Why not just unbolt the roll bar and use side panels that have the seat belt mounting points? You would not need to butcher a hardtop? Also didn’t you put the upper gasket back in? And what about the roof rack mounting fingers that are typically on the roll bar pointing straight up in the are?
@@Benjamin-gp3dl thanks for the comment. I wanted the added protection of the roll bar. If you mean gasket between top of sides and roof, yes it went back in. From memory there were no roof rack mounting fingers pointing straight up, they were rivnuts into the roll bar.
@@LandySmurf thanks for the clarification. I’m looking at purchasing a Perentie I’ve not seen it in person yet. But I’ve been without a 110 for 10 years and trying to make it happen. But also looking to see what things I can do to improve comfort and functionality.
Geez I have some hours up in those things. Did My Army drivers course in one and drove them for years before the 110's came in. Cape York in 1986 and drove one across the Jardine River. Back in the the days when there was no bitumen in the Cape what so ever.
The good ol' days. It is hard to find offroad tracks now. The few that are around are all torn up by big modified 4x4s. The army 110s with the Isuzu would be my favourite all rounder 4x4.
Ha Ha! An optional extra was a windscreen wiper for the passenger side! The heater was also an optional extra, not that it did anything other than increase the noise level inside the cabin! There was another option when you bought a new series 1 but I can't remember what that was.
Ol'Smokey is a pretty Landy, but think she's running only on three cylinders... Mmm, tastes like rust 😂😂. Rather say, tastes like Landy oil. That's was a quick way to stuff up your food, no wonder there was no coverage at eating time 😮🤭. Very nice video, bird and froggie sounds, and scenery...
Nice, One thing to note..... Semi floating was standard on SWB all the way to the end in 1958, full float was an option. (Full float did become standard on 109 pickup and 107 SW late production) My daily driver is a 1958 88" (Nov 1957 build) it's an original semi float rear axle. Came into San Francisco California in December 1958 and spent it's whole life in the Sierra Nevada mountains. Done the Rubicon trail, trips to Moab Utah, it's lived a life. It still looks very original (what's left of the original dove grey paint) though the 2 litre was long gone when I got it, sooooo, I did a super stealthy Chevy LS v8 swap, quiet exhaust, upgraded the gearbox, but kept the semi float (with custom upgraded 32 spline shafts that look totally stock outside). It also has an early Land Rover factory hydraulic winch up front, that gets tested on occasion !! I run the 7.50-16 version of your tyres, too ! It's super quiet and VERY period correct outwardly and the purists don't know it's LS swapped unless they go for a ride. Thanks for sharing your beautiful 88" One last note... get some proper series I scalloped drive flanges for the front hubs, those round series IIA ones grab my eye !
@@LandySmurf Your 88 has such a cool work history that it should be kept as authentic as possible, and those front drive flanges really show. Another bit of trivia about the semi float axle that I learned by daily driving these since the 1980's is that while Rover had a oil seal INBOARD of the bearing to keep the diff oil away from it, the bearing itself was "shielded type" with no integral seals, just tin dust deflectors and no outer seal..... That's right, the first deep mud or water crossing contaminated the bearing !! No wonder those early "overland expeditions" had bearing problems with the semi float setup ! Modern sealed bearings made for the "big bearing" 9 inch ford axle are a direct fit and cure the issue. Even in my 350 HP LS swapped 1958 model, I had to retain the semi floating axle because I feel the big axle flange is so integral to the original "look" of a series I HaHa!! I'm a machinist, so making identical appearing shafts with much larger spline count was pretty easy, and at 1.400" -32 splines, are much stronger than 24 spline Salisbury. The diff internals are also super stealthy fancy stuff I built.
A very informative video, many thanks. I drove the standard Series 2A briefly during my military service, in 1982 while on a driver's course. I remember thinking that this model had much better torque from it's engine as opposed to the Series 3, which had the gutless engine.
Forget about EVs, luxury soccer mom SUVs, trophy high dollar sports cars. If they only would build these Landys again new today, the world would be in perfect balance!👍
@@LandySmurf I believe it is limestone?! Light beige. It is shown on another RU-vid channel. LandyAndy4X4, Castle Air Museum part 2. Towards the end of the video. I bought it last October. It was still being used daily on a cattle ranch in Central California. They are very rare here on the West Coast and most are being gobbled up by people who over restore them for trophy trucks. I appreciate perfect shiny paint jobs, but somehow a few scuffs and bumps suit an old Land Rover. If you check out the video, let me know what you think.👍 Cheers
Have a 1971. 2a pick up owned for 23 years petrol electronic ignition new swivels parabolic springs gas shocks stainless exhaust tail gate plate used in the Cotswolds UK for shooting logging and gentle driving to county shows💥
@@LandySmurf We lived on a remote back country Cattle Station in New Zealand. My best memory of that Series 1 was when Dad hit a pig late one night when we were coming home from town. There was Mum and Dad in front and us 3 kids in the back. The land rover did a wheel stand over the pig then crashed back down into the water table beside the road wrecking the steering so it couldn't be driven. We had to walk about 3 miles home in the dark and the rain. Don't think Mum stopped yelling at Dad the whole way home. The pig ran off into the bush.
Good video fellas! It made me hark back to my ex military years, these vehicles were our bread and butter. Where I was based, they were introduced early in 1989. I've travelled all around Oz in this model and preceding series 3 and 2. The Perentie felt like a Rolls Royce compared to it's predecessors, lol. Thank you for making this video.
There is a 24v FFR. Starter motors are the same and readily available, I think from memory a Mitsubishi starter motor is the same. The generators are often removed and should be easily attained. Thank you for watching
Very relaxing watching water flowing over rocks, we’ve had some decent rain here in wa the past week for the start of winter, been dry for months over here, don’t forget your gumboots going outside
