Unusual Series IIa grille - anyone recognize?

[timdbacon]

Hi, I am new, and just purchased a 1967 Series IIa. It has a very unique grille that looks legit rather than a "custom." Anyone recognize this, or have any ideas?

Thanks - Tim

[ArlowCT]

Could be Santana, not sure. What's the rest of the truck look like? What year?

[east high]

Google image search came up empty. My first thought was Santana, too, because if it's weird it's Santana, but most Santana s3 grills I found look like your average s3 grill.

[ArlowCT]

Google image search came up empty. My first thought was Santana, too, because if it's weird it's Santana, but most Santana s3 grills I found look like your average s3 grill.

Just did the same thing too and came to the same conclusion.

[I Leak Oil]

Does look very Santana'ish...except the big "Land Rover" at the top. Could just be some obscure after market IIa grill. Hang it on the wall behind your basement bar and put on a proper wire mesh bbq grill style part!

[Momo]

It looks similar to the grille on Queen Elizabeth's Series II... so it could be from a parade vehicle of the same vintage but lesser importance. Is it one piece? Plastic or metal? Dunsfold may know something...

[Partsman]

I asked on the Series 2 forum, got these responses:

Is that one of them 'state review' grilles? 58paul would be the chap to ask!

Commonly known as a State review grille, but also I seem to remember a chap on this here forum who had taken pictures of Land Rover's in a scrap yard in Greenland and they all had them grilles!

Commonly known as a State review grille, but also I seem to remember a chap on this here forum who had taken pictures of Land Rover's in a scrap yard in Greenland and they all had them grilles!

A prototype S3 plastic grille - lucky Americans ...


:RHD

you can see Pauls grill in the second or third picture in this thread

http://www.series2club.co.uk/forum/f...c,63788.0.html

Isn't that a grille off a royal review vehicle - should come with a set of matching chrome hub caps ... yum yum

:sheep_skip

[stomper]

Now that it has been suggested, I knew I had seen that style grille somewhere. Land Rover Enthusiast Magazine did a piece on review vehicles with photos. I just searched through the collection, and yes, these were on the Review vehicles. Another piece they did on the Queen's Series II 109 did not come with this type of grille, but there may have been a grille like this on some of her other series vehicles, I just have no verifiable proof. Someone must have found it, thought it was cool, and placed it on your vehicle.

Since these were rare, maybe 10-20 review vehicles being made, It might be worth something.

[timdbacon]

Wow! Royal is *much* more interesting than Santana. Yes, it is in one piece, and seems all metal. Not sure about the hub caps (from are FWH anyway) - will check that out but they are pretty toasty.

Thanks to partsman for link from S2 forum - yes, that is the same as in the pics.

Thanks so much everyone - really helpful!

Tim

[timdbacon]

Stomper - Any possibility that you could either post that article, or scan and send it to me? Or at least give me the publication date so I can contact them to look it up?