RE: SER1 FW: Re: Steering column colour

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Don't tempt me, i've been known to do crazier things  :-)
I think it's re writing time since Bill at TLR has some more of these sand
coloured doortops. He got them from Blanchards in UK. I assume the factory
may have supplied "non standard" paint schemes for export orders in
sufficcient numbers.
When I bought my 101 in 1995 I saw a surplus 101 in factory sand colour, one
of the batch that went to Oman in the late 70's.
And here also , according to accepted wisdom, all 101's left the factory in
bronze green, Go figure!
Maybe some of the experts from the Series 1 Club want to elaborate a little
more?

Tom T.

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Subject: Re: SER1 FW: Re: Steering column colour


Tom

You had better send those tops over to me they obviously come off my
vehicle!

As far as I can tell, yes my vehicle was originally a limestone colour.
Exactly which "limestone colour" is only a guess.

My vehicle was a CKD unit assembled by Annand and Thompson in Brisbane
Australia, they were the Queensland distributor for Land Rover in the 1950's
through to the 1970s.  Unfortunately in their rush to become a Nissan
distributor they discarded the Land Rover records.

The only other non-fire engine, 80" Land Rovers I have ever seen in non
standard colours is the 1948/1949 80" in the movie Windom's Way and that was
a battered up unit that could have been re-painted although it was only 7
years old at the time.

The assumption to date was that the vehicle was either a special order or
painted in the non standard colour for marketing purposes.  If your doortops
are also factory limestone we may have to re-write the history books.

Unfortunately I have had the bulkhead sand blasted and refinished so don't
have the evidence from that. However I still haven't completed work on the
rear tub and apart from a number of paint stripper coats plus the removal of
some gal fittings, it is still in a mainly untouched condition.  So you are
welcome to assist me with some Lard Rover archaeology, just pop over and
help me take off the rest of the gal cappings to see if they too have the
limestone colour underneath.  I will supply the beer and Bar-B-Que, we can
all have a merry time investigating and I'll get some more work done on my
project.

Diana
Although all 101 FC's were delivered in Bronze green from the factory, i
have seen one in sand colour, also a factory finish for a batch of them that
went to Oman in the 70's.

I assume the same could have happened to a batch of 80's for one of the many
overseas clients.

 Bill at TLR Landrovers in the US got these doortops from Dunsfolds in UK,
part of that huge stash of series 1 parts unearthed a few years ago. He has
got more of them and a t US$ 125.00 a piece I think they are a bargain,
compared to the cost of refurbishment of a set of knackered old ones.

I wonder if the Experts at the Series 1 Club have any opinions on the topic?

Tom T.


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