Minikegs Château - 'Agro'

[Minikeg]

Dennis! Rest assured, progress has been made! I tried calling you earlier today...

[Minikeg]

May I introduce.. at long last

It has arrived on the back of a cattle truck.. because that seems the most logical way to transport it from the boondocks..


And then a tilt tray transport seemed the easiest way to get it off in suburbia


A quick tow up the side of the house..


A further nudge into position..


Done - Front


Rear


Motor


Dash


Nomenclature Pic

Nomenclature.   Truck, Command Reconnaissance,
         1/4 Ton, Land Rover Series 2
Census No:   6005
Chassis No:   143901255
Manufacturer:   Rover Australia Pty Ltd
Contract No:   C104337
Date:      16.12.58

ARN: 110-415
Wheelbase: 88
Date: 1959
Series: Series 2
Census: 6005.
Nomenclature: Truck, Command Reconnaissance, 1/4 Ton
Engine No: 151911401
Chassis: 143901255
Tyresize: 750x16
Notes: Vic.
Disposal: 17.01.69

[Carzee]

Fantastic, congrats. I bet you're still outside with it in the yard. Worth all the waiting. 110-415 at last.... my ph batt nearly gone after all these pics....

[Carzee]

Btw that photo of Aggro's dash gauges all manky is an instant REMLR classic I reckon.

[Diana Alan]

We'll have to put the definition of manky in our dictionary first.

I was going to mention that it's hard to tell the SII and the SIII shortys came out of the same factory, soooo different.   

[DennisM]

Well, now the journey begins, breathing life back into 110-415!. It looks from here LOL a strong basis for a restoration, I will come n look at it asap, I viewed the images after we spoke last night.
I can clearly remember seeing 'Castrol' in the parade in downtown Cooma in 98, with all you kids in the back, you were following Mary aka 'Mallee Fowl' in her S2A 109 KGB-***, I looked long n hard at the 88"GS as it went past thinking to self, 'I would kill for one of those' LOL n look what happened to me.
After tracking Ross down through an advert in 'just cars' I showed him this image of a Land Rover

Ross looked at the image and said "Your going to restore that??!!", yeah was my response, and 11 months later this is how it looked

anyway enough of memory lane..
I noticed a round laying in the parcel tray ?.243 or something similar, a PL 259 plug and other rubbish, the Nom/plate isn't too badly damaged for a property run about.
Why are you not putting the vehicle in your garage??, in there you can work on it no matter what the weather, I have found that vehicles standing on wet ground deteriorate quickly, so be carefull, anyway it looks a lot better than the basket case I got to work on

anyway enough of my ramblings, cheers mate Dennis
ps the dash/bulkhead must be a good spot, here is the same thing on my S2 C/R as first seen!!

[Minikeg]

Too many toys in the garage, and too long a project to take up all that space!


All these, and another dirt bike, and my road bike make it a bit of a mission to walk to the workshop out the back let alone fit a landy in there

Add to that 12 4wd tyres/42RU server rack/couch/fridge/shelving all round.. its pretty full in there

[DennisM]

A 40ft skip will be arriving soon, in fact I hear it reversing up the driveway now , then you will be able to start LOL cheers mate Dennis

[Minikeg]

Video from Dennis's antics today
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydQJhDKcESQ

Thanks for the visit!

[drifter]

Awesome - you'll have it up and running before Carzee gets his wheels on at this pace

[DennisM]

As you can see I have made a quick visit to Minikegs place, I had a good look over the vehicle, it is a better vehicle than my S2 C/R was at the start. I did ask Scott if he had tried to start it, Nope was his response, so I had a quick look under the lid at a few things and determined No spark at the points, a quick hot wire and fuel down the throat of the carby and away it went.
Looking at the clip Scott has put up, I would say it has a blown manifold gasket.
Looking inside the vehicle I came across this small item, is this one of the mystery items that held the jerry can in place???, I can remember seeing one a long time ago on the net, ?? some one from W.A. bought a S2 C/R and it was found in it, but I have been unable to unearth that thread, anyway a image of the item

Scott assures me that under all the dirt it has the remnants of DBG, but me being colour blind cannot see it

anyway cheers Dennis
PS maybe ZD might know if he looks in here,,.

[Diana Alan]

This isn't the bracket that fits on the RHS of the transom behind the driver is it?

I'm sure there was also a thread on EMLRA also.

[DennisM]

No Diana, that bracket is in place on Scott's Land Rover, what caught my eye with this piece was the angled arm and the chain, it struck something in my brain LOL. The bracket on the back of the transom held the 1/4" (BSF/UNF??) dia 'T' bolt with a big brass
wing nut, I have a very badly corroded T bolt & nut, but nothing else, cheers Dennis

[Carzee]

 Love that Dennis got the donk doing its thing. 

Diana, manky means completely cruddy and filthy - I mean proper plumber-filthy, soaked in sewerage and mud then dried out by hard work etc. Similar to the under side of some Landys.

[Diana Alan]

Diana, manky means completely cruddy and filthy - I mean proper plumber-filthy, soaked in sewerage and mud then dried out by hard work etc. Similar to the under side of some Landys.

Oops, now we'll have to define cruddy!