Thread: HECter

Now with a swelled head , I shall post more photo's.


'Fred' and 'HECter'


'HECter' is a 86"


'Monty' is a 88"


'HECter' and 'Paul'


'Monty' and 'Fred'

The Range Rover was mine until Garth purchased it. I miss it.
Fortunately I have replaced it.
PS Was Fantastic to finally meet Arthur and his friend Stuart today at Garths property.

I decided to see if I had the correct 86" bonnet to fit HECter, as he had a botched 80" bonnet at the moment.
I went over to the pile of spare body parts and there was two bonnets, tried one on HECter and they are for the 88".

Has anyone got a tidy 86" bonnet they can afford to part with?

After scratching all the usual spots, which included the top of my head!
I found the stamped chassis number 57660754 for 'HECter' under the left hand hole of the radiator panel, stamped on top of the chassis rail.
The dashboard, firewall or bulkhead ( the name depends on where you rode on the school bus ) plate has the matching number. I am experiencing sheer bliss!!!

Still looking for photo's of series one Land Rovers as used by the Hydro in Tasmania, can anyone help me with that?
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Originally Posted by wrinklearthur

I decided to see if I had the correct 86" bonnet to fit HECter, as he had a botched 80" bonnet at the moment.
I went over to the pile of spare body parts and there was two bonnets, tried one on HECter and they are for the 88".

Has anyone got a tidy 86" bonnet they can afford to part with?

I have a spare here but its a bit far away.
If you cant find one a bit closer by the end of your restoration then you can have it.
Keith

Deleted double post. I did not think it worked as an error notice appeared

I have found precious few photo's of 86" Land rovers as used by the Hydro Electric Commission in Tasmania, but there are a couple of small ones of both 80" and 86" Land rover's, in the excellent book, ' Ticklebelly tales and other stories from the people of the Hydro ' by Heather Felton ISBN 9780646477244.
I didn't know that my Mum had a copy until I mentioned that I was looking for that book, so now it is on loan at my place, thanks Mum.

My next step is to see if I can contact Heather Felton and find out if I can obtain higher resolution copies of those photo's, here's hoping .

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Hello Arthur :-)
Enjoying the write up on Hector very much.
Gota Love Mums. They R the Source. LOL
Hope to catch up soon was going to visit with Garth but he forgot to call me and Pick me up for the bulkhead dellivery, :-(
I was going to meet him in B Water and come visit.
Once again it was a pleasure meeting you and Stewart.
Looking forward to more land Rover Conversations in the near future with you.

Please post some more pics as Hectar Is progressing.

Cheers gadgets AKA Tim :-)