Thread: Operation "86 inch revival"

G,day looks like fun days are ahead lol. As for the scrap Land rover place at Apsley I think your refering to a guy called Dennis he has alot of Landy stuff but be prepaired as he comands high prices for his stuff.
Good luck with your restoration.

Your estimates are correct, likely somewhere around September going by production year dates and vehicles sold in NSW on either side of yours.

Being an Annand and Thompson assembled vehicle you will probably find the chassis number stamped on the flat top of the LHS chassis rail between the engine mount bracket and the radiator support.

The engine is in the correct number sequence to be the original engine. There is no way we can know for sure because the A&T records have been lost and the UK records do not record engine numbers for CKD vehicles.

BTW I think the 86" are great - the rust in the footwells are very repairable, you may even be able to use the repair panels for the series 2 and 3 models with a little effort. The place to check is around the vents at the A pillar and in the centre of the firewall and the outrigger where the brake master cylinder goes through (on both sides).

Diana

Cheers guys

I'm also trying to identify the particular motor, so as to get the right carb. Attached are a couple of pics and the engine number is in a previous post below. Is this a later full-oil circulation motor. What type of carb did that take?

Cheers

Ian

1956 86" S1 (More confident of that now)

The steering wheel photo is included just because I love it and I can't believe it still manages to hold together in it's condition. When I get a better one I will be mounting it and hanging it in the pool room.

Thanks Diana

Interested in your comments about the repair sections. Where do you get them from?

The real problem with the bulkhead is rot further up, fiddly many layered rot, from just below the instrument shelf on both sides to the vents and top rail. I feel the fire wall is a write off. Suprisingly the chassis is reasonably solid, apart fom a couple of lacy outriggers.

Ian

1956 86" S1

Welcome to the forum mate, good looking project you got there. Your best for finding parts is eBay or right here on AULRO. Quite a few members have acess to a good range of parts off wrecks they have. Best bet is post it up on here and see who replies. Alternatively you can post a wanted add in the Markets section.

From experience I can tell you that Series Landy parts are thin on the ground at brisbane wreckers. Sailsbury has a IIA and III LWB (got a few parts from those trucks on my IIA ) and thats about it untill you get to Gympie. New parts are pretty well catered for from MR Automotive in Redcliffe or FWD Motors at yerrongpilly(sp) just to name a couple. MR carries alot of genuine stuff and the blokes there have good experience with Series Landys.

Originally Posted by iannuls

First up, I need a 1956 2L carb

Ian

and most of us are looking for one too ..Many of them were ditched cos most series 1's had a Holden Stromberg fitted ... or in many cases , the whole Holden motor !

I might be able to help you with chassis bits and a firewall but not for at least six months or so, I need it to hold the rest of the vehicle together until then.

For the repair sections for the footwells, anyone who sells Brit parts, so try MR Automotive in Qld, FWD in Blackburn (not my preferred source) or find someone who as a bending brake and fold them yourself. The top of the firewall you will have to do yourself. If you are not a welder either learn or use Sikkoflex and sealed pop rivets to make up the footwells then gas or TIG or MIG welding to glue it to the original bulkhead.

The other option is to find a wrecked Landy from west of the ranges, they usually have dead mudguards but relatively rust free firewalls.

All the series 1 engines use the 32 PB Solex what is different is the jetting. That can be changed to suit your engine by an carby specialist.