Thread: 49 S1 80"

What colour is it's chassis? This will tell us if it is an early or late '49. I am thinking that it is a late '49. Does it have a side plate engine? Or were these updated by now? I can see under all of the layers of paint hints of the correct early green colour.

Aaron.

By the numbers its a March-April 1949.

Chassis is dead straight and solid but is covered in mud.

Looking forward to sourcing all the bits

Looks great do you have any better photos of the vehicle?

Should be Light Green Body with Light Green Chassis which makes it a late 49.

im liking the rear tail lights they look like they are in good conditions i wish mine were

I don't know if the early tail lights were chrome under the paint? I have a chrome set of reproduction D lights for mine as black ones were a little hard to get here in Aus.

Congratualtions on your early 80" find. I would have a big smile on my face if I had an early one. Then again I would also have a storage problem, or should that be a bigger storage problem than my current one.

Quite a lot of conjecture here.

Just to re-cap, 1948 models were made until about February 1949 ending with 863000 followed immediately by the first of the official 1949 models 8663001 and 1949 production finished in August 1949 with 8667920.

The early 1949's were made in sage green colour and ended with bronze green after the first of the Britt Army contracts.

In NSW R8665278 and R8665487 arrived in Port Jackson on the 25th July 1949 meaning that they had to have been assembled in the UK in April, May or the first week of June at the latest. The dates stamped on the parts and assemblies are usually about 1 month before the vehicle assembly.

D lamps on Land Rover 80" were black coloured.

Hi all
The number of owners that are not content to have a great 50, they want to turn it into a 49
are giving me the ..........
I would love a 48........ but I have a 49 with a few bits on it that say I could call it a 48, the owner before me had the car reg. as a 48.........but it is still a 49.
So for god's sake a 48 born in 49 is still a 48
a 49 born in 48 is still a 49, a 50 born in 49 is still a 50
why is it that some people have a problem calling a car the year land Rover said it was instead of trying to make what it is not.
Some Land rover owner's need the oil changed between their ears. before they change the oil in the car.
now that is off my chest.
cheers
ian

Originally Posted by back_in

Hi all
The number of owners that are not content to have a great 50, they want to turn it into a 49
are giving me the ..........
I would love a 48........ but I have a 49 with a few bits on it that say I could call it a 48, the owner before me had the car reg. as a 48.........but it is still a 49.
So for god's sake a 48 born in 49 is still a 48
a 49 born in 48 is still a 49, a 50 born in 49 is still a 50
why is it that some people have a problem calling a car the year land Rover said it was instead of trying to make what it is not.
Some Land rover owner's need the oil changed between their ears. before they change the oil in the car.
now that is off my chest.
cheers
ian

So what are you saying it is then Ian? By the numbers Diana has provided it is a 49.