Gareth Coe Posted March 25, 2009 Posted March 25, 2009 I've been looking at this website: http://wielverkenner.blogspot.com/2008/08/verkenningsbak-op-marktplaats.html Lots of photos of his fantastic restoration of a Verkennings Laro. This photo is also from there: One of them might even be Heidi It shows the branch catcher quite well, and you can also see the windscreen cover (something else I'm looking for) Quote
Lord Burley Posted March 27, 2009 Posted March 27, 2009 A picture of my 101 hard top cheers rob Now that is nice.:thumbsup: Quote
abn deuce Posted March 27, 2009 Posted March 27, 2009 Nice garage to go along with the Nice vehicle Quote
6 pot Posted March 27, 2009 Posted March 27, 2009 Hi all heres a picture of my wolf with a strange traffic cone or i got carried away playing with photo bucket cheers rob Quote
Guest catweazle (Banned Member) Posted March 29, 2009 Posted March 29, 2009 Small world right behind you in the champ camp.:-D Quote
sas pinkie Posted March 29, 2009 Posted March 29, 2009 (edited) And mine.... Yours is a 90 too, lol, looks like someone has bolted an extra few inches on when you werent looking then bud... It is a wonderful Landy tho, you have done a good job there. Edited March 29, 2009 by sas pinkie Quote
sirhc Posted March 29, 2009 Posted March 29, 2009 It was 4:30 in the morning when I posted that, but you know what I meant! Yes it did come out ok, looks good from a distance but still has some battle scars close up. CW, we are usually camped with the Champ Camp at Kemble as our friend owns the K2. Quote
Guest catweazle (Banned Member) Posted March 29, 2009 Posted March 29, 2009 CW, we are usually camped with the Champ Camp at Kemble as our friend owns the K2. Crikey that makes it an even smaller world.:-D Quote
Gareth Coe Posted April 6, 2009 Posted April 6, 2009 This is Heidi just the other day: As you can see: we have the most important tool close to hand (the kettle!). The front interior and body cappings are now a nice shade of RAL6014. Just the inside of the tub to do, and then reassembly. The hunt for the branch catcher continues... Quote
Guest catweazle (Banned Member) Posted April 12, 2009 Posted April 12, 2009 Anyone know where and when? Quote
gritineye Posted April 12, 2009 Posted April 12, 2009 Dunno but it looks like those wooden tyres have turned up again! Quote
Ivor Ramsden Posted April 13, 2009 Posted April 13, 2009 Anyone know where and when? Civvy LHD Land-Rovers, sometime before June 1949, packed for export - the canvas hoods & frames are flat in the back. Where - dunno, but judging by the flat caps, somewhere in England! Where's the photo from, CW? Quote
Guest catweazle (Banned Member) Posted April 13, 2009 Posted April 13, 2009 Civvy LHD Land-Rovers, sometime before June 1949, packed for export - the canvas hoods & frames are flat in the back. Where - dunno, but judging by the flat caps, somewhere in England! Where's the photo from, CW? I bought it with some others from a dealer at a show.He thinks its 1948.London Docks.Rare picture. Quote
Guest catweazle (Banned Member) Posted April 13, 2009 Posted April 13, 2009 Dunno but it looks like those wooden tyres have turned up again! I never noticed that,wonder what that was for. Quote
Richard Farrant Posted April 13, 2009 Posted April 13, 2009 (edited) I never noticed that,wonder what that was for. Shortage of tyres over here at the time perhaps. Were Avon supplying the tyres for early Land Rovers? If so, around that time Avon were unable to export to N.America and Canada, so tyres would be supplied at destination. Edited April 13, 2009 by Richard Farrant Quote
Ivor Ramsden Posted April 15, 2009 Posted April 15, 2009 (edited) Those "wooden tyres" look more like protective covers to me. Aren't they a series of small wooden plates with two flexible bands joining them? They were probably just to protect the tyre treads. I can't imagine why they'd need such protection though. Rover weren't supplying Land-Rover vehicles to North America in 1948. I've never seen any reference to Land-Rovers being supplied without tyres because of shortages although the spare was an extra right at the start of production. Edited April 15, 2009 by Ivor Ramsden Quote
Guest catweazle (Banned Member) Posted April 15, 2009 Posted April 15, 2009 They look a bit like the blocks that were put on first world war big guns,probably helped to stop them rolling about on board ship. Quote
Swill1952xs Posted April 18, 2009 Posted April 18, 2009 Those "wooden tyres" look more like protective covers to me. Aren't they a series of small wooden plates with two flexible bands joining them? They were probably just to protect the tyre treads. I can't imagine why they'd need such protection though. Rover weren't supplying Land-Rover vehicles to North America in 1948. I've never seen any reference to Land-Rovers being supplied without tyres because of shortages although the spare was an extra right at the start of production. The wooden tyres you refer to are still in use today. They are often seen on tractors made in this country, and awaiting export. There are two main reasons for this. One being space saving for shipping, and secondly different countries often have different tyre requirements, particularly the American market. It's pointless shipping them here to be fitted, and then take up more space on a ship. It often comes down to cost effectiveness too. The Land Rovers may have suffered tyre shortages in production and were en route to a destination either where tyres are made or the supply was plentiful. Quote
les freathy Posted April 19, 2009 Posted April 19, 2009 A wad of photos of Land Rovers from around 1968 to 70 Quote
Guest catweazle (Banned Member) Posted April 20, 2009 Posted April 20, 2009 Some nice pics there Les Thanks for posting.cw. Quote
williamsd Posted April 24, 2009 Posted April 24, 2009 decided new paint job required so used roller instead of a brush not perfectbut a lot better than last time Quote
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