The 6 cylinder bonneted control came out in 1967 although you would be wise to avoid the early ones as their brake circuil was an in-line booster. The yellow ones like your little specimen came out in about 1969 and the colour was specific to the 6 cyl. There should even be a badge on the grill with the word "six" this was an Au only badge.
The Salisbury was introduced in 1971 with the very last of the SIIa. My personal feeling is that these models were the best of the Series Land Rovers ever made. They had the wide headlights, pedal mounted master-vac, 3" wide front brake drums, cable operated wipermotors, Salisbury rear ends and you could still hose them out after a weekend playing in the mud. While they still had a crash box on 1st and 2nd, it was the strongest of the LR boxes until they fixed the problems of the all synchro boxes in about 1976.
Give me a late SIIa 109 Landy any day!
Diana
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