106 RCL 112-335 FOUND.

[Cliffy]

Not a Landy part but these ratchet ring spanners are ace!!!!! I bought them to do my 90 swivel housings an now use them instead of all my ring spanners!! Just 2 spanners cover about 12 sizes and are ratcheted to boot! They are stong too! I was literally hanging off them doing the swivels and they are still 100%  tiptop! Also they will do your old hex bolts as well as the new 12 points on defenders etc. I think I got em'for $29 on special at repco. They have the Cliffy stamp of approval!

[digger]

Not a Landy part but these ratchet ring spanners are ace!!!!! I bought them to do my 90 swivel housings an now use them instead of all my ring spanners!! Just 2 spanners cover about 12 sizes and are ratcheted to boot! They are stong too! I was literally hanging off them doing the swivels and they are still 100%  tiptop! Also they will do your old hex bolts as well as the new 12 points on defenders etc. I think I got em'for $29 on special at repco. They have the Cliffy stamp of approval!

got the brand or packaging so we can go have a search ourselves?  scrub that enlarge photo and is a REPCO brand!

Great work on the ol' fella!

any closer to a name (like "livingstone"-- in a located sitting in the bush, "gunbuggy I presume?" kind of way!)

[Cliffy]

I don't really get the name thing.
It's army so an ARN should do!

[Uncle Ho]

G'day Cliffy 

Those glass 2 screw lens are the correct type for a 1963/4 Landrover,as it was the standard light and lens fitted to all vehicles at that time,also found on most original Ambos,but they were replaced in service with the later plastic type when broken,so look at any civilian vehicle that you find laying around and try to aquire the units as they are getting rare both here and UK the rear lens both tail and blinker are unique to Aust. Military Landrovers and was never fitted to any common model civilian vehicle in Australia, they are Astin-Martin from memory 


cheers

[Uncle Ho]

G'day Diana 

It might be worth contacting Kevin Baker,"K B Classic Spares "at Witta in Qld, he is not on the internet but is the "Lucas Man" in Qld, Phone (07)5494 4221  he has about 55,000 Lucas Electrical parts plus some other vintage brands, nice bloke to deal with we have been friends for near on 40 years

Kevin

[FFRMAN]

Hi,

NOS lenses are around on ebay but have to search far and wide, there was also some plastic repo ones that I bought and they look the part until you touch them, but I can't find them on ebay anymore.

Look at this

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/PAIR-LUCAS-AMBER-GLASS-LENS-L639-AUSTIN-MORRIS-TRIUMPH-/120699877639?pt=Vintage_Car_Truck_Parts_Accessories&hash=item1c1a45f907

cheers

[Vixen]

G'day Diana 

It might be worth contacting Kevin Baker,"K B Classic Spares "at Witta in Qld, he is not on the internet but is the "Lucas Man" in Qld, Phone (07)5494 4221  he has about 55,000 Lucas Electrical parts plus some other vintage brands, nice bloke to deal with we have been friends for near on 40 years

Kevin

He is getting low on some of the Land Rover stuff though. When I bought new lights for Castrol he said they were getting harder to find....having said that, I'd still be ringing him though. At least he knows EXACTLY what you need and what you can use to substitute if original is no longer available. And he's a nice bloke  and gets the stuff out to you ASAP 

[master chief]

All the strap hooks on the bonnet as well as the bonnet latches have been chromed......bling bling!!

Cliffy, Dont rule out the possibility of this having been used as a ceremonial vehicle late in service life, chromeing of some fittings was usual for this reason.

MC

[Cliffy]

MC, you raise a VERY interesing point.

The fittment of this tub (which happens to be military in origin - Commd. Recon) is VERY neat!
I struggle to even think of a another vehicle that has had a replacement crossmember fitted so well.
Tommy has seen it and can attest to this. I had entertained the idea that perhapse late in it's army life, for some reason it had been converted back to an original tub. I can also see however that a GB tub is pretty useless for civy use and may have been scrapped and a donor (and by chance CR) tub got fitted.
I can tell you that they did not fit the blackout light back to the rear cross member nor is the NATO plug wired up unless it was cu and re-routed to the civi trailer plug.
You can see however that for some reason, the cargo area bulkhead has been cut out but WAY bigger than the GB tub wheel way.

Tommy, that felt lined tube under the drivers legs is the muzzle end of an SLR bracket. So now I need to get one of those too!

[Cliffy]

Had another look at the beast today.
I got her running after replacinging 12 mt of fuel hose and a new filter.
This machine has been well and truly messed around with! It took alot of toggle switch flicking to work out what does which. You even have to use the hand throttle to set up the base idle as she went to full revs when the lever was at idle and I had to choke the motor with my hand over the (Holden) carb.
Settled down to a nice tick over but a little smokey ( but that's probably the deisel in the unleaded I poured in ( don't ask).
Couldn't take her for a spin as the clutch flexi hose is kaput and leaks out all the brake fluid, also leaving the brakes non-existant!
Looked at the tub. It's never been pained drab so I doubt it was a ceremonial vehicle.
The rest of the GB is BG overpainted with OD, overpainted with red, overpainted with brown.
Made plans to go to the army museum to get pics and dimensions for fabrication of a GB rear tub.

[Cliffy]

Just secured an early IIA civi (bitsa) that has alot of donor bits that will allow me to bring 112-335 closer to original!

[Cliffy]

Well today I had to shuffle all the vehicles around in my yard to get to my boat and make room for my 86" when she arrives.
Could not get fuel up to the carbie as there is two fuel taps and glob knows where they have to be to let fuel through. I ended up going the direct plumb to the fuel pump but ended up getting a mouth full of fuel. Called it a day and started again this morning. Got her going and once fresh fuel was making it's way to the carbie there was no smoke at all and she purred like a kitten. Took her for a drive in my test track and the Gearbox also good! So I will be stripping her down soon for repairs and fabrication of the missing bits!

[digger]

well done!

Keep us in the loop, list all your numbers/measurements etc and any piccies when you can please

[rooster]

these ratchet ring spanners are ace!!!!!  use them instead of all my ring spanners!!  Just 2 spanners cover about 12 sizes and are ratcheted to boot! They are stong too! )

couldn't agree more, do yourselves a favor, get a set they are great and the time they save

[Cliffy]

have started the de-construction of 112-335.
Gonna take her back to the chassis then re-build.
The tub is going to be a pain but it will be the last thing I need to sort.
I can get cracking on the rest and the bulkhead rust needs stopping and repair.
So she will be packed into the shed soon.