Thread: 'Land Rover - Rover Australia Inc.' Badges

Dinty has a great collection of badges, but don't know if he's parting with any.



The two piles at the bottom are the Rover Australia Pty Ltd designs.

There's this one

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and this site which looks more authentic

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Try ebay,lots of em there.

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

Dinty has a great collection of badges, but don't know if he's parting with any.



The two piles at the bottom are the Rover Australia Pty Ltd designs.

Hello from Brisbane.

I am also interested in tracking down one of the Rover Australia badges - specifically one similar to those in the pile on the right hand side of the photo posted above.

That is the style where the Z line passes behind the "Land" and "Rover" script.

I have a "Port Elizabeth" "South Africa" badge from one of the earlier African built Series 2s that I don't see in the photo.

Cheers,

Originally Posted by S3ute

Hello from Brisbane.

I am also interested in tracking down one of the Rover Australia badges - specifically one similar to those in the pile on the right hand side of the photo posted above.

That is the style where the Z line passes behind the "Land" and "Rover" script.

I have a "Port Elizabeth" "South Africa" badge from one of the earlier African built Series 2s that I don't see in the photo.

Cheers,

Are you interested in swapping? I have a South African build forward control that someone removed the badge!

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

Are you interested in swapping? I have a South African build forward control that someone removed the badge!

Sorry,

I only have the one of that particular badge on my wall collection and it originally took a lot of finding. I eventually found it at a wreckers in Durban and it had about 9 layers of paint on it at the time.

Maybe someone else might track one down.

Cheers,

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

Are you interested in swapping? I have a South African build forward control that someone removed the badge!

Hello again and I don't want to hijack Johnno1969's thread unduly, but I thought you might be interested in the South African badge that you are after for your FC truck - unless you already know.

This is my small workshop collection and the 2 SA badges are at the bottom - the Rover Australia badge that I have is also 4th from the bottom.



This is what they were like when I got them from the wreckers in Durban.



And this is how they cleaned up which was OK given their original condition.



Old Series trucks and parts are reasonably scarce in the Republic these days unless you stumble on to an enthusiast or come across a club outing. Most of the oldies have worked their way out of the military or original farms and could have ended up anywhere between Cape Town to Cairo seeing out their days as much modified and strung together "mules" hauling the most improbable loads.

If your FC has a military past it may well have originally looked something like this Ex-Rhodesian buggy which is pretty much original other than the game drive canopy which has replaced the original troop seats and ammo boxes. Although it was probably built in South Africa it has a "Solihull" badge on its grille which is also quite common on a lot of Series trucks in the Republic.





Anyway, I will be going back across to South Africa and Zimbabwe a few times this year and knowing your interest I will keep an eye out for one of the "Port Elizabeth" badges. I can't promise you anything as they seem to be fairly rare these days - the "Leyland South Africa" badges are a little less scarce but probably don't apply to your particular truck.

Back to the Rover Australia P/L badges - our 1972 109" had the badge that is shown in the pile on the left hand side of Dinty's photo and I can't recall whether my 1968 88" had that same badge or the one that I mentioned before that I was after. I was wondering if any of the "historians" can fill in on the actual model types or years that carried the two different badges?

Cheers,