S2a SWB

[Barney Bitza]

G'day again guys,
Its been awhile between drinks, however, this week i was offered a s2a swb for next to nicks, it still has a month rego on it. It seems ok, no real rust in the firewall, rear x-member seems a little rough but still solid, starts first go, and drives nicely.
numbers are- 24313223d (Late 67?)
it may sound like i'm sold on it, but i don't know if should commit to another project.
Thoughts?

Cheers Sam

[Lotz-A-Landies]

Actually it was a NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service vehicle sold on 24/5/1968.

The original engine number was 25299411J with NSW Rego EXN-284 and ign key 883 (?FP) plus fitted with Goodyear bar tread tyres.

[Barney Bitza]

Cool, thanks for that.
I'll check the engine number tomorrow when i go for another look, it also comes with a second 88" thats buggered, but chock full of spares.

I'm trying not to sell myself on the idea.......

Cheers Sam

[tibbsy]

Hey how did you find that information about the landy?

[isuzutoo-eh]

Hey how did you find that information about the landy?

The original dispatch books from Grenville Motors still exist in the care of a forum member's father or grandfather. A scanned copy of the records are held by a small number of people Diana has one copy, I have another.
If you think your Series Landy may be a NSW delivered vehicle, it can be looked up by chassis number but Diana is much more familiar with the records than I am!

[Barney Bitza]

well the deal is done....
pick up will be early next week hopefully!
there seems to be bugger all rust in the chassis, and the firewall only has a couple of spots at the bottom of the a pillar. not bad at all!
I only got 1 pic today, but i'll get that up asap.

[Barney Bitza]

here you go, not a great pic.......
not a great colour either!
Cheers Sam.

[Lotz-A-Landies]

Hey how did you find that information about the landy?

The original dispatch books from Grenville Motors still exist in the care of a forum member's father or grandfather. A scanned copy of the records are held by a small number of people Diana has one copy, I have another.
If you think your Series Landy may be a NSW delivered vehicle, it can be looked up by chassis number but Diana is much more familiar with the records than I am!

There are also some limited information on 1950 CKD vehicles sent to Australia, mainly only the master distributor name and batch groups, LRO53 and AC 260 have a complete set of the 80 dispatch records from Gaydon. But remember CKD records are groups of 6 vehicles without engine number.

I also hold a table of NSW LR dealers in the 1950s and 1960s, plus a table of vehicle ID and owner details from a single unidentified Land Rover Dealer in central Victoria (these were uncovered in the front of a workshop manual)

Diana

[Barney Bitza]

well, we picked her up today,
however the boss is not real happy.....
She drives fairly well, apart from a dodgy radiator cap.

Now to see if I can convince the boss to let me keep it, otherwise, she'll be back on the market, (the landy, not the wife)

Cheers Sam

[Landy Smurf]

get her something to componsate hmmmmm maybe like her own landy