Thread: SteveP's SII 88 Fire Engine

Shonky,

what do you have to change to get the 2.25 to fit? just the bell housing?

Steve

Steve

If you were going from 2 litre to 2 1/4 litre there are a few things. But you are going Holden to 2 1/4 so the radiator is the correct way around and the accelerator is on the same side, But you will need the linkages from the firewall.

You will also find that your radiator support/grill panel has been shortened to accommodate the extra length on the Holden. You may want to find an original unmodified panel and LH headlamp bucket to replace yours.

You also need the exhaust engine pipe for the 2 1/4 litre.

Diana

I remember that station and control tower! Even remember it being de-commissioned in favour of the one near Kyeemah (that couldn't see the International).

Thanks for those images, brings back many memories and even WWII bombers being burned for fire training near the MWS&DB plant.

Diana

Same as my "Basil" mate...well done

G'day SteveP

I have just finished reading an article in the March 2011 Land Rover Monthly Mag and in it is a bloke from NZ that has 1958 Series 2 88" which predates the production run of series 2's the first production vehicles 142800001-2-3-4 which were built on 24 March 1958 his vehicle 14200016 with engine No 141800023 and gearbox No 141800011 was built on the 3rd of March 1958.

It is a very interesting article and it would be well worth the $9.95 to purchase the magazine it is the current one available in newsagents with a bright yellow NAS spec 90 on the front it goes into a fair bit of detail and is totally original with the spread bore motor and even states that the first 376 S2's built had a slightly different brake/clutch master cylinder
where is your chassis No ? this early one has it in the series 1 position upside down on the inside of left front spring hanger

cheers

Hi UncleHo,

he has a thread with photos on the Uk series 2 club forum, & I have had a couple of emails from him. His looks good & he has taken heaps of photos so that I can compare to mine. My brake cylinder is the not the same as his -- has one tube out the bottom & one on the side. I'll go down to the newsagent tomorrow & look for the mag.

My chassis no is on the front drivers side - outside & up the right way - not like his.

thanks
Steve

Originally Posted by UncleHo

G'day SteveP

I have just finished reading an article in the March 2011 Land Rover Monthly Mag and in it is a bloke from NZ that has 1958 Series 2 88" which predates the production run of series 2's the first production vehicles 142800001-2-3-4 which were built on 24 March 1958 his vehicle 14200016 with engine No 141800023 and gearbox No 141800011 was built on the 3rd of March 1958.

Uncle Ho

Can you check the article again?

14200016 is missing a digit. If truly a 1958 Export build then the missing digit is the 4th and should be an "8", so I suspect the number is 142800016.

It also seems strange that Export #16 would be built before Export #1; 2; 3; etc, are we sure that the author didn't mean that it was built before the Home market vehicles 141800001; 141800002; etc and that a batch of Export fire engines were built before Home market production commenced. Steve's vehicle is actually the last vehicle recorded in the Series 1 book, so it makes sense that Rover made these Export numbered fire engines first up.

Steve

You could check the Export Dispatch book at the Gaydon Museum, seeing that yours was fully assembled before being exported, there will be a lot of detail available, including the dates in and out. You can even purchase a birth certificate for yours. The dispatch book doesn't tell us a lot for people with CKD models.

Diana

Richard's Series 2 is indeed 142800016 and it was the first trial run down the production line "dispatched in" on 3 March 1958.

There is also quite a bit about it on the Series One Club Forum and a list of its components here:

Originality - The quest Reply 71.

You have to register on the Forum to view it (no lurkers).

Bob