ID of this Land Rover

[Coma]

Hello everyone I want to find out how I know exactly what I have!

I have been told its a 1968 4cycl 2a...

But I have my doubts

For starters - the six badge and from what I have read the exhaust pipe visible under the passenger side front, plus the six outlet manifold all don't fit the picture

[EchiDna]

you can stick the chassis number etc into one of the online search sites and find out what it was from factory - chances are it may have gone through a few changes over the years, but it looks pretty clean from the photo congrats!

CalVIN, the Land Rover VIN & Chassis Number Calculator & Decoder

[JDNSW]

The six is easy to distinguish from the four.

Four - carburettor on left
gear lever two bends,
four spark plug leads
mechanical fuel pump

Six - Carburetter on right
gear lever one bend
six spark plug leads.
electric fuel pump


The grille and badge are not definitive - a swaptakes about thirty seconds with a scewdriver.

You should be aware of the possibility of a Holden (or other) engine being fitted to what was originally a four (or six).

A picture of the engine bay would help a lot, as would an interior picture showing the firewall.

John

[UncleHo]

G'day Coma

That looks like a 1967-69 model 2a 6cylinder trayback, the first 6's were sold early 67, it would like JDNSW said have a fairly straight gearlever, and that would be set back further into the cabin than a 4's, it should have an overhead inlet sidevalve exhaust motor fitted with a Stromberg CD175 type carby which is on the right side with exhaust manifold on the left, it will have an electric double-ended fuel pump mounted on the chassis under the driver seat. it would be a 2633cc (2.6 litre) or thereabouts motor, this could possibly have been replaced by a Holden 6 (red motor) as the Landrover motor was not well liked by lots of people, the rest of the vehicle looks to be in good condition.

cheers

[Lotz-A-Landies]

What ever it is, it looks very straight.

More pics please?

Diana

[Coma]

engine bay is where the weirdness begins

[Coma]

another angle

[isuzurover]

That is a factory rover 6.

[Lotz-A-Landies]

That is a factory rover 6.

Without the oil bath air cleaner.

If it has a Grenville Motors ID tag PM me the numbers and I may have some of the original sales history.

Diana

[UncleHo]

G'day Coma

Yup! a standard and complete and original looking set-up with the exeption of the airfilter, (original was a large oil bath type) it is a 2.6 litre six with the sloping cyclinder head,which still has the original carby only missing the oil breather cap, just check if the rear left head studs are tight, as they are hard to tighten and that is where they will leak oil and loose compression giving the 5 cyl symptom but it is a very tidy and straight vehicle

cheers