Thread: Barney - a 1958 Series II

Originally Posted by Dinty

They were fitted with windscreen wipers, early S2/2A were fitted into the windscreen frame (along the bottom edge of the frame) but your frame doesn't appear to have any tell tale holes (or at least I can't see any), the bulkhead doesn't appear to have tell tale signs in the left side parcel tray either, so which leads me to think that it has had a windscreen frame change at some time in it's life for whatever reason, and I'm assuming that it was a farm vehicle as you wouldn't be able to register it without W/wipers, anyway it's still a better looking prospect to restore than anything I started with, cheers Dennis

Thanks Dennis, that's about what I was thinking as well. If he didn't need a drivers side window he certainly didn't need no darn windscreen wipers...
BTW, The drivers window was removed so he could get the rifle out quicker. There were 4 driver side window uppers in his shed, all from series 1 though.

Hello from Cape Town - usually Brisbane.

Not one to let an opportunity go begging.

Welcome to the world of leaf sprung Land Rovers. You might be interested in joining a few fellow owners through SLOW - Series Landy Owners Inc - which has a strong membership around SEQ and beyond. The club details and sub-site are towards the end of the AULRO site just after the GCLRO sub-site.

Cheers,

Neil

Secretary SLOW Inc.

Originally Posted by OneOff

Thanks Dennis, that's about what I was thinking as well. If he didn't need a drivers side window he certainly didn't need no darn windscreen wipers...
BTW, The drivers window was removed so he could get the rifle out quicker. There were 4 driver side window uppers in his shed, all from series 1 though.

wiper motors here 30 dollors each

sounds like a great name to me.

Welcome, that looks like good project.
And to push our barrow, there are many series owners in the Gold Coast Land Rover Owners Club, some are also members of SLOW.
I have a 71 2a shorty.

Some big events at my place last weekend.
After tinkering around a bit, changing a tyre and buying a new battery, Barney fired up
It doesn't have a clutch or BRAKES , but it's pretty flat around here so after jury rigging a clutch with a pair of ViseGrips and a length of pipe, we set of for a jaunty circuit of the yard... push on lever with the right hand, select a gear with the left. High tech stuff.
Of course I wore my top hat and the wife put on her very best Queen Elizabeth head scarf for the occasion.
Chuffed as...



P.S. Where do I go to get an engine rebuild kit from for a 2 lt petrol?




Cheers,
OneOff

Pull the engine down first so that you can work out what you need.


Cheers, Mick.

Originally Posted by OneOff

Some big events at my place last weekend.
After tinkering around a bit, changing a tyre and buying a new battery, Barney fired up
It doesn't have a clutch or BRAKES , but it's pretty flat around here so after jury rigging a clutch with a pair of ViseGrips and a length of pipe, we set of for a jaunty circuit of the yard... push on lever with the right hand, select a gear with the left. High tech stuff.
Of course I wore my top hat and the wife put on her very best Queen Elizabeth head scarf for the occasion.
Chuffed as...



P.S. Where do I go to get an engine rebuild kit from for a 2 lt petrol?




Cheers,
OneOff

hi google cox and turner uk they are the main supplier on s1 motors regards jim ps you must give engine no