Wide to narrow eyes conversion

[carby]

Excuse my crude description of a front end swap.

I was wondering (as a Landy virgin) what is involved in retrofitting
narrow eyes to a fender mounted 2a.

c

[korg20000bc]

Late 2a's had lights mounted in the front wings like the series 3. So check the production date.

Otherwise, you need a radiator support panel with the eyeholes in it, replace the front wing panel to one with no holes and then rewire the lights to be correct for that position.

[Lotz-A-Landies]

The headlamps in the mudguards happened at suffix "G", so if your vehicle is suffix G or H it's correct for wide headlamps.

Personally I prefer the G and H.

Diana

[UncleHo]

G'day Carby

If your Landrover 2a chassis number ends in "G" or "H" then it is a late 2a and was produced like that and the ADR compliance plate will state so by the numbers stamped on it, but if you chassis No is "A" to "D" then it would have originally had the lights in the Grille (narrow eyes) classic appearance and has been changed at some time, there was a big move by some State registration departments in the 80's to get the earlier vehicles to fit the wide set lights either by just adding lights to the guards or by fitting late 2a or series 3 front guards,siting ADR headlamp width requirements.

BTW. your chassis number and suffix letter will be on your rego papers and windscreen sticker.


cheers

[JDNSW]

G'day Carby

If your Landrover 2a chassis number ends in "G" or "H" then it is a late 2a and was produced like that and the ADR compliance plate will state so by the numbers stamped on it, but if you chassis No is "A" to "D" then it would have originally had the lights in the Grille (narrow eyes) classic appearance and has been changed at some time, there was a big move by some State registration departments in the 80's to get the earlier vehicles to fit the wide set lights either by just adding lights to the guards or by fitting late 2a or series 3 front guards,siting ADR headlamp width requirements.

BTW. your chassis number and suffix letter will be on your rego papers and windscreen sticker.


cheers

A couple of comments on this - as far as I know, no Series 2a had compliance plates - these came in early in Series 3 production I believe. But the chassis number, or rather the suffix is the key item.

But even this does not necessarily tell the whole story. My ex-army suffix G has narrow headlights, and certainly came out of the army like that. I am not clear whether it delivered with narrow set headlights, or whether it is an in service modification, possibly after an accident using available panels.

It has been registered in Victoria and NSW without query.

John

[carby]

Thanks all.

I believe this truck was bolted together in 72 so it follows that it has the fender lights. As much as I prefer the narrow eyed ancestor I'm swaying to leaving it as is. I will check those chassis numbers for provenance.

[JDNSW]

Must be one of the last Series 2a!

John

[JayBoRover]

What a gorgeous looking truck! Any more pictures of it you could share with us? That was dated 2008 - anything more recent to show how it is now? Please tell us something about it.
BTW, I have a 1970 S2a that has both fender and radiator panel headlights. (Fitted by a previous owner).

[Turtle61]

Nice landy. Good pic too.
Tell me - how did you mount the Defender mirrors?

Cheers

[Col.Coleman]

Land rover started putting the lights in the guards for the USA market much earlier than G suffix. The important bit is, at G suffix, all Land Rovers were now produced this way. Nothing to do with Australian ADR's.

In fact, they mostly didn't cover Land Rovers. As though introduced from 1969 onwards, mainly seatbelts, commercial vehicles had special exceptions. Land Rovers were considered commercial vehicles.

Some light reading for you. As I reguarly PLAY with cars, I have these all saved.

Second Edition Australian Design Rules

IIRC complience plates started in being affixed in 1971 on passenger cars.

CC

CC