit family….Percy Cecil Kensit (1888-1957) is buried at Narrawa Church Cemetery so we called in to pay our respects. There are many Kensit family members buried here, and in the grave next to Percy is his wife….Dulcie Catherine Kensit. So..it seems perhaps this Landrover was the property of a Lady??? The Kensit family owned (maybe still own) large acreage in the Narrawa/Crookwell area.







I little info on Percy Kensit

Obituary - Percy Cecil Kensit - Obituaries Australia




We had hoped to drive along the Aubyn Vale Road, but we were towing a trailer with the Landrover acquired at Temora at the time, and I wasn’t going to risk it as the track was quite steep.







We will wander down there again shortly and hopefully talk with some locals …or maybe (hopefully) find a Kensit family member. It would be great to know the history of the car and even better to see some old photographs!

The house at 22 Bradley Street Goulburn still exists, although we did not call in as it was late in the day and we still had a couple of hours to drive home. However, I intend contacting the four Jeffrey families who live in Goulburn …hopefully one may be a relative of C.D. Jeffrey.

Acquiring and restoring an old Landrover is interesting enough, and even though my wife isn’t all that interested in the actual restoration …she is quite interested in learning about the history of the vehicle and those who owned it in the past.…almost like an Ancestry search, or like the show “Who Do You Think You Are”.

One step forward and 3 steps back. Sometimes I try to get ahead of myself.


I took the cover off the molasses bath last Thursday and the brew was going off. The water was quite cold. Friday we expected a maximum of 40 degrees hare so I set up a heat exchanger with a roll of Poly pipe we bought for some garden sprinklers. The temperature rose considerably by the evening. However, the stench from the bath was awful and the brew had all but stopped working,




We removed it today as there was little activity in the brew - possibly too cold for too long, or not as good molasses, possibly a bit weaker solution ' who knows.











I was quite disappointed with the finish, not nearly as good an outcome as the firewall. Maybe my expectations are a bit high.

One thing the bath did reveal is that the chassis needs work - there are 3 rust holes, one in a bad spot near the steering relay box




Up front behind the dumb iron




Very rear left side







Erich

Originally Posted by Bundalene

While we were on our two day road trip in southern NSW earlier this week, we decided to try and find some information about our 1951 Landy, the chassis of which is in the molasses bath.
The information I have, which is signwritten on the vehicle is.D.C. Kensit, Aubyn Vale, Narrawa and C.D. Jeffery, 22 Bradley Street, Goulburn.



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The house at 22 Bradley Street Goulburn still exists, although we did not call in as it was late in the day and we still had a couple of hours to drive home. However, I intend contacting the four Jeffrey families who live in Goulburn hopefully one may be a relative of C.D. Jeffrey.

Acquiring and restoring an old Landrover is interesting enough, and even though my wife isnt all that interested in the actual restoration she is quite interested in learning about the history of the vehicle and those who owned it in the past. almost like an Ancestry search, or like the show Who Do You Think You Are.

Erich

C D Jeffrey was the Land Rover Dealer in Goulburn. The vehicle must have been a demonstrator or company car or both.

Isn't the address 122 Bradley St?

BTW: If you're going to contact a Jeffrey in Goulburn, I'd start with C.F. Jeffrey, the only one in town with a business phone.

Hey Erich, nice restore mate, on the Kensit family, we have a John Kensit at my work, I can ask if he has relatives from that area or knows of these Kensits, you never know, he may be directly related.

Baz.

Thanks Baz, I have not heard of the name before. What we are really after, that is as well as a bit of history, is a pic of the Series 1 in action or even just a photo of it on the farm.




Erich

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

Erich

C D Jeffrey was the Land Rover Dealer in Goulburn. The vehicle must have been a demonstrator or company car or both.

Isn't the address 122 Bradley St?

BTW: If you're going to contact a Jeffrey in Goulburn, I'd start with C.F. Jeffrey, the only one in town with a business phone.

Hi, you are right, it is 122, which is the address we checked out, that is a typo in that post. Thanks heaps for that information



Erich