Reply With QuoteCan you give us an idea in which part of Sydney you (or, preferably the S1) are located?
Hi guys, I am the proud new owner of Sweet Pea.......a 1950 Series 1 80". Thanks to Glen for helping fulfil a big dream!!!
It has just arrived at my mechanics from QLD and NSW being NSW the brakes aren't up to muster for blue slip. I expected this but what I am asking is can anyone recommend a good classic land rover mechanic in Sydney? My mechanic can look at it but given the speciality nature of the vehicle if I can have someone with particular knowledge in this field all the better.
I am very new to this site so please bear with me as I can only assume that this been discussed before.
Any advice is greatly appreciated
Major part of the heart and soul of AULRO.comCan you give us an idea in which part of Sydney you (or, preferably the S1) are located?
Ron B.
VK2OTC
2003 L322 Range Rover Vogue 4.4 V8 Auto
2007 Yamaha XJR1300
Previous: 1983, 1986 RRC; 1995, 1996 P38A; 1995 Disco1; 1984 V8 County 110; Series IIA
RIP Bucko - Riding on Forever
Hi Ron,
Car is presently sitting at my mechanics in Pymble
Ben
Major part of the heart and soul of AULRO.comThanks. Had you been out west, I could have made a recommendation.
I don't know much about the Series 1 but I wouldn't have thought the brakes were anything special so any mechanic (well, old school mechanic) would be able to fix them.
Ron B.
VK2OTC
2003 L322 Range Rover Vogue 4.4 V8 Auto
2007 Yamaha XJR1300
Previous: 1983, 1986 RRC; 1995, 1996 P38A; 1995 Disco1; 1984 V8 County 110; Series IIA
RIP Bucko - Riding on Forever
Wizard
SubscriberBen, a couple of suggestions. Firstly S1 brakes were never very startling, and you are going to have to learn to drive accordingly, but (providing all four brakes are still working properly) you could (a)try a more sympathetic mechanic or better still (b) look around for some softer compound brake linings. Whether these are available in said sizes I don't know but in heavy vehicle circles there are different degrees of brake shoe compounds available.
Apart from that you will possibly have to make a decision between authenticity or modifications.
Best of luck and I am happy to see that she got there in one piece.
Regards
Glen
1962 P5 3 Ltr Coupe (Gwennie)
1963 2a gunbuggy 112-722 (Onslow) ex 6 RAR
1964 2a 88" SWB 113 251 (Daisy) ex JTC
REMLR 226
OldBushie
Green Light Car Care have been recommended by a few Landy owners on here. They're at Thornleigh.
Green Light Car Care - LPG & Natural Gas Conversions - Vehicles - Thornleigh, NSW - Yellow Pages®
Scott
Wizard
SubscriberX 2.Originally Posted by Scouse
My '51 is there at the moment.
'51 Series 1 80"
'12 Defender 90
OldBushie
There you go Ben, Green Light even have a parts car ready for youMy '51 is there at the moment..
Scott
Wizard
SubscriberCoincidentally, Larry is there for work on the brakes too!!!There you go Ben, Green Light even have a parts car ready for you
'51 Series 1 80"
'12 Defender 90
Super Moderator
More than that is that there is a brake parts specialist that shares a wall with greenlight.
Apart from the master cylinder and the 1/4" brake pipes the brake mechanisms are standard with the 88" models right through to SIII. You may want to consider fitting a PBR44 inline brake booster.
Diana
BTW After being a stalled project for 5 years, my ex-RACQ '51 left the farm and came up to Sydney this week.
Note The 80" number plate on the Disco 4!
You won't find me on: faceplant; Scipe; Infragam; LumpedIn; ShapCnat or Twitting. I'm just not that interesting.
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