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I don't think silver wheels started right at the beginning of Series 3. Also, although the Series 3 specified 5.5 rims and 7.50 tyres (lwb) as optional, these were fitted to most Series 3 swb in Australia, and hence would have had the same wheels.
John
I watched that too,
Im sure the blue one was an LWB!?
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Originally Posted by Tim_AM
Hello Tim,
Was it? My new prescription for my contact lenses just arrived in the mail. In four hours, after they soak in storage fluid, I will be able to see properly again - woohoo!
Kind Regards
Lionel
Hello again.Quote:
Originally Posted by JDNSW
That is also my understanding.
The early Series 3 trucks mainly came with Limestone wheels - the 88"s did at least (the family had a couple - new 74 and 75). The silver wheels came a bit later - I also think the body colours might have changed at the same time (e.g. switch over between the two Golds on the 109"s, Spanish Olive and Gold on the 88's cf the lighter green on the early ones).
I believe the underlying rationale was to jazz up the trucks a bit since technically they were falling well behind the opposition and also to standardise the colours through the British Leyland Aust range. You may recall that Spanish Olive and Camino Gold was available for minis around that time and the latter was also an option on the Austin Kimberley, Triumph 2000's, 2.5TC etc.
Cheers,
Neil
Yep, sounds about right...limestone rims on my '73 SWB.
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Originally Posted by Gordie
Hello Gordie and S3Ute,
My 109s start off at 5/1976 and 6/1976, each with silver wheel rims so things must have changed around then.
I also have a 11/75 however it has different coloured rims on each corner so it is not much help. All three are Camino Gold by the way with truck cab - tops painted white.
What month was your 1976 Telecom vehicle made in DGD69?
Kind Regards
Lionel
Hi Lionel
The series 3 Telecom car or Everest as kids call it is 5/76
Thanks
Darren
Hi Mick,Quote:
Originally Posted by mick88
Thanks for the input. My Series III is a 1981 Stage One V8 truck cab. I am not familiar with the Land Rover Tuscan Blue or Marine Blue. Do you have any images of a Series III in that colour?
I have seen an image on the REMLR Forum with 2 light blue (similar to mine) Series III 1981 Stage One V8 truck cab's in service with the Royal Australian Navy. There was a small fleet of these vehicles purchased as clearance vehicles for the RAN. Mine originally came from the Northern Territory. I have been told by a few REMLR members that the blue colour of my Series III is the RAN blue but I am happy to be told otherwise.
Anyway it has been an interest of mine to try and find out the origin of my Stage One. I have owned it for about the last 18 years and I purchased it off a good friend of mine who owned it for about 8 years previous to that. So I have known the vehicle for over 25 years now. My mate purchased it in the Northern Territory and that is where the history of my Stage One becomes a bit of a mystery.
Can anyone out there in AULRO shed any light on the history, pre 1990, of this vehicle?
Regards Warrick.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/im...017/01/340.jpg
Lionel,Quote:
Originally Posted by Lionelgee
Hello from Brisbane.
This sort of thread can give the rivet counters a bad hair day.
When it comes to things like colour we need to be a bit clear on the scope of our inquiry. In this instance of colours the answer depends largely on whether you are talking about Land Rovers that were assembled in Australia and sold in Australia, assembled in the Mother Country and sold there, assembled in the Mother Country and sold somewhere else, assembled somewhere else and sold there or somewhere else.
There are some overlaps, but generally they were different. For example, and this may come as a bit of a surprise, North America took a lot of Series trucks but few were bronze green. Most of the NA spec trucks were light green, Limestone or red (especially wagons). The Marine Blue that you saw on Midsomer Murders is quite a common colour in the UK, especially wagons and SWBs with blue canvas tilts, but I don't believe too many left the plants in Zetland or Port Elizabeth in that particular hue. The trucks that were assembled and sold in Central and South America came in a range of fairly bright colours to suit the local vibe and so on.
Then there are the imports and resprays.
My own reflections on colours are largely restricted to what came out of the local plant with Rover Australia Pty Ltd proudly adhered to the compliance plates.
Cheers,
Neil
As Neil alludes to...mine is NZ new...and I believe there were more marine blues there than here in AUS. Here is a pic off the net of one same colour as mine....http://tse1.mm.bing.net/th?&id=OIP.M...9&rs=0&p=0&r=0Quote:
Originally Posted by wpalmo