Thread: g'day all!

By far the most common colour for Series 1 86s was bronze green, although I believe there were other colours, but most of these are either very rare or not seen at all in Australia. Earlier Series 1s were usually a lighter shade of green, and I'm not sure when the change to the darker green was made - may not have been until the 88 was introduced. To find the original colour of the one you have, find a place where the original paint has always been covered, for example under a fitting.

I am not sure what colour sandglow is, but I cannot recall ever seeing a Series 1 any sort of sandy colour, although this became usual for Series 3 lwb.

John

Sandglow is the camel trophy vehicles colour.

just a welcome to the site, welcome

Originally Posted by jimbo110

Sandglow is the camel trophy vehicles colour.

In that case I am certain that it was never a Series 1 colour, at least not in this country. However, some users, notably BMR and DCA painted theirs various shades of yellow and orange.

John

thanks all. i have been looking through LR magazines and cars painted in camel trophy colours seem to differ a lot in shades. the actual photos of the camel trophy show a fairly deep orange colour but not sure if that is actually sandglow. the other problem is trying to find good examples of series one LR's painted in anything but green. dont mind the green (both greens) but would be good to get an idea of other colours before i splash out and by expensive paint. most restored cars seem to be green or grey. anyhow thanks for the feedback.

Originally Posted by lyallthecrocodile

............ most restored cars seem to be green or grey......

That is because that is the colour they were originally!

Colour choice on Landrovers was very limited until the late 1970s at least, more so in Australia than the home market. From my memory Series 1 swb were almost all green, lighter for the early ones, although the 88 that I had was a very dark khaki colour, that I think was original, although like most of the ones that were not green it was probably to special order. Series 1 107s and 109s were almost always grey.

John

Hi there

I have a 1954?

Wayne

Originally Posted by ellard

Hi there

I have a 1954?

Wayne

......[/IMG]

Certainly looks as if it is original paint - but the black paint on the front mudguard suggests that it may have been an after market import. It looks as if it originally had the number painted on the black field in two lines - was this ever legal in SA? Certainly was not in Vic/NSW/Qld, at least in the period we are talking about, but I don't know about other states.

John