Thread: New Series 2a Project

Not sure why the pics are rotated, uploaded them from the desktop and they were right way up.

The 'official' chassis number is the one on the spring hanger.

From the pictures you have supplied, I would say that the chassis has been replaced (or the body, depending which way you want to look at it) - legally, the body looks to have been replaced with a S/H one. But it is possible that only the ID plate has been swapped, not the whole body. Only four screws!

The only indication that it is a military one that I can see from the photos is that it is khaki. I do not know, however, of any Australian military 2a 88s with a full length rear door. Has civilian rear cross member, does not have military extended shackles.

And this has no real bearing, as the body does not appear to belong to the chassis. It could be a non-Australian military vehicle, or painted by someone with military delusions.

Looks to be in reasonable condition though.

John

Prob a bitser like my old 2a. Still good but.

Cheers Rod

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Thanks John,
Yes I was also thinking military delusions, they have also installed a map light, map pocket in the passenger door and fire extinguisher bracket in the drivers door. As well it has twin tanks and some extra switches on the tank cover. I will post more pics on Monday.

While it could obviously have been an imported vehicle, in Australia Series 2as were rarely fitted with the full length rear door. Of course, since this is a bolt-on option, it could have been fitted any time in the last fifty years!

John

Hi John i believe the s2a 88 wagon had the full length door and rear seating as standard. If it had a double tailgate it was a van. The door had the spare fitted to it as with the extra seating there was no room for the spare inside. The door obviously opened from the inside to allow ppl to get out as the lower tailgate was only accessable from the outside and the upper gate would be very hard to put up from the inside. Please correct me if im wrong.

Cheers Rod



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You are right - however, in Australia 2a station wagons were very rare, either 88s or 109s.

They became a little more common by Series 3, and by the time of the 110 became relatively common (although not the 90, which was not sold in Australia until after the introduction of the Defender name, and has been rare until well into the 2000s).

Four wheel drives were rarely bought as private passenger vehicles in Australia until the late 1970s.

John

Originally Posted by 67hardtop

The door had the spare fitted to it as with the extra seating there was no room for the spare inside. Please correct me if im wrong.

Cheers Rod



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Hello from Brisbane.

The rear door wheel carrier was an optional extra rather than standard fitment to vehicles with the single door - the alternative delivery for the few that might have been sold here new was the wheel mounted on the bonnet. If the vehicle was delivered without a rear door wheel carrier the bolt holes were simply blanked off with bolts.

As the bonnet mount was also an option I suppose you could have ordered one with both.

Cheers,