Thread: cheaper 5 inch butler lights (behind grill)

Heres the originals for comparison

eBay Motors: 2 LAND ROVER SERIES ONE Massey Ferguson BUTLERS LAMPS. (item 140194015254 end time Nov-22-08 15:44:20 PST)

Well done Mick!

Nice to find something at a sensible price,

Cheers Charlie

thanks Mick

I notice the screw rim fixing position is at 90 degrees to the base flange ..on the real 80" thing .. the rim screw is 180 degrees or opposite the main mounting flange . But its Ok for that price .. you cannot complain .

Also , you would have to track down the flat fluted glass lenses ..I've seen these on Epay for ridiculous money too. Your local glazier may help you out ....they can cut round bits for you really cheap.

Looking at the vendors main page ..they have some repro items for Fergy TE20 series tractors e.g., top end gasket sets for $35 ... and engine rebuild kits for a good price too. When is somebody going to wake up and manufacture repro parts for Series 1 Land Rovers .. we are screaming out for engine spares and those other hard to get things . At the moment, a few businesses in the world ( UK mainly ) seem to have the S1 market all to themselves - they probably stocked up on parts 20 years ago when the demand was lower... now they are cashing in .

As I said earlier, there is a huge aftermarket array of parts available for WW2 Jeeps these days .. engine parts are cheap as chips. Why should we pay $600 for four lousy pistons... when others pay 1/3 rd of that .

I'm rambling on..better stop !

Mike

Well done Mick. I see that this fella sells the pre-cleaner that I have been after as well

I think they are close enough for the price. They will give that S1 its charm back. Good find
Tony

Originally Posted by series1buff

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As I said earlier, there is a huge aftermarket array of parts available for WW2 Jeeps these days .. engine parts are cheap as chips. Why should we pay $600 for four lousy pistons... when others pay 1/3 rd of that .

I'm rambling on..better stop !

Mike

It perhaps has something to do with the fact that there were around 200,000 Series 1 Landrovers built, in five different wheelbases and with four different engines, compared to around 650,000 WW2 Jeeps, all essentially identical (not including around 10,000 non-standardised versions or postwar Hotchkiss production). This means that theoretically the market should be more than three times as large, without allowing for the fact that there was far more variation in the Landrovers - very few parts are the same between a 1949 80" and a 1958 107 diesel, for example.

John

Yep im going to pick up a precleaner as well. The lenses on the light are fluted just for others reference. He also has a Ford tractor light that may also work. Take the cheap stuff where we can get it.

Those side- light assemblies look pretty close to what I need for Shorty as well