Thread: Tickford @ Coffs Harbour.

Mmmmmmmmm i wonder where in coffs it is located, not us..

Originally Posted by 123rover50

...The owner had taken the chassis to get hot dipped and been given back the wrong one. So somewhere down there is an 80" with a galv chassis with four little boxes on the back and the chassis number for Tickford 06200384.

Sounds like an excuse to explain the chassis swap to me. How many galvanisers would have ever had two 80" chassis at the same time? Most of the 80" that spent time in Coffs had rotten chassis because of the moisture in the banana plantations.

Still be nice to know it's current whereabouts.

Diana

Originally Posted by 123rover50

About 16 or more yrs ago I went to look at a Tickford that was for sale at Coffs. It was completely pulled to pieces , doors windows , engine minus crank, pistons, etc. Wood rotten ,Bulkhead beyond repair, and a bright and shiny galv chassis. But big problem the chassis was not a Tickford, I cant remember the no but it did not have the four little boxes on the rear cross member. The owner had taken the chassis to get hot dipped and been given back the wrong one. So somewhere down there is an 80" with a galv chassis with four little boxes on the back and the chassis number for Tickford 06200384.

That number is not one of the Tickfords that I am aware was supplied to the SMHEA. Certainly they were also advertised in Australia.

I am interested to know what you mean about the chassis being different. My original 1948 Workshop Manual (TP/109/A issued December 1948 with updates from TP/109/B issued December 1949) has as an inclusion the Parts Listings for the Land Rover Station Wagon (Tickford) commencing Vehicle Numbers R8670001 / L8670001 and it states - "The Station Wagon body is mounted on a standard Land-Rover chassis, and the majority of spare parts are, therefore, the same as those required for the base model. The following pages, 159 to 192 inclusive, list the parts which are peculiar to the Station Wagon."

This is repeated in the Workshop Manual TP/138/B issued November 1951.
"The Station Wagon body is mounted on the standard Land-Rover chassis frame and the layout and controls are almost identical with those on the standard vehicle." (Section U-1). This manual covers, in addition to the vehicles covered by the 1948/49 manuals, vehicles R and L 06200001 - 06200264, then when the L and R prefixes (right and left hand drive) were dropped 06200265 onwards and 1951 models vehicle numbers 16200001 onwards.

I have to agree with Diana - if the vehicle was that deteriorated then the chassis was probably also beyond easy repair. Looks like a daunting job to restore properly. However, it could be done.

Nevertheless, it would be great to know what has happened to it since you saw it.

Bob

Hi there

I must admit that would be a big job - look at the rust on the firewall...

Quick question related to the Tickfords - how many made it to Australia and were the majority of them used on the SMH...

And how many is there know still to exsists?

All the best

Wayne

Same chassis except there was four little boxes welded to the rear chassis crossmember to take the rear extension of the body and the early ones used these to mount the lower tailgate hinges. they stick out about 2".

Hi Wayne, I was asking the exact same question a couple of weeks ago. No definite answer as yet.
Didiman.

Hi Bob ,check these out.
cheers. Didiman

Those little boxes don't seem to be on this Tickford!



Or this one:


So it's quite a mystery!

I wonder if the boxes were an in-service modification because the original hinge brackets weren't a success?

Diana