1953 ? 80" out of 31 year storage

[80inch]

the 1953 80" after sitting for 35 years! my dad parked it in the 80's.

Needs all the systems gone through.

How many of these 80" inch Rovers are out there?
How hard is it to find bits for an 80?

[80inch]

80"

trying to load photos again...

[albersj51]

Looks great! How much do you want for her?

I hear parts are harder to find. Ask gudjeon, he has one and it sees daily driver duty + hauling.

[LaneRover]

Thats a great little Rover!

ALbers is right, parts are getting harder to find. Did your Dad use it for long before he parked it?

There is a great info here, and a few guys who have a lot of SI knowledge!

[gudjeon]

Sweet ser1. There are some parts in common with ser2. Unfortunately, the further you go back, the less in common they have in sourcing parts. Some retrofits can be made. Any original parts to fit are best sourced from England.

As with any old vehicle that has sat, Change oils, look at brakes, and seals seals seals.

[LaneRover]

Cleaning up and labeling your electrical connections would probably help too. Be careful as it is probably pretty brittle at this point.

[80inch]

My pop bought it around 1970 and drove it as a daily driver until the early 80's... all over mexico and then up in the trinity alps of nor-cal. He was an architect / builder.

I remember him driving down these steep wooded ravines on a friends ranch... into the creek... with the rover sitting in the creek at an impossible angle while we collected just the right stones to make a new fireplace chimney with. We would load the thing up until the bed was full of stones... and then climb right back out... albeit very slowly!

[gudjeon]

Did someone mention stones for a series1?

[badvibes]

forgive the off topic

I'd say that S I has stones.....

[singingcamel]

series 1

I'm restoring a 1951 heres a couple of shots
www.singingcamel.com

[westcoastkevin]

I also have a 80" S1 ..... or I have the parts to make one.

[Terrys]

I'm restoring a 1951 heres a couple of shots
www.singingcamel.com

Nice work Marc. Is that plate on the front xmember covering a RHD relay hole, or is this a converted RHD truck?

[Nium]

Year

If your unsure of the year you could check here...

http://www.lrfaq.org/FAQ.3.Chassis_Numbers.html

or enter the chassis number here...

http://www.clifton.nl/index.html?calvin.html

to see what it has to say about the vehicle. Looks like fun. Even if you don't see something listed in the Rovers North catalog give them a call and they might be able to help you out in finding parts. Of course the forum is always here to lend a hand too.

Cheers

[westcoastkevin]

Also, you can go to http://www.lrsoc.com/forum/index.php?action=forum
There is a lot of knowledge over there for the series one.

[singingcamel]

Thanks Friend,
No , its a left hand drive that came out of Northern Minnesota from the woods. I was lucky, it never saw pavememt, it was at a hunting shack..No rust ,YIPEEEE..

Nice work Marc. Is that plate on the front xmember covering a RHD relay hole, or is this a converted RHD truck?