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[porl]

Love a mk1 landy. Did you find what was wrong with the engine? You said it was lacking power.....

There are no MK Land Rovers, only Series lol. Just needed a new cable from the accelerator pedal to the injector pump as the old one was fudged. I think that's a pretty unique mod to this Land Rover because on the 80" the pedals come out of the floor instead of the bulk head.

[Wise Old Elf]

Love a mk1 landy. Did you find what was wrong with the engine? You said it was lacking power.....

There are no MK Land Rovers, only Series lol. Just needed a new cable from the accelerator pedal to the injector pump as the old one was fudged. I think that's a pretty unique mod to this Land Rover because on the 80" the pedals come out of the floor instead of the bulk head.

Could you not get a cable made up from http://www.speedycables.com/page4.html

[porl]

Love a mk1 landy. Did you find what was wrong with the engine? You said it was lacking power.....

There are no MK Land Rovers, only Series lol. Just needed a new cable from the accelerator pedal to the injector pump as the old one was fudged. I think that's a pretty unique mod to this Land Rover because on the 80" the pedals come out of the floor instead of the bulk head.

Could you not get a cable made up from http://www.speedycables.com/page4.html

We just modified a throttle cable from a lawn mower (my dads a mower mechanic)

[porl]

On days like today I'm glad I've got a Land Rover.

[MiniMitch]

Looks amazing mate, I've restored a 1957 86" myself and there's nothing like a good old Landy!

[DAVEY_C]

love landys myself, grew up with my dad having them, his last 1 was a '02 tdi swb with the best thing being they still look quite similar to their predecessors inside. my partner wasn't into them till i brought her for drives in it and she was soon converted . have been looking for a series 1 the past few years but their expensive over here but i must say... ye done a prity good job... a landy that still retains its character
their ment to be rough and ready for hauling

[porl]

love landys myself, grew up with my dad having them, his last 1 was a '02 tdi swb with the best thing being they still look quite similar to their predecessors inside. my partner wasn't into them till i brought her for drives in it and she was soon converted . have been looking for a series 1 the past few years but their expensive over here but i must say... ye done a prity good job... a landy that still retains its character
their ment to be rough and ready for hauling

Mines definitely a work horse, it had to pull out a new Jeep and Volvo V70 out of a snow drift at the same time at the weekend. The Jeep driver was pretty shocked at how tough and strong it was. All my Dad said was "This is the original mate". Its definitely got tons of character.

[rally515]

Haha my dad says stuff like that to new land rover owners all the time, i kinda turn away & start laughing not sure for what reson though hmm

[porl]

Took this on Morrisons car park when I took my Mum shopping on Saturday morning. When I saw it I couldn't resist parking next to it and taking a picture.

[DAVEY_C]

love landys myself, grew up with my dad having them, his last 1 was a '02 tdi swb with the best thing being they still look quite similar to their predecessors inside. my partner wasn't into them till i brought her for drives in it and she was soon converted . have been looking for a series 1 the past few years but their expensive over here but i must say... ye done a prity good job... a landy that still retains its character
their ment to be rough and ready for hauling

Mines definitely a work horse, it had to pull out a new Jeep and Volvo V70 out of a snow drift at the same time at the weekend. The Jeep driver was pretty shocked at how tough and strong it was. All my Dad said was "This is the original mate". Its definitely got tons of character.

bet the rescued jeeps were on wide rims too .... its all for the looks realy those new jeeps and proves "ye can't beat an oul jalopy with narrow wheels" as my dad would say
in the pic yours has alot more character and style, good to hear its being used for what it was built.

[porl]

love landys myself, grew up with my dad having them, his last 1 was a '02 tdi swb with the best thing being they still look quite similar to their predecessors inside. my partner wasn't into them till i brought her for drives in it and she was soon converted . have been looking for a series 1 the past few years but their expensive over here but i must say... ye done a prity good job... a landy that still retains its character
their ment to be rough and ready for hauling

Mines definitely a work horse, it had to pull out a new Jeep and Volvo V70 out of a snow drift at the same time at the weekend. The Jeep driver was pretty shocked at how tough and strong it was. All my Dad said was "This is the original mate". Its definitely got tons of character.

bet the rescued jeeps were on wide rims too .... its all for the looks realy those new jeeps and proves "ye can't beat an oul jalopy with narrow wheels" as my dad would say
in the pic yours has alot more character and style, good to hear its being used for what it was built.

I wasn't there which is typical, when I would have had chance to play lol. It wasn't to bad I think, more down to driver error because he didn't know if it had difflocks or how to use them. I think the next job might be replacing the rear springs, as its gone a bit low at the back due to being overloaded with coal and logs.

[Badboytunes]

Ive done up/rebuilt a few. Never a series 1 though. Did get my hands on a 7 seater station wagon that has a 2.5 sidevalve unit in it. That was a good one especially as it had h/d salisbury diffs on it.


Mucho respect for your Landy