While driving to work this moring I spotted a decent looking series 1 in the main street, being rather curious and foolish I stopped to enquire about it on my way back this afternoon, now I am buying it for $400.
The chassis is buggered from what I can tell, no worries I have a good chassis already, this one has all the bits and pieces in good and straight condition that I want for my '57, even thogh it wold be a '54-'56.
Rear tub is nice and straight, it has the orig. 2L petrol, need a starter motor and possibly fuel pump, we will see, motor turns over ok with the starter handle though.
I just look at it as a pile of spares that happens to be in one piece at the moment.
I forgot to add that I hoped to walk around the back of this vehicle and see a good set of pork pies but was faced with d-lamps, my '57 had della red beacons (with only the cast bases left now) which I don't think I have ever seen a pic of, unless they are the same externally as pork pies.
Last edited by Surly One; 14th May 2009 at 07:45 PM.
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Shes Home.
No. 47660460 Eng No. 47101475
Actually got the engine to run briefly today with a good amount of crank starting, should be ok with a bit more tinkering and some new bits.
She had a few tools and a jack still with her, they look original.
So much to do.
The hard top came off an 88" in Kempsey NSW, there was a lady had 4 series ones that her ex left behind and I wanted a good hard top for my project, I would have taken the lot if I had room.
My '57 came with a couple of 2.25 diesels but I really wanted a 2 litre petrol, so when I saw this one I grabbed it right away (actually I have bought both my landies from places no more than 4 blocks away).
I'll have a bit of a better look at the 2 litre on my next couple of days off, shes only done a smidge over 71000 miles. She has not been started for around 5 years but seems to have pretty good compression, I will have to find a new starter motor for her though, her orig. starter was sent in for work and dissapeared, thats what forced her retirement.
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