Series 1 owners

[utahseries]

How many series 1 owners are on this forum, living in the colonies? "North America". I'm aware of 4 so far, but that's just because they are members of the Series 1 club. If you drive a S1, what model/color is it?
Thanks!

[LaneRover]

What if you just have a SI but don't drive it?

I have a 1958 SI 107 SW. Years before I got it someone did a poor job of putting a Buick V6 into it. It was originally grey I think but is currently a very faded light green.

Brent

[rovertek]

i have a 1957 ser 1 RHD 2.0 litre all original exept it is red (used to be green) with a khaki/grn soft top and e-hyde seats.....

[gudjeon]

I put a 2.25 petrol in a '57, 88". Its my daily driver and use it for camping, hunting, and fishing. Its like stepping back in time cruising in the toolies with these rigs.:thumb-up:
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d187/gudjeon/2009_07032009JulyProvincials0042.jpg

Sorry Utah, I haven't got the heater close ups for you yet. I haven't forgot.

[leafsprung]

Land Rover got it right to begin with and they have been screwing it up ever since.

http://www.pangolin4x4.com/mendoweb/images/IMG_0108.jpg

[Jim-ME]

Ike,
Them's fighting words although I agree will you on anything built by LR after 1971. Please explain.
Jim

[leafsprung]

Jim,
There were a lot of manufacturing efficiencies incorporated into land rovers as the years went by. While some improvements were made, a lot of nice details used on the earlier trucks were deleted from the later ones. Examples:

-preproduction chassis are all galvanized most of the original prototypes still exist while early production examples are scarce (proportionally) because they stopped galvanizing the frames
-Door frames on all series ones are galvanized, both the door tops and bottoms. Series one doors are normally in wonderful condition while series 2-2a-3 doors are rotten
-rear crossmembers on series one models are pressed with nice curves that flow towards the edges of the truck and the hitch mounting points are all sleaved with tubing to prevent crushing. The 2-2a,3 rear crossmembers are all simplified and the sleaves are deleted
-nearly all fittings and parts on a series one are feild serviceable, screws hold most assemblies together and nearly everything can be rebuilt. As you progress forward in time, less of the vehicle is serviceable and more is disposable. The fittings and parts on later trucks are nearly all disposable (you would not rebuild a turn signal unit on a series three)
-The series one 107 wagon is very modular. You can use a cab on one, remove all of the door tops etc while all of these features were deleted from the 2-2a-3 wagons
-the doors lift off instead of bolt on like the later trucks
-the windsheild is meant to be folded down, there are small plugs on the wiper motor wires to disconnect them from the dash when folding down the windshiled
-there is no fluffy sills, aprons, dangly rear corners or other cosmetic "styling features"

[Jim-ME]

Point made.
Jim

[bmohan55]

Leafsprung...just curious. What do you see as improvements as the Series progressed?

[leafsprung]

-power brakes are nice
-salsbury and ENV axles are nice
-hump in the body side makes it more rigid esp on the LWB 3 door models
-beter visibility in pickup models
-late SIIA upper door hinges
-pendent pedals
-better capping design

[utahseries]

I like this conversation, but i have to go off track and ask about that red 107. Did it come off a military base in New Mexico? Ive seen one before that had, but I'm pretty sure that somebody had put a 2.25 in it. Then my next question is if you have changed to a 2.25, what was the reason? Was it availability of parts or lack of power? I'm just curious

[utahseries]

Oh, and gudgeon, it's ok. I'm not in that much of a hurry. I'm still working on a rolling chassis!

[leafsprung]

Its a 109, it still has the 2.0L, no its not from a military base.

[badvibes]

I like this conversation, but i have to go off track and ask about that red 107. Did it come off a military base in New Mexico? Ive seen one before that had, but I'm pretty sure that somebody had put a 2.25 in it. Then my next question is if you have changed to a 2.25, what was the reason? Was it availability of parts or lack of power? I'm just curious

Utah-

Go to this link and you'll get the story.....

http://www.pangolin4x4.com/pangolin4x4/garage/events/wytrip/index.htm

[galen216]

ROVERS club in PA has at least 6 SI owners that I can think of.

Including:

UH_b6cvtiLg


and..

http://i652.photobucket.com/albums/uu245/galen216/100_3731.jpg

http://i652.photobucket.com/albums/uu245/galen216/100_3734.jpg

[Brian Holmes]

I also have a Series I. It is a 1955 86 (first registered in Canada in 1956)and is stock. Colour is blue and the hardtop is creme. It runs but has loose steering and the wiring is a total mess. When I can get to it it will have some corrections made.
Cheers,
Brian on Kootenay Lake
94 Disco
69 IIA 88
55 I 86
and a fleet of old Volvos - one runs well

[tweaked]

This is my 58 series I 'PATINA' I'm in Rhode Island. She runs like a champ. I have a hard top that goes on in the winter and I'm currently seeking a soft top. She only comes out on dry days.

[gudjeon]

Well how do Brian. We're practically neighbours. I live one mountain range east of you. You might recognize this when I take my ser1 rig out to your neck of the woods.

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d187/gudjeon/IMG_0700.jpg

[Brian Holmes]

I sure do. I remember seeing a green series I heading toward Nelson a few miles west of Balfour at about twilight a while back. Yours? Did you come over Grey Creek Pass?
Cheers, Brian

[jb_]

I also have a Series I. It is a 1955 86 (first registered in Canada in 1956)and is stock. Colour is blue and the hardtop is creme. It runs but has loose steering and the wiring is a total mess. When I can get to it it will have some corrections made.


Pics?

Real men want to see pics! :thumb-up:

[gudjeon]

Howdy Brian,

Bronze Green Yes. At twilight, most likely. Over Gray Creek, not yet.:thumb-up:
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d187/gudjeon/Picture022.jpg

[Nanoose]

1955 86" Pretty much all stock (except the colour of course...)

http://i213.photobucket.com/albums/cc175/SVNanoose/1955%20Series%201%20Land%20Rover/IMGP0745.jpg

Dave

[utahseries]

I really like your 86. I don't care who you are, it's impossible to not smile when you see that rover.

[Enigma]

1957 LWB 107

[Bertha]

Its a 109, it still has the 2.0L, no its not from a military base.

109 series 1's are quite rare. I too have a S1 109. Mine is a RHD ckd diesel that was originally sent to Australia and is now sitting in my garage awaiting restoration.

[thixon]

I don't care how much simpler, or better (in some respects) SI's are compared to II's, IIa's, or III's. I just can't get past the looks. They are the silliest looking thing on the road to me (surpassed only by the thing).

[LaneRover]

I don't care how much simpler, or better (in some respects) SI's are compared to II's, IIa's, or III's. I just can't get past the looks. They are the silliest looking thing on the road to me (surpassed only by the thing).

Or a SII,SIIA,SIII with mag wheels

[Bertha]

I don't care how much simpler, or better (in some respects) SI's are compared to II's, IIa's, or III's. I just can't get past the looks. They are the silliest looking thing on the road to me (surpassed only by the thing).


LMAO- Travis you are too funny.

[meatblanket]

Here's my silly looking S1, although it has a lot of later bits in it.

http://i442.photobucket.com/albums/qq145/blanketmeat/Land%20Rover%20Series%201/GnRRRR331.jpg

[junkyddog11]

I have a '58 SI 88". Currently in the process of getting a new frame under it. It will have a 2.5 na in it when done. I have a $#!^pile of 2.0 motors, but none that function.

[badvibes]

meatblanket-

Sweet looking S1. Nice pic!

[thixon]

Meat,

If it makes you feel better, yours is one of the better looking SI's I've seen. :thumb-up:

[leafsprung]

Travis, its ok some people like the jowly, overstyled, bloated, dangly bodywork on the series 2,2a,3 :D

[J.McKelvey]

Here's my 1951 80". It has the 1.6L engine and has been bronze green since the day it was born. The silly look makes them the coolest looking rovers. My girlfriend actually prefers driving in it over my 2A..

[utahseries]

Travis, its ok some people like the jowly, overstyled, bloated, dangly bodywork on the series 2,2a,3 :D

:thumb-up: Indeed! haha

[utahseries]

Here's my silly looking S1, although it has a lot of later bits in it.

http://i442.photobucket.com/albums/qq145/blanketmeat/Land%20Rover%20Series%201/GnRRRR331.jpg

Wow, I guess i'll be copying you! mine is sand instead of the bronze green though. Are those series II axle cases? Judging by the way your exhaust is routed, i'm guessing you have the 2liter? This is on pangolin's website right? I can't wait to get some serious goodies from Ike. This is some serious motivation to get back to crankin on mine!

[meatblanket]

My SI is a bit of a mutt. SII axles, 2.5 NA diesel engine, Ashcroft t-case.

Yep, there is a picture of it on Ike's site, with the windshield folded down. Ike made the front bumper for me!

[greenmeanie]

Travis, its ok some people like the jowly, overstyled, bloated, dangly bodywork on the series 2,2a,3 :D

I don't know Ike, as a 101 owner I find the series 1 a bit too curvatious and aerodynamic for my taste.

[gudjeon]

Out for a sunny January rip around in the snow.
http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d187/gudjeon/IMG_1356.jpg

[utahseries]

My SI is a bit of a mutt. SII axles, 2.5 NA diesel engine, Ashcroft t-case.

Yep, there is a picture of it on Ike's site, with the windshield folded down. Ike made the front bumper for me!

ahh, the diesel explains the exhaust routing. I have really wanted to route my exhaust that way, so i've been searching for a swan neck exhaust manifold.. but due to the reputation they have, I'll probably be trying something else.

[leafsprung]

I don't know Ike, as a 101 owner I find the series 1 a bit too curvatious and aerodynamic for my taste.

remind me what you are working on again:D

[thixon]

Okay, Okay,

they aren't that silly looking. I guess an amphicar is worse.:D

I'll keep studying them, and maybe the S1's will grow on me.

[vermontrover]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/31434732@N03/4293569661/

[LaneRover]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/31434732@N03/4293569661/sizes/m/

Why is it that when I look at that photo I think that if you just panned right you would see Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and folks in their colorful stripped woolen swimsuits?

[serie-ous]

Here in Upper Canada, near Kingston Ontario, we drive our 52 ex MOD 80", we're putting back together our '53 80", our '54 86" is sitting waiting for our attention, we're breaking our '55 86" (previous owner managed to destroy the solid frame); and we have some other Series One bits, and some other Series Rovers.

[thixon]

I made a pass through TN last week, and stopped by TNLR just to see what he had. If any of you are interested, he has a safari roof for for an 80" out back in reasonable condition.

[J.McKelvey]

I didn't think they made safari roofs for 80". I thought they only started making them for 86".

[thixon]

I didn't think they made safari roofs for 80". I thought they only started making them for 86".

Showing my ignorance. Its for an SI, whichever one it fits.

[J.McKelvey]

I went to my cottage yesterday to check on things and I took a picture of the 80" hibernating for the winter waiting for spring...

John

[utahseries]

Do I dare ask what price he was asking?!? haha