Thread: Grille id :)

Had a thought maybe gill is from a 6.Somewhere I seen a round badge with Rover 6 on it.
This one is in a scrapys yard.

I like the throwback of this grille..
http://www.defendericon.com/images/stock/48_grille.jpg
Spotlights behind grille reminicent of '48

is there anything land rover you guys dont know

Originally Posted by jamesnedtaylor

is there anything land rover you guys dont know

The maximum airspeed velocity of a sparrow, African or English



(Monty Python and the Holy Grail reference)

Originally Posted by crackers

The maximum airspeed velocity of a sparrow, African or English



(Monty Python and the Holy Grail reference)

If you are going to go there, go all the way man!!

Guard: Who goes there?

King Arthur: It is I, Arthur, son of Uther Pendragon, from the castle of Camelot. King of the Britons, defeater of the Saxons, Sovereign of all England!

Guard: Pull the other one!

King Arthur: I am, and this is my trusty servant Patsy. We have ridden the length and breadth of the land in search of knights who will join me in my court at Camelot. I must speak with your lord and master.

Guard: What? Ridden on a horse?

King Arthur: Yes!

Guard: You're using coconuts!

King Arthur: What?

Guard: You've got two empty halves of coconut and you're bangin' 'em together.

King Arthur: So? We have ridden since the snows of winter covered this land, through the kingdom of Mercia, through...

Guard: Where'd you get the coconuts?

King Arthur: We found them.

Guard: Found them? In Mercia?! The coconut's tropical!

King Arthur: What do you mean?

Guard: Well, this is a temperate zone.

King Arthur: The swallow may fly south with the sun or the house martin or the plover may seek warmer climes in winter, yet these are not strangers to our land?

Guard: Are you suggesting that coconuts migrate?

King Arthur: Not at all. They could be carried.
1st soldier with a keen interest in birds: What? A swallow carrying a coconut?

King Arthur: It could grip it by the husk!

Guard: It's not a question of where he grips it! It's a simple question of weight ratios! A five ounce bird could not carry a one pound coconut.

King Arthur: Well, it doesn't matter. Will you go and tell your master that Arthur from the Court of Camelot is here?

Guard: Listen. In order to maintain air-speed velocity, a swallow needs to beat its wings forty-three times every second, right?

King Arthur: Please!

Guard: Am I right?

or

Bridgekeeper: Stop. Who would cross the Bridge of Death must answer me these questions three, ere the other side he see.

Sir Lancelot: Ask me the questions, bridgekeeper. I am not afraid.

Bridgekeeper: What... is your name?

Sir Lancelot: My name is Sir Lancelot of Camelot.

Bridgekeeper: What... is your quest?

Sir Lancelot: To seek the Holy Grail.

Bridgekeeper: What... is your favourite colour?

Sir Lancelot: Blue.

Bridgekeeper: Right. Off you go.

Sir Lancelot: Oh, thank you. Thank you very much. [Crosses the bridge]

Sir Robin: That's easy!
[The other knights rush to the bridge keeper]

Bridgekeeper: Stop. Who approacheth the Bridge of Death must answer me these questions three, ere the other side he see.

Sir Robin: Ask me the questions, bridgekeeper. I'm not afraid.

Bridgekeeper: What... is your name?

Sir Robin: Sir Robin of Camelot.

Bridgekeeper: What... is your quest?

Sir Robin: To seek the Holy Grail.

Bridgekeeper: What... is the capital of Assyria? [pause]

Sir Robin: I don't know that. [he is thrown over the edge into the ravine by an unseen force] AUUUUUUUUGGGH!

[Galahad prepares to cross, and the Bridgekeeper stops him]

Bridgekeeper: Stop. What... is your name?

Sir Galahad: Sir Galahad of Camelot.

Bridgekeeper: What... is your quest?

Galahad: I seek the Grail.

Bridgekeeper: What... is your favourite colour?

Sir Galahad: Blue-no! [he is also thrown over the edge] YEELLLLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWW!

Bridgekeeper: [Chuckling at Galahad's demise, then turns to Arthur] Stop. What... is your name?

King Arthur: It is 'Arthur', King of the Britons.

Bridgekeeper: What... is your quest?

King Arthur: To seek the Holy Grail.

Bridgekeeper: What... is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow?

King Arthur: What do you mean? An African or a European swallow?

Bridgekeeper: Huh? I... I don't know that. [he is thrown over by his own spell] AUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGGHHH!!

Sir Bedevere: How do you know so much about swallows?

King Arthur: Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.



---sorry to take this a bit off topic but that reference was up in my "grille" (sorry for that joke too)

Originally Posted by digger

If you are going to go there, go all the way man!!

Guard: Who goes there?

King Arthur: It is I, Arthur, son of Uther Pendragon, from the castle of Camelot. King of the Britons, defeater of the Saxons, Sovereign of all England!

Guard: Pull the other one!

King Arthur: I am, and this is my trusty servant Patsy. We have ridden the length and breadth of the land in search of knights who will join me in my court at Camelot. I must speak with your lord and master.

Guard: What? Ridden on a horse?

King Arthur: Yes!

Guard: You're using coconuts!

King Arthur: What?

Guard: You've got two empty halves of coconut and you're bangin' 'em together.

King Arthur: So? We have ridden since the snows of winter covered this land, through the kingdom of Mercia, through...

Guard: Where'd you get the coconuts?

King Arthur: We found them.

Guard: Found them? In Mercia?! The coconut's tropical!

King Arthur: What do you mean?

Guard: Well, this is a temperate zone.

King Arthur: The swallow may fly south with the sun or the house martin or the plover may seek warmer climes in winter, yet these are not strangers to our land?

Guard: Are you suggesting that coconuts migrate?

King Arthur: Not at all. They could be carried.
1st soldier with a keen interest in birds: What? A swallow carrying a coconut?

King Arthur: It could grip it by the husk!

Guard: It's not a question of where he grips it! It's a simple question of weight ratios! A five ounce bird could not carry a one pound coconut.

King Arthur: Well, it doesn't matter. Will you go and tell your master that Arthur from the Court of Camelot is here?

Guard: Listen. In order to maintain air-speed velocity, a swallow needs to beat its wings forty-three times every second, right?

King Arthur: Please!

Guard: Am I right?

or

Bridgekeeper: Stop. Who would cross the Bridge of Death must answer me these questions three, ere the other side he see.

Sir Lancelot: Ask me the questions, bridgekeeper. I am not afraid.

Bridgekeeper: What... is your name?

Sir Lancelot: My name is Sir Lancelot of Camelot.

Bridgekeeper: What... is your quest?

Sir Lancelot: To seek the Holy Grail.

Bridgekeeper: What... is your favourite colour?

Sir Lancelot: Blue.

Bridgekeeper: Right. Off you go.

Sir Lancelot: Oh, thank you. Thank you very much. [Crosses the bridge]

Sir Robin: That's easy!
[The other knights rush to the bridge keeper]

Bridgekeeper: Stop. Who approacheth the Bridge of Death must answer me these questions three, ere the other side he see.

Sir Robin: Ask me the questions, bridgekeeper. I'm not afraid.

Bridgekeeper: What... is your name?

Sir Robin: Sir Robin of Camelot.

Bridgekeeper: What... is your quest?

Sir Robin: To seek the Holy Grail.

Bridgekeeper: What... is the capital of Assyria? [pause]

Sir Robin: I don't know that. [he is thrown over the edge into the ravine by an unseen force] AUUUUUUUUGGGH!

[Galahad prepares to cross, and the Bridgekeeper stops him]

Bridgekeeper: Stop. What... is your name?

Sir Galahad: Sir Galahad of Camelot.

Bridgekeeper: What... is your quest?

Galahad: I seek the Grail.

Bridgekeeper: What... is your favourite colour?

Sir Galahad: Blue-no! [he is also thrown over the edge] YEELLLLLLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWW!

Bridgekeeper: [Chuckling at Galahad's demise, then turns to Arthur] Stop. What... is your name?

King Arthur: It is 'Arthur', King of the Britons.

Bridgekeeper: What... is your quest?

King Arthur: To seek the Holy Grail.

Bridgekeeper: What... is the air-speed velocity of an unladen swallow?

King Arthur: What do you mean? An African or a European swallow?

Bridgekeeper: Huh? I... I don't know that. [he is thrown over by his own spell] AUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGGHHH!!

Sir Bedevere: How do you know so much about swallows?

King Arthur: Well, you have to know these things when you're a king, you know.



---sorry to take this a bit off topic but that reference was up in my "grille" (sorry for that joke too)

Speaking of grills is there a sub topic on the series group for the id/changes of them all it could help others out maybe admins can help

My 1971 88" 2A which is different again.


Cheers, Mick.

A quick grille guide (as I see it, I stand to be corrected and likely will be )


If they are headlamps on the radiator support panel, it will be a Land Rover Series I, II, or Early IIA. So '48 to about '67.

If there are no headlamps on the radiator support panel and are on the front of the wings, you are probably looking at a Transitional IIA, Late IIA, Series III, (or obviously a Stage I or Defender.)

However, if the headlights are on the 'wings" and if the front grille is not made of plastic, with the name "Land Rover" moulded into it, it is most likely not a Series III, but a Transitional or Late Series IIA.

If the headlights are recessed into the radiator grille, look at how the headlights are mounted this will show you which model it is.

If the grille covers the headlamps, (which hang down from the radiator support panel and behind the grille) you are looking at an early Series I 80".
(48-50)
If the headlights come through circles cut in the the grille, but the grille still covers the entire radiator panel, you are looking at a mid 80".
(50-53)

The headlight/ grille arrangement from the late 80" to the Series IIA was very similar.

These have the headlights inboard in the radiator support panel
Series I:
Early 80" have the headlights behind the grille
Mid 80" has headlights surrounded by the grille.

Late 80" and 86" have an aluminium radiator support panel with four holes for airflow.

An 88" has a steel radiator support panel with one large rectangular hole for airflow.

An 80" and 88" have chrome headlight rims.

An 86" has body colour painted brass headlight rims, inverted T grille, of weaved flat strap construction.

Series II: A steel radiator support panel with three holes for airflow, chrome headlight rims, inverted T grille - made of mesh not woven.

Early Series IIA: A steel radiator support panel with three holes for airflow, chrome headlight rims, inverted T grille.

These have the headlights outboard in the front 'wing' panels

Land Rover Series III and late IIA Headlights outboard (in the wings)

Transitional IIA: Steel radiator support panel with three holes for airflow, an almost rectangular grille. (inverted T where narrower top portion is 3 squares high.)

Late Series IIA: Steel radiator support panel with three holes for airflow, a large steel grille shaped like a fat plus sign. (narrower top portion 3 squares high, bottom narrow portion 1 1/2 squares high)

Series III: Steel radiator support panel with three holes for airflow, a large plastic grille. normally silver coloured with LAND ROVER type badge pressed into the top of the grille.

SIII, Stage One: Grille pushed/brought out to equal the front of wings, wire square mesh grille

Defender: Grille pushed out to front of wings. Black slatted plastic with small plastic land rover badge normally in bottom left hand corner (pass side)

This is all just as I see it and I may be wrong in some aspects but its got me by until now Hope it helps