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  1. 11th December 2011, 03:15 PM #1
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    My First Landy

    Hi,

    The other day I picked up my first ever landy a 1958 series 2 with the series one 2 litre motor, it had been sitting under a tree in a paddock for four years and was desperately needing to be saved, the information I had from the owner was, " its green" a good start. So when I went to pick it up I discovered it was actually in very good shape, especially being one of the early ones. So I have some pics of before and after I washed it, haven't tried to start it yet due to its raining and will take a little work, anyway here they are. enjoy.

    How she looked before cleaning.

    There were many more cobwebs inside but this was more or less the state, by the way, there are seats, I just took them out prior to using the Gerni.

    After cleaning.


    The engine.


    Hope you enjoy,
    Thanks
    Ned
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  2. 11th December 2011, 03:50 PM #2
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    Congratulations Ned!

    She looks Fantastic, you have to give her a Name?

    Keeps the Photos coming

    Cheers Simon
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  3. 11th December 2011, 03:54 PM #3
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    Nah no name yet, and you can be expecting more pictures in the future, I do hope to get her road worthy eventually.

    Ned
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  4. 11th December 2011, 05:05 PM #4
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    Top find Ned!

    I should think S2's with the 2L engine must be quite rare

    Cheers Charlie
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  5. 11th December 2011, 05:09 PM #5
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    That looks like a nice truck Ned and a very early one as well. It may be the oldest in Australia

    What is the Chassis Number ?

    Not many 2 litres left now as well. What is the engine number ? It is found on the block at the front of the Exhaust manifold.

    Cheers Richard
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  6. 11th December 2011, 05:41 PM #6
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    Not ready to put the numbers up in public yet as I'm sure you would understand,
    but just out of interest what is the earliest chassis number known for a series 2 in Australia? I can tell you mine is one of the first 750, also, some good news,
    me and my father have discovered that the engine is not ceased (the previous owner had said it was) so we put in a good battery, blew out the fuel lines, cleaned the carby, emptied the petrol tank (full of rotten fuel) and cranked it up and she fired right up, sounded great, no knocks or anything, not ready to drive yet though.

    Ned
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  7. 11th December 2011, 06:20 PM #7
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    Hey Ned, your truck looks great!

    Just curious, why would you be hesitant to put up chassis numbers? What's anyone going to do with them?
    Maybe I'm just naive...
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  8. 11th December 2011, 06:46 PM #8
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    Just if anyone is restoring an old landy and has no numbers, so I would rather keep the numbers private until she gets registered.

    Ned
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  9. 11th December 2011, 09:34 PM #9
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    Nice find mate iam quite corious about the paint job looks like olive drap maybe theres a chance that it might be exarmy? Though iam sure there are no series 2s that the army had that used the IOE 2 litre motor
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  10. 13th December 2011, 07:22 AM #10
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    Ned,

    Nice find.
    I had a 2 litre S2 until about a year ago but I sold it because it needed too much work.

    I don't think you will have any problems with listing the chassis/engine numbers. Someone would have to go to the trouble of making up a replica chassis plate for the bulkhead and re-stamping the chassis and what would they actually gain by doing this ?

    Check out this thread for some of the known 2 litre Series 2's http://www.aulro.com/afvb/series-2-2...series-ii.html

    Yours seems to have a Holden carby & air filter which is a common modification, my Series 1 has exactly the same setup. Facet type fuel pump in place of the original makes me think it's been 'kept running' using available parts.

    Looks like a great starting point and quite a rare model......


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