Thread: Hello, from the U.S.

Originally Posted by garrycol

Given the colour - I would say it is an ex Navy landie. That colour was not standard in Australian landies - however it was the standard Navy colour - also the safari roof.

Garry

I believe the safari roof was standard on all Series station wagons (I have never seen one without), so not specific to the navy.

The number plate is a Queensland one of the type introduced about 1955 and replaced only a few years ago.

According to Taylor, total Normal Control Series 2a production was 343,298, not including military lightweight vehicles. Of these about 48,000 were 109 station wagons. So I do not know where the figure of 3,000 came from - the smallest number variant I can find is 811 for the North American six cylinder station wagon, and 4,949 for the six cylinder station wagon excluding NA.

One possibility is that the number of could be that low if you only included a particular variant with the headlights in the mudguards (change about 1969).

John

G'day LIVEYAWP

That is indeed a Queelsland Rego plate about 1969-70 series pre the "P" series the "O" Series ran from the Mid 60's until the early 70's so that would be possibly it's original Number, the front brush bar looks like something that was available through "Annand & Thompson P/Ltd" in Brisbane, they were Rover & Landrover agents and importers, so it could well be a fully imported vehicle, the front "Landrover Badge" may have "Rover Ltd Birmingham" instead of "Rover Australia" stamped into it, this vehicle may have been exported to USA by somebody that was touring or Posted to USA and left on their return, the US plates may give some idea as to when it was first regoed in the States. Hope that is of some help


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