ottotheboar

Car threads pop up all the time so I thought I would post this.
I just sold someone a 1967 Land Rover and as shipping is expensive he drove it 900 plus miles from Virginia to Florida without incident slow but steady staying off the Interstates.
The Rover was very original the only modification being a new Weber carburetor.

Pulaski

That's a long way in a slow old beast, and from what I hear, none too comfortable. Do you know which way he went? From central Virginia, I'd guess Hwy29, which would get him at least down into SC.

scrubbedexpat099

Wish I could get one up here. Do you mind telling how much it went for?

ottotheboar

He went Farmville, South Boston, Danville, Charlotte with a stop in Atlanta.
Then on to the Florida Panhandle.

ottotheboar

It went for $8100, mechanically was sound the paint was fair in part due the zeal of my children applying decals at various Land Rover rallies and we had used it fencing on the farm.
The chassis was sound but the door bottoms had rust.
I see you are in Colorado I should point out the "Squirrel Cage" heater in the Series 2A Rovers is one of the most useless devices known to mankind.

scrubbedexpat099

Nice, very nice.

scrubbedexpat099

There is a guy locally with a a battered TR3A who drives it year round, no hood....

Pulaski

That's the way it should be. If/when I get a convertible I will drive it with the top down on all occasions except when it's raining.

steveq

If you're seriously interested, I have a friend in Utah that might have something a little closer.

scrubbedexpat099

One of those things that if I saw one cheap locally I might have a go.

Utah is sort of round the corner I guess, like Scotland is to Cornwall, amazing how we have a changed perception over here.

S Folinsky

I once had a 1968 VW Type II van. They purported to have a heater. [I've heard of people having an optional gasoline heater -- I did not have that.] I remember my 1968 Type I where the heater had two positions -- on and off and on was really on.

S Folinsky

BTW, in my old 1967 Sunbeam Tiger -- I never did figure out what kept one drier [relatively speaking] while driving in the rain -- keeping the top up or top down.

[Further BTW, that top was not quite the "erection" or "fabrication" process common to BMC two-seaters].

We will avoid Lucas Electric jokes for the meantime.

steveq

<prays to Lucas, prince of Darkness>
Sorry, couldn't resist

Steve

S Folinsky

<sigh>

Back in the 60's, Lucas decided to diversify its product line and began manufacturing vacuum cleaners. It was the only product they offered which did not suck.

Q: Why do the British drink warm beer? A: Because Lucas makes their refrigerators

Alexander Graham Bell invented the Telephone.Thomas Edison invented the Light Bulb. Joseph Lucas invented the Short Circuit.

Recommended procedure before taking on a repair of Lucas equipment: Check the position of the stars,kill a chicken and walk three times clockwise around your car chanting:" Oh mighty Prince of Darkness protect your unworthy servant.."

Jan Alaska

Hello, this is actually JanAlaska's better half writing, anyway....

In the past, I owned a Series II 88" that I sold due to the lack of parts support. I couldn't even get a thermostat and the heater box, which was about the size of a ham sandwich, failed to make much of a dent in the frost of an Alaskan winter. I've always wanted another one. This one is within striking range-

http://nmi.craigslist.org/cto/4008984658.html

I still have a jar of genuine Lucas smoke and the tools to install it in the affected wiring and am well versed in the 3 position switches, off, dim and flicker. That Landy does have the little hamster that runs on the wheel in my head running overtime. For the first time in my life, I have the garage mahal to work on such a project. However, it would be like building one from a kit-stripping one chassis and fitting everything to the new one is a bit daunting.

And while we're talking Land Rovers, does anyone know of a usuable engine swap for a Freelander? I see a couple cheap locally with dead engines and the motors are junk when they die. They are all so nicely equipped but not much good if you can't use it!