Thread: Cab Over Land Rover

Originally Posted by pfillery

I like it.

Interestingly I got offered a 101 yesterday. aparently registered up until 2010, holden 202 in it, guy has been using it on a property since then so it still drives and isn't all rusted out by the sounds of it, no idea if it is ex military or not. 2 grand was his initial asking price. I know nothing about them or their rarity so no idea if this is a "Dude! Snap it up even if it is a wreck" price or a "one for the enthusiasts" price.

Any tips. Sorry to hijack the thread...

Holden 202???? are you sure its a 101? (Which had Rover 3.5 V8s from the factory, the 202 (3.3 litre six) would be a backwards step.)

The 101s, except maybe the prototypes started off as military.

Your forward control sounds like its a (mostly) civilian SIIa or SIIb Forward Control, only about 3 thousand of each built.

The guy called it a "cab over" landrover. He didn't seem to know a great deal about it. I guess it would be worth a look if it is close by. So are they particularly sought after/rare or more of a niche thing? If it is halfway reasonable would it be a good resale/restoration prospect? I know it's a bit hard to say without knowing for sure but when you get people asking 2k for a standard series landy, if these are less common are they worth considerably more?

I think your talking about a civilian SIIa or SIIb, so this conversation should be in another place.

If you don't mind, I'll arrange for the posts to be moved.

Diana

Originally Posted by pfillery

No problem. ....I'm going to have a look tomorrow so if it is an ex army unit I'll post up appropriate details. Just as an aside, are they particularly popular with landy enthusiasts? I saw a few sites that all said the model was a failure hence the low numbers. As they are more the size of a truck than a landy series they would only appeal to a small percentage, unless of course military.

The series IIa F/C was a failure as it was on the same chassis as the Aussie Military 109" and with the higher centre of gravity they had a reputation of falling over. The Rover diffs had a habit of breaking under the additional loads and the low ratio gearbox gave the vehicle plenty of torque for off road work, but there top speed was about 90KPH flat out at $$$$ per Km in fuel and overheating.

They modified the springs mounts, fitted stronger ENV diffs, made the track 4" wider and added an anti-roll bar for the SIIb but left the low ratio transfer box as a result they were not popular for long distance travel although the South African Army had at least 500.

There were only 3000 of the SIIa and a similar number of SIIb.

I have four two complete and enough parts to make one out of the remaining two.

Rover built prototypes for an updated civilian Forward control, the Llama with wide track, tilt cab etc, but British Leyland couldn't see a market for it so stopped it going into production. (How many Mitsubishi Canter 4WD do you see these days? The Llama was very similar)

Diana

Diana

whats it going to cost me to get one of your low range Tcases?

What for? There's one just outside.

I would have thought the 2.5 na diesel 110 1.667:1 LT230 would have been preferable? Lower ratios in both ranges and can fit a 5 speed box.

coulnt be assed modding things to fit and was going to build it up with the rear PTO, my spare Tcase is clagged.

Originally Posted by Blknight.aus

whats it going to cost me to get one of your low range Tcases?

You do realise the gearbox mainshaft is longer on transmissions fitted with the forward control/1 ton transfercase?
Bill.