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Vehicle Research => Series 2 Research => Topic started by: 2short on July 29, 2016, 02:44:53 PM

Title: Series 2a 88" questions
Post by: 2short on July 29, 2016, 02:44:53 PM

Are there any pics of swb series 2a with ATUs mounted on the fenders?
Also, the vehicle in question has a chassis number that begins with 2730 which is rather high.
I'm puzzled.

Title: Re: Series 2a 88" questions
Post by: THE BOOGER on July 29, 2016, 03:29:36 PM

Check out the reference photo,s on the web site 2a archive pics cant see one with the arial mount but they are about

remlr.com

 :)

Title: Re: Series 2a 88" questions
Post by: AGAS 5 on July 29, 2016, 03:38:45 PM

I've seen two photo's of shorties with ATU's in Vietnam. Neither were the larkspur (?) type - it was a rectangle shape that I have not seen before.... perhaps sourced fron US jeep stock.

One photo showed it on the front guard, the other was between the tail gate and passenger side tail lights.

I'll check later for the pics.

Cheers,

Pete

Title: Re: Series 2a 88" questions
Post by: 2short on July 29, 2016, 03:40:31 PM

Cheers, would love to see them.
Going through the remlr files I see several 2730 chassis entries that were ex navy land rovers.

Title: Re: Series 2a 88" questions
Post by: AGAS 5 on July 29, 2016, 07:49:13 PM

Here we go. I think these are credit to REMLR.

Cheers,

Pete

Title: Re: Series 2a 88" questions
Post by: AGAS 5 on July 29, 2016, 07:53:28 PM

There is this one in Malaya with a Larkspur on the guard, but I think we used British shorties there.

Cheers

Title: Re: Series 2a 88" questions
Post by: 2short on July 29, 2016, 08:38:08 PM

Excellent. And interesting radio set up on that top one.

Title: Re: Series 2a 88" questions
Post by: aussiegregmac on July 29, 2016, 11:00:31 PM

Not a Radio.  Both Rovers show the early V/Nam AMUs used with the new US Radios.
Commonly mounted at the rear above the tail-lights.
Following them we used the AMUs seen later bolted onto the sides as per normal FFRs.
The earlier AMUs are very hard to locate.

The Malaysian vehicles shows the ATU on the mudguard used with the Larkspur system.
Greg Mac.

Title: Re: Series 2a 88" questions
Post by: Mick on July 30, 2016, 12:09:28 AM

Great photo's Pete,

Interesting thread 👍😊

Title: Re: Series 2a 88" questions
Post by: Mick_Marsh on July 30, 2016, 12:47:07 AM

Quote from: AGAS 5 on July 29, 2016, 07:49:13 PM

Here we go. I think these are credit to REMLR.

Cheers,

Pete

I was thought the kangaroos always faced forward.

Title: Re: Series 2a 88" questions
Post by: DennisM on July 30, 2016, 08:22:04 AM

This same image was discussed a long time ago the 'Roo' is facing the wrong way, image is not reversed as previous poster has stated, cheers Dennis