The number of mine is 166 and it was manufactured in 05/77.
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The number of mine is 166 and it was manufactured in 05/77.
Tim, I was wondering as the vehicles were CKD's whether the build date could be when they were manufactured in Sulihull, and by time they came out here the order could have got a bit mixed up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Timj
Ours has not quite been in the family from new, Rillis's Father got it in 1982, so was about 4 years old, so it is concievable that the wheels could have been changed in that time, but I don't see why you would.
A register would be great.
Cheers, Mick.
The GAME were an Australian production only. Probably only the plastic dash, the rear door and the station wagon window panels would have been pressed in Solihull. Pressed Metals Corp, the assembly plant in Enfield NSW had been pressing panels from the 1950's so it was mainly the engines, transmission and instruments that were ex-UK. Even the wheels had been Australian manufactured since 1953 and the wheels on the GAME were no exception.Quote:
Originally Posted by Killer
AFAIK all the GAME wheels were the 10 spoke (individually welded to the rim), not the later Sunraysia brand wheels with the pressed 8 hole centre.
Numbers are stamped at the end of the assembly line, not in the CKD kits before shipping. An out of sequence vehicle probably had some fit or finish problem that had to be rectified prior to the compliance plate being affixed.
Thanks Lotz-A-Landies,
I love to hear the information available from people on this forum. When no one can give me a straight answer as to questions like how many were made I find myself just having to try and chase it down :). Your help is greatly appreciated. If the panels were stamped in Australia where were the chassis made?
TimJ.
Funnily enough I was just reading one of the articles I have (Land Rover Enthusiast Feb 2001, posted in the thread about the register of Games) and the author states they were imported fully built. Not sure where his information would come from though.Quote:
Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies
The wheels on Killer's Game are a pressed centre but are still 10 spoke while all the other Game wheels I have seen are the individually welded ones.Quote:
AFAIK all the GAME wheels were the 10 spoke (individually welded to the rim), not the later Sunraysia brand wheels with the pressed 8 hole centre.
Just more to add to the confusion :).
TimJ.
There is also another 77 Game at Techno British in Brisbane, it still has everything except the proper game rims. It was a very nice looking game until they started to modify it :( but none the less another game
TimQuote:
Originally Posted by Timj
PMC rarely if ever assembled 88" station wagons so there is a possibility that the vehicles were imported to a special order, however the Game was a marketing ploy by Leyland/Jaguar Rover Australia (whichever it was at the time) and AFAIK the yellow colour was the same as one of the options on the Moke Californian that were being built at the Zetland plant. The rims were Australian, not sure of the manufacturer but it may have been Dowling's Tyre Service in Fairfield who were also doing a five spoke wheel. In 1976 for my 253V8 SIIa 109, I chose the 5 spoke style because I didn't like the 10 spoke style, my other choice. So the 10 spoke rims pre-dated production of the Game.
OK guys just to throw a curve ball at ya. My great grandfather owned a lwb series 3 that had the game colour code. It had everything from the black on the front of the guards to the silver up on the bulkhead. My father has a picture in his lounge of it parked next to his series three of the time and from the front it is identical to my game. Has anyone heard or seen this before? We would love to know why his long wheel base had the very distinct colour coding of the game.
A few options come to mind.
You could order special production vehicles from PMC if you were prepared to wait, it is why many civilian 109 ended up with one ton chassis. The wheels were available aftermarket and all the trim panels were standard options, usually for 109 wagons but the door trim could be fitted to any Land Rover.
Secondly the Department of Civil Aviation always had bright yellow Land Rovers, PMC was likely to use the yellow colour they were using for the Game for other production Land Rovers, including DCA. But at production it would not have had the silver firewall or black on the front guards.
Someone decided to make a 109" game after they purchased the vehicle.
Addit: On the 10 spoke rims. 10 Spoke 15" rims were available for both Land Rover and for Range Rover, while they look the same the offset for the Range Rover ones were different to the ones for the Land Rover including the Game.
TimQuote:
Originally Posted by Timj
Where the chassis were made I'm not 100% positive. I do know that the Au Mil chassis in the SIIa were unique to Australia at that time so likely they were made here and we also know that when the Enfield plant closed, the welding jigs for the Station Wagon variant 109 were bought by a member of the LROC Sydney Branch.
However in the SIII 109 where the side rails are clamshell halves welded together, it may have been the case that the PMC factory only assembled and welded the chassis from components shipped from the UK.
As you know the SIII Game has a 4 plate corner welded chassis like all the Land Rovers before it, and PMC did have the ability to do that, but whether they did I'm not yet sure.
It's on the find out list! :)