Thread: Show us your... '58 2L Series II!

I can't believe after all these years and different owners the keyring is still the original tag from when I bought my defender

So Today I Purchased 143800068 with the original 2l engine. I posted the pics in the SLOW section of the forum and it wont allow me to repost them in here.

I think I do have a problem

How many older series 2's in Australia are there?

Originally Posted by Seriestwo

So Today I Purchased 143800068 with the original 2l engine. I posted the pics in the SLOW section of the forum and it wont allow me to repost them in here.

I think I do have a problem

How many older series 2's in Australia are there?

And I am not allowed to access them. I think that it is possible to repost in another section (reusing the existing file), if you know how. Maybe a moderator can help.

As to how many older Series 2s there are in Australia, probably a bit difficult to say, as a lot of them will be stored, inactive. But although the entire Series 2 production was only three years (1958-61), this was in the period when there were no real alternatives, and sales in Australia were very high, being used by most government departments, as well as being pretty much standard for farmers (at least the better off ones).

But if you include the Series 2a, being sold for three times as long, there are a lot more about. My experience suggests most common are ones from the mid sixties, but again, a lot are inactive. For Series Landrovers in general, Series three are most common actually in use, because they were sold for even longer than 2as and are newer, although the peak sales volumes of Landrovers in Australia was probably in Series 2a times.

John

So this afternoon, I managed to take a couple more pics. I also ordered tonnes of parts.

Chassis No. 143800068
Engine No. 141800650

Originally Posted by 123rover50

Have you got the original engine still?
If not I have 141802870 that might be close.

Keith

what price do you have i41 jim

Originally Posted by Seriestwo

..... I also ordered tonnes of parts.

........

Shoouldn't that be "tons", not "tonnes", when talking about a Series 2?

John

Hi All,

As per the instruction on the first post of this thread, the full list to date copied and pasted and my vehicle added.

142800016 (bulletproof) engine 141800023 and gearbox 141800011
142800417 (stevep) "Cowra"
143800259 (Shonky) "Gus"
143800263 (Lordmacclesfield)
143800292
143800299
143800310 on eBay April '09
143800359 (Sth65Pacific) *for sale May '09*
143800384 on eBay November '09
143800386 (Lordmacclesfield)
143800391 (formerly owned by lro11)
143800452 (Loubrey) "Dumble"
143800485 (dickyjoe)
143800557 (gromit)
143800622 (Seriestwo) "Ralph"

I've obviously posted a seperate thread when I got my Series II "Dumble" early in December, but seeing as this thread is still alive I'll list him here as well.

"Dumble" hails from a farming community named Dumbleyung in the WA wheatbelt and while I haven't had the opportunity to track down much information, I certainly intend to do so.

He is vehicle number 143800452 and he has his original 2.0 liter engine 141802335. In fact every single component other than the dynamo shows manufacture date as 1958 and even the two pieces of windscreen glass and fixed side windows dates from Jan/Feb/Mar 1958.

Cheers,

Lou