Thread: Series 11 and 11a period correct features check list?

Originally Posted by S3ute

Hello from Brisbane.

Land Rovers of the vintage you are interested in are largely a mobile box of bolted on bits and pieces.

By and large, changing over from a hard top to a soft top requires little more that undoing a number of bolts in order to remove the hard top and then bolting back on a hood stick set and window frame assembly. Plus then fit and shrink the canvas tilt.

Depending on the vehicle - especially whether or not it was originally a soft or hard top - there may be a few other small fittings required for tying off the adjustment cords and straps at the sides and back.

Not a lot of Series 2 Land Rovers came with three point seat belts, but if it did then fixing the over shoulder strap in a way acceptable to the registration authorities can involve some thought.

New canvas tilts can be readily sourced locally or from the UK and are reasonably expensive - moreso with the exchange rate shifts over the last 12 or so months. Getting the hood sticks locally can be a bit of a challenge - there may still be some off Army wrecks. New kits are available from the UK at a cost and from a few local parts specialists as you noted.

Cheers,

singler bows available 145 dollors each jim s2 s2a

Here's a typical S2a 88in photographed only a few decades into its working life. It was for sale about a year ago.

This is a hard working S2 88in with a hardtop.

Evening folks, an update - I managed to get one.
A 1960-ish (on record as 58, but Clifton Netherlands reckons 62) series 2a SWB is on a truck on Monday, making it's way from south of Sydney to my place. Fully restored, looks great. Bought it sight unseen, but lots of pics and video - fingers crossed.