Thread: Vehicle History Research tools

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

Hi Harry

I don't know if you are aware, what you have fitted is the brushguard for the cross-eyed SII and SIIa. There was a later SIIa brushguard for the wide headlamp model where there was a step in the second upright to clear the headlamps. They were very similar to the SIII bar, but didn't have the two horizontal protrusions above the lifting points.

Sorry I don't know if the mounting holes were in different places.

thanks Diana, I didn't know there was a different brush guard, but will look into that also.
you were also correct with the key/lock numbers, I must see if my first car's ign key fits it...a '49 vanguard,


for you thieves out there, there are more locks on this car than the love locks on that bridge in Europe...it has no petrol, no battery and a marauding cat lives in it, the dogs love fresh meat and are fed yearly, so they are extra hungry and can smell a postie at 3.75 miles,
there are six gravestones from previous miscreants and the police still love their old car and look out for it.


I wish that copper at Woodenbong knew it was an ex cop car!....

Hi
I have just acquired a '53 S1(Chassis No 36660505) and am quite interested in collecting as much detail on it as possible. Its been modified (Holden motored and other things) but still has quite a decent amount of original bits hiding under layers of dodgy paint. [pics will be posted after it arrive- currently being en route from vic to qld].


I already know as much as the online tools can provide, ie
(from calVIN)
3
Model year: 1953
6
Model: Land Rover, Series I, 80in, petrol
6
Body type: Completely knocked down (CKD)
6
Destination: Right-hand drive (RHD), export market
0505
Serial number


(from LRSOC)


Land Rover80" Basic 1997cc 'Siamese' bore - RHD Export CKD kit



I also know the original Rego, as its still registered:
GOA-603 (Victorian)


Is there any further information that can be obtained based on the above details? In particular, it would be really nice to know the original engine number, when and where it was first sold etc.


Im told im the 3rd owner (the 1st owner bought it new [then did the modifications, possibly in the eighties; and I bought it [last week] from the bloke who bought it from the original owner [about 25-30 years ago]). I also am reasonably confident it has been a Victorian vehicle all its life (given the rego), although now it will be residing in Qld...


Many thanks for any info, or pointing in the best direction.

There is a lovely lady that works at the British Motor Museum called Jan Valentino who will do a search. Depending on what she finds, there might be a smallish fee involved but she'll let you know to see if you want to proceed.

My 1958 Series 2's (RHD CKD) information was unfortunately limited to the day it was dispatched out of Solihull and that she gave that to me for free...

BMIHT Archive

archive@britishmotormuseum.co.uk

Cheers,

Lou

Hi Diana,

Thanks for all the good work you're doing here - it's all very informative.

I have 141800917/143800079, another one of those 1958 2 lt orphans.
Only a few numbers away from Seriestwo's vehicle; it may even possibly be part of the same shipment.

Anything else you can tell me about it?

Peter.

It's interesting to read were a lot of these landys started from I been trying find anything on mine 143001010 British museum says delivered ckd to Sydney pmc it's in wa now

Thanks
Darren

Hi guys I’m new on here from Victoria.

I’m trying to find out the history of my farthers series 1 1956/57 88inch as we r restoring it at the moment

Chassis num: 113700891

Engine num: 111709041

Diff num: 111708719

Serial num: 00891

Hi,

For QRS40 -

I have 36660536, which was my grandparents farm truck in Margate, Tasmania, but I believed was originally sold in SA. My mother thinks her father (my grandfather) bought it in SA some time after he emigrated from the UK in 1952, then moved to Tas with it in about 1958(?). It is very close in SNO to yours, so maybe was originally in Victoria.

What did you find out about yours, and did you get any lists of LR Snos etc in any detail.

It now resides in QLD where I am doing a rebuild/refurb, but not a concourse restoration.

As a side note it survived the 1967 Tas bushfires, but my grandparents house 50m away was burnt to the ground.

Cheers

Paul

Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies

Firstly it is not a 1971 SIIa Station Wagon. It is actually a 1970 station wagon, which was probably built in February 1970.

The vehicle was allocated to British Leyland, so if the vehicle has a 1971 compliance plate it was affixed when Leyland disposed of it later.

The unusual thing about this vehicle and #878G (also to British Leyland) is that neither are listed with an engine number. (I've not seen that in the books before)

I have no evidence in relation to your vehicle but in the 1970's time Leyland were playing around with different engines. On the other hand, it could be a simple matter that Leyland took the vehicle off the end of the assembly line before the folks at Grenville's had time to record the engine and key numbers.

The chassis should match the car number, so I have no idea what the "241-354" relates to, unless it was a prototype number, however these were usually in a sequence like "109/3"

I think the other details "body type: 837, series 109837" are numbers issued by registration authorities.

hello, I am new to the world of land rovers. I just acquired a s2a station wagon with chassis ID 35200384d and I would love to know a little more history about it. It has a Faulls Subiaco plate in the engine bay.

I would be most appreciative if I could get a build or delivery year. And maybe a first owner?

thankyou
mike