Thread: 2/2a identity ?

Assuming factory 6 and grille lights are factory, then '67-'69.

Chassis number should be on the outward facing bit of the rear spring hanger on the back LH spring. This will tell you the model. May need to wire brush it to see the number.

John

It's an hour's drive from home and to be honest I was overdressed to be crawling all over it today.
The headlamp apertures in the wings were unusual, I was more interested in finding out if the vehicle was a 'bitsa' or whether they came from the factory with the extra headlight apertures in the wings.


Colin

Originally Posted by gromit

...usual, I was more interested in finding out if the vehicle was a 'bitsa' or whether they came from the factory with the extra headlight apertures in the wings.

There were no production vehicles which had headlights in both the grille and the muguards.

Originally Posted by isuzurover

There were no production vehicles which had headlights in both the grille and the muguards.

That's not exactly true. The "bug eye" SIIa models in the USA had the headlamp holes in the grill panel blanked and the headlamp buckets inserted through the front of the mudguards (or should I say fenders). But they didn't have a recess in the front of the mudguards or any sort. This was to comply with new USA design legislation that required Land Rover to move their headlamps to the fenders, but left the CJ Jeep and 40 series Land Cruiser alone.

However you may be interested in this ex-MoD shorty

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

That's not exactly true. The "bug eye" SIIa models in the USA had the headlamp holes in the grill panel blanked and the headlamp buckets inserted through the front of the mudguards (or should I say fenders). But they didn't have a recess in the front of the mudguards or any sort. This was to comply with new USA design legislation that required Land Rover to move their headlamps to the fenders, but left the CJ Jeep and 40 series Land Cruiser alone.

However you may be interested in this ex-MoD shorty

My turn to be a pedant.

You will note I said headlights , not headlight holes, spaces for headlights or headlight recesses.

Originally Posted by isuzurover

My turn to be a pedant.

You will note I said headlights , not headlight holes, spaces for headlights or headlight recesses.

That's O.K. Ben, I understand pedantry and yes you did say headlamps etc, but to return the pedantry, in Colin's original post he said he has headlamps in the grill and only apertures in the front of the mudguards.

Although I may have to retract the original statement because I can not currently find an image of the original bugeye models only the later SIIa.



Diana