Thread: Tickford @ Coffs Harbour.

To add to the discussion on tail gate hinges, here are piks of 379, when it was for sale on the sunshine coast 15 odd years ago. Before it was bought by its present owner.Compare the rear with the pik Diana posted earlier.
Another mystery is 379 has lights through the grill, while the photo I posted of the Coffs 384 show lights behind the grill.

Hi BSF Nut Could you send me a P.M. please, I cant work out how it works. Re reuniting the mt with the body.

Cheers Didiman.

Originally Posted by 123rover50

To add to the discussion on tail gate hinges, here are piks of 379, when it was for sale on the sunshine coast 15 odd years ago. Before it was bought by its present owner.Compare the rear with the pik Diana posted earlier.
Another mystery is 379 has lights through the grill, while the photo I posted of the Coffs 384 show lights behind the grill.

In production vehicles (as opposed to Tickfords) the head lights sticking through the grille panel was introduced at veh 06111547 (produced about April 1950). The fishplate type chassis ended at 06103841 (around November 1949). 379 was delivered here in October 1950.

Of interest is that the first Land Rover that went to Tickfords was pre-production L20 in mid 1948 so they were mindful of the potential of an "estate car" right from the start.

Bob

Just to add a clearer picky of the earlier hinge



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Maybe I could do a replica now that I am approaching retirement. Replica GTHOs go for 10 times the value of the donor vehicle - maybe I could do the same with a Tickford replica.

Garry

Originally Posted by bobslandies

In production vehicles (as opposed to Tickfords) the head lights sticking through the grille panel was introduced at veh 06111547 (produced about April 1950).

According to the TP111/G book the headlamps poked through the grille at 06200311 & 06300031

Originally Posted by bobslandies

The fishplate type chassis ended at 06103841 (around November 1949). 379 was delivered here in October 1950.

According to the TP111/G book the fishplate chassis ended at 06200091 & 06300021

I quoted the general changes to get an idea of the month of production of the vehicles, rather than when the number changed in the Tickfords/Welders production series.

To set the record straight from TP 111/G 7th Edition

The Fishplate chassis ended with General Production 06103840; Tickford 06200091; Welder 06300021.
The headlights through the grille [Grille panel assembly (part #236109) and grille (#301900)] began with General Production 06111547; Tickford 06200312; Welder 06300031.
The 2 1/2" wide front springs were introduced at General Production 06113530;Tickford 06200410; Welder 06300031.

So, the Tickford vehicle in post #22 (06200379) is correct in having the headlights through the grille.

General Production 061xxxxx (15,440 produced in 1950); Tickford series 06200xxx (480 produced in 1950); Welder series 063000xx (30 produced in 1950).

It would also appear that 70 Tickfords and 10 Welders had been built in 1949 and a further 100 Tickfords and 20 Welders were built in 1951. Tickford production then ceased but 36 Welders were built in 1952 and a further 22 were built in 1953 after which they did not have a special series of their own (From Mike Combridge's research).

Bob

No you quoted the chassis number for the production model and then a guestimate of the date based upon when the Tickford vehicle arrived in Australia and was eventually sold to a customer when you just as easily could have quoted the Tickford chassis number, which you obviously had.