The Defender's Father has arrived

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We went over to Straddie earlier today to retrieve what I believe to be a Series IIa for Lachy to do up as his first car.
It has the Holden 186 HP engine in it, and an overdrive.
Not too much rust, almost none in the chassis, just in the typical bulkhead spots.
It has the lights on the wings, but the VIN number doesn't seem to correspond with a late SIIa - 25302326a. The grill is a Series 3.
The gauge has the wording "Long Station Wagon" on it, and the plate on the rear says Solihull, Warwickshire, England.
It has the safari roof with vents, and fully lined interior.
We got it started, fresh fuel and clean the points, and drove it home with a one-day permit.
Not sure where we'll start with it, but would like to fit Lachy's 3-bearing diesel at some point.

[LR V8]

Yep I agree - that chassis number is very close to some Ex-Army ones on REMLR which are listed as 1963.

Cheers,

Pete

P.S. Nice Landy !!

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Thanks Pete, yes that may be the case.

It will be interesting to find out a bit more about its history.

[pop058]

253 is the prefix for a CKD 2a 109. The a suffix makes it early 60's

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So the lights on the wings might be from a later model vehicle.
I'll have to find the chassis numbers and see what they reveal.

[The ho har's]

Oh you have to happy with that Lachy 5 door as well, nice score

Now you have to have a user name to tell us of your restoration

Oh and dad knows where there is a 101 for sale for your next project

Mrs hh

[The ho har's]

So the lights on the wings might be from a later model vehicle.
I'll have to find the chassis numbers and see what they reveal.

You do know where to find it? Left rear spring hanger.

Mrs hh

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Thanks Caroline, he's already expressed an interest in having his own user name on the forum!
And yes he knows about the 101
I'll go and check the number shortly.

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So the lights on the wings might be from a later model vehicle.
I'll have to find the chassis numbers and see what they reveal.

Have a look on the left hand side rear spring hanger for the chassis number.

[Squirrel]

Hello Mrs HH, this is Lachy - my username is Squirrel.I am looking forward to working on my truck,and talking to you and Mr HH about it