Hi Richard, On my Series 2(1961), the chassis plate starts with a 1 for a Series 2. The same number should be on front right dumb iron. You might need scratch some of the paint away to check. There are a couple of other places like the steering box and voltage regulator which have similar date codes for 61 or earlier but might have been replaced.
Speaking as a Silhillian, I'd keep the Solihull badge regardless of whatever Bess "should have" ;-) Can't wait to see it driving - hopefully the fibreglass fairy only made a small number of visits!
Spring hangers are the military version, I think they ran the same hangers on the 1 tons as well, gives 50mm of lift. Don’t know if that was standard on the S2 and 2a, same hangers are on my S3 109 ex military FFR. Great to see another old Landy getting some love.
Sir: what's wrong with the engine it already has in it? Personally I would compression check it and give it a good service, Replace points/plugs/condenser and possibly ignition coil, fluids and IF it's running fine save your money. I say so because you are unlikely to be doing high miles. Also: Perhaps that 3 bearing engine is the factory-fitted one meaning your chassis/engine ( and axles/diffs) might be factory? (Originality is where the Money lies IF such things interest you) I would give my eye teeth for a series motor to replace the Holden Engine in mine. PS I have seen Far Far worse rust on door bottoms and bulkheads. But going back to the engine question: IF you are taking the whole body off to restore: it will be simple (ish) to overhaul your original engine and put it back in.
Hi Cameron, If you listen carefully in the video entitled 'update Landy now running ' you can hear the engine has a knock, and also a rather substantial oil leak when the engine is warm. As the odometer is on 28k miles I am assuming it's 128k miles and therefore will be rather tired. I've receipts with Bess that point to recent servicing - plugs, oil, points etc so I know this engine knock will necessitate a rebuild. I will keep the original engine and possibly rebuild it eventually but for now the most economic way forward is a replacement good engine. I'm guessing you're in Australia with having a Holden engine in yours? Fortunately I've found a good source of s/h parts less than an hour away from me. Thanks for the comments - stay tuned 😉
@@mgb40v8 Ah OK I somehow missed that the motor in yours has significant issues. I am sure the original will be worth rebuilding though. (But you have tons of other work coming) I live in South Africa. KZN coast. Over here you get LOTS of converted series Landy with the "Chev 4.1" conversion. Some are done really well, some are horrible. Mine was cheap and horrible but I am fixing it on a next to nothing budget. Hence my interest 🙂
Bess is a beauty. Try not to exchange the engine for another one,, please. Paying the deposit tells me my advice is to late... 😮 The money you are spending on Steve's engine can be used to fix the original engine. Here in Hermanus, the Land Rover Capital of South Africa, the fans, purists and collectors will pay much more for a car with matching chassis and engine numbers, and so anywhere else. Steve is wrong, Bess must have the Solihull badgesc on the grill, and at the back.. Only Series 1's had the Birmingham badges, as I know. My 1957 Series 1, 107" has Birmingham badges. My 1960, S2 88" and 1969 S2a 109", Solihull. Bess is a Series 2 by what I could see, or the very first of Series 2a's. Wiper motors x 2 in windscreen. Short straight low down handbrake lever. Wide skirts underneath the doors. Flat skirt below the grill, above the front bumper. Could not see if the vent flaps have nuts and bolts, or welded hinges. They are being opened by up and down levers, different from my S2 that has turning knobs.🤔 The tunnel over the gearbox don't have a swing away inspection cover that is been held down with a wing nut...as for S2..... 🤔 Nice project, try and keep the patina, she's sexy as is, for an old girl... Mutton dressed up as Lamb doesn't work for everyone... 😂 Regards, Landy Nutcase, 🇿🇦
@@alwynvanwyk1851 Hi, Many thanks for your comments and info - that's all very helpful. Don't worry about the engine swap, I'll be keeping the original engine (that's if it is the original engine - who knows she is 63 years old after all) and may rebuilt it much later on down the line. For now the cheapest way is to do the swap - matching costs in Britain would mean spending much more money plus all extra travelling taking the block and head to a decent machine shop. There are none that I'm happy with in Wales so that means several trips to England. The original engine is bound to be completely worn out and likely as not need everything doing. Thank you so much for your interest - stay tuned 👍.
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Hi Richard,
On my Series 2(1961), the chassis plate starts with a 1 for a Series 2. The same number should be on front right dumb iron. You might need scratch some of the paint away to check. There are a couple of other places like the steering box and voltage regulator which have similar date codes for 61 or earlier but might have been replaced.
Hi, many thanks for the comment. I'll have a good look tomorrow.
I appreciate the views, stay tuned 👍
Speaking as a Silhillian, I'd keep the Solihull badge regardless of whatever Bess "should have" ;-) Can't wait to see it driving - hopefully the fibreglass fairy only made a small number of visits!
Hopefully.......😉
Spring hangers are the military version, I think they ran the same hangers on the 1 tons as well, gives 50mm of lift.
Don’t know if that was standard on the S2 and 2a, same hangers are on my S3 109 ex military FFR.
Great to see another old Landy getting some love.
@@timmillikan1155 Muchas gracious Tim 👍
Good luck the body looks fine. Chassis not sure.
@@kevinreeves6875 thank you, stay tuned and we'll see how poorly the chassis really is 🤔
Sir: what's wrong with the engine it already has in it? Personally I would compression check it and give it a good service, Replace points/plugs/condenser and possibly ignition coil, fluids and IF it's running fine save your money. I say so because you are unlikely to be doing high miles. Also: Perhaps that 3 bearing engine is the factory-fitted one meaning your chassis/engine ( and axles/diffs) might be factory? (Originality is where the Money lies IF such things interest you) I would give my eye teeth for a series motor to replace the Holden Engine in mine.
PS I have seen Far Far worse rust on door bottoms and bulkheads.
But going back to the engine question: IF you are taking the whole body off to restore: it will be simple (ish) to overhaul your original engine and put it back in.
Hi Cameron,
If you listen carefully in the video entitled 'update Landy now running ' you can hear the engine has a knock, and also a rather substantial oil leak when the engine is warm. As the odometer is on 28k miles I am assuming it's 128k miles and therefore will be rather tired.
I've receipts with Bess that point to recent servicing - plugs, oil, points etc so I know this engine knock will necessitate a rebuild. I will keep the original engine and possibly rebuild it eventually but for now the most economic way forward is a replacement good engine.
I'm guessing you're in Australia with having a Holden engine in yours?
Fortunately I've found a good source of s/h parts less than an hour away from me.
Thanks for the comments - stay tuned 😉
@@mgb40v8 Ah OK I somehow missed that the motor in yours has significant issues. I am sure the original will be worth rebuilding though. (But you have tons of other work coming) I live in South Africa. KZN coast. Over here you get LOTS of converted series Landy with the "Chev 4.1" conversion. Some are done really well, some are horrible. Mine was cheap and horrible but I am fixing it on a next to nothing budget. Hence my interest 🙂
Bess is a beauty. Try not to exchange the engine for another one,, please.
Paying the deposit tells me my advice is to late... 😮
The money you are spending on Steve's engine can be used to fix the original engine.
Here in Hermanus, the Land Rover Capital of South Africa, the fans, purists and collectors will pay much more for a car with matching chassis and engine numbers, and so anywhere else.
Steve is wrong, Bess must have the Solihull badgesc on the grill, and at the back.. Only Series 1's had the Birmingham badges, as I know.
My 1957 Series 1, 107" has Birmingham badges.
My 1960, S2 88" and 1969 S2a 109", Solihull.
Bess is a Series 2 by what I could see, or the very first of Series 2a's.
Wiper motors x 2 in windscreen.
Short straight low down handbrake lever.
Wide skirts underneath the doors.
Flat skirt below the grill, above the front bumper.
Could not see if the vent flaps have nuts and bolts, or welded hinges.
They are being opened by up and down levers, different from my S2 that has turning knobs.🤔
The tunnel over the gearbox don't have a swing away inspection cover that is been held down with a wing nut...as for S2..... 🤔
Nice project, try and keep the patina, she's sexy as is, for an old girl...
Mutton dressed up as Lamb doesn't work for everyone... 😂
Regards, Landy Nutcase, 🇿🇦
@@alwynvanwyk1851 Hi,
Many thanks for your comments and info - that's all very helpful.
Don't worry about the engine swap, I'll be keeping the original engine (that's if it is the original engine - who knows she is 63 years old after all) and may rebuilt it much later on down the line. For now the cheapest way is to do the swap - matching costs in Britain would mean spending much more money plus all extra travelling taking the block and head to a decent machine shop. There are none that I'm happy with in Wales so that means several trips to England. The original engine is bound to be completely worn out and likely as not need everything doing.
Thank you so much for your interest - stay tuned 👍.