This is Ralph from what I can see he is a 1958 series 2 2l, I will have the chassis number for you after the easter break when I head up to the farm.
Chris
PS I attached a couple of pics
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This is Ralph from what I can see he is a 1958 series 2 2l, I will have the chassis number for you after the easter break when I head up to the farm.
Chris
PS I attached a couple of pics
Looks great Chris!
Does Ralph still have his 2L?
Yep Andrew he running the old 2L, The motor I believe has never been touched and therefore is starting to get quite tired. We have done a few things to keep him going, as he is only a farm truck, with many dings and scratches. Well put it this way we learnt as kids to drive in this car on the farm, so it has seen about 20 or so learner drivers. He still climbs the hills on the farm with ease and goes places where the tojo cant go, and when the tojo gets new tires we put the old ones on Ralph and it does him until next time the tojo gets new tyres.
Now that my grandad passed away last year, I dont get up as often as I would like but I still enjoy walking out down the paddock and conecting up the battery, flicking the starter swith and pressing the starter button, and you know what it generally starts first go.
G'day Chris,
I like your photos of Ralph out and about doing his job.
And I like Ralph's colour, hmmm original green or a nice brown for my 2a...
Cheers,
Mark
Photos attached of my 2 litre Series 2.
Needs doors, door tops, rear chassis repair, bulkhead etc. Has a 2.25 motor fitted and drives OK but rear spring hangers have collapsed.
Original engine was supplied, sump has rotted out where it was stored on a dirt floor. Original owner claimed it ran low oil pressure so he changed it to the 2.25.
Will get round to doing some work on it soon......
Colin
Looks great Col!
I feel a bit dirty now... I'm putting a 2.25 in ol' Gus. :(
Ralph has quite the hood ornament :angel:Quote:
Originally Posted by Seriestwo
lol, that would be my brothers Girlfriend, she loves driving it so much we dont get a turn when she comes out. Luckily we have 2 other landys to use. But I say a happy woman is a happy family :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Dmmos
Absolutely... ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Seriestwo
I hve taken a few pics of Ralph on the long weekend. For the first time ever we were not able to drive him as he has a blown brake master cylinder. So unfortunatly I was not able to get some better photos as where he is parked I cant photo around. I have the chassis number and I could not find the engine number as it has been covered with numetal and I am not game enough to remove it as it was probably put there for a reason at some stage.
Wll the Chassis number is
143800622
1 Type: Land Rover
43 Model: Land Rover, Series II
Body type: Basic
Wheel base: 88in (Short Wheel Base, SWB)
Engine: Petrol
Destination: Right-hand drive (RHD), completely knocked down (CKD)
8 Model year: 1958
00622 Serial number