Thread: Introducing Louise

Looks great Gavin. A couple of question though . What motor does it have in it as the 6 cyl Landy motors where a late 2A thing and yours has narrow headlights (early).

And why is it chained to a Hilux ??

Congratulations Louise looks fantastic

All you have to do is get rid of the Hilux now (great cars but they have no personality)

Keep the photos coming

How strange I hve not seen you in I dont know how long I mention your name probably 1/2weeks ago and you appear

And you have a 2a in the same colour mine is going to be painted AND you called it after me

Spooky

Got any pictures under the bonnet and in the cab? The six started in 1967, and the headlights went into the mudguards in 1969 (although some may have been later - my 1970 model has them in the radiator support), so this looks like a fairly early, possibly very early six, and hence may be significant.

John

Originally Posted by dullbird

How strange I hve not seen you in I dont know how long I mention your name probably 1/2weeks ago and you appear

And you have a 2a in the same colour mine is going to be painted AND you called it after me

Spooky

Thanks Louise, I know it would of been good things said about me..

Originally Posted by JDNSW

Got any pictures under the bonnet and in the cab? The six started in 1967, and the headlights went into the mudguards in 1969 (although some may have been later - my 1970 model has them in the radiator support), so this looks like a fairly early, possibly very early six, and hence may be significant.

John

John the number on the plate inside the cab is 34703636D
Could you please interpret it for me


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What is the hole beside the temp gauge for....there isn't any holes been drilled in it at all,,,not even for a radio or CB/UHF
Oh the pleasure of driving around heaterless




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The head came off today and there was oil leaking thru to number 6. I will clean up the valves while it's off
Waiting on gaskets, thermostat cover and the radiator wired out




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According to the parts book, the hole next to the temperature gauge is for "Plug Large, For redundant holes in panel, 338016".

John

Nice car! It must be quite a rarity nowadays to find one with the original six-cylinder engine.

Originally Posted by chazza

Nice car! It must be quite a rarity nowadays to find one with the original six-cylinder engine.

There is an article on this engine in the LRO magazine I picked up in town today. As they point out there, it was not a lot more powerful than the four anyway, but then because they needed to sell it into markets with low grade petrol, it had to be modified to low compression, add emissions modifications, and the extra power was just about enough to carry the extra weight. The Westlake conversion fitted to the NAS models was notably better, but as pointed out, this is incompatible with RHD.

One point I would disagree with about the article - they refer to the engine as being a "1930s design". Hardly accurate - the patent for the IOE design with hemispherical combustion chamber was issued in September 1942, and the six was not even on the drawing board until the early fifties. Just for comparison, when the engine was introduced in the Landrover in 1967, Toyota was using and engine design in the Landcruiser first introduced by Chevrolet in 1929 (and based on a 1914 engine), and the CJ Jeeps still had the prewar side valve engine, although this was modified about then to an IOE configuration.

Despite having little to recommend it as far as power or economy goes, the six is a very nice engine to drive in good condition, but seems not to stand abuse as well as does the four. And parts are a lot harder to find.

John