1971 TAX FREE Land Rover Series 2a - 88inch Truck Cab 2.25 Petrol engine Super All Grip 750 tyres with less than 1k miles on
9 months mot
Where shall I start, Here I have my Series 2a, she's def not one for the rivet counters, but she's solid where it matters. The chassis and running gear are all sound, the batteries flat and the engine needs a tune, but otherwise she drives fine.
Unfortunatly the bulkhead is now a series 3 unit, most likely due to rot. As a bonus it means she has a proper heater and also runs a servo for the brakes.
The paintwork is a brush painted red, but the previous owner started to strip her back ready to paint so she's a mish-mash of colours at the min. I do have a tin of Nato Green that can go with her.
Like I said, once she's jump started she fires up and runs well enough, needs a good tune and service i'd say.
She is what she is, a good base for a nice restoration. Series 2's fetch the best money when restored, or even just in good working order. As such she's priced very well for a tax exempt rolling project.
£1000
I do have a set of early series 2 flat front wings and the grill with the lights in, available on seperate negotiation - I reckon they look nicer with this config...
Last Edit: Feb 6, 2011 20:45:50 GMT by LowStandards
looks a nice truck (am tempted, but already have too many)
just thought I'd say, at 1972 K-reg there's more chance of her being a early series 3 than a 2a, especially if she's got a 3 gearbox (not normally changed as teh 2 box is the stronger)
Eiher way its still a good price for a tax-exempt SWB
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Violet, purple-loving Landy obsessed Purple-haired CyberPunk Almost model & occasional word wrangler regarding Landies xXx
She's sporting a load of s3 bits though, I believe a po broke one for parts when they did an Essex v6 conversion some years ago! Like I said, she's a bitsa
According to DVLA it was first registered on 4/8/71 making it a late 2a, so when new it would have had the headlights in the wings as it has now, but the big chicken-wire grille.
DVLA bears out the V6 conversion too, as according to them it's still 2994cc!!
I'd LOVE another one, but it would have to be a diseasel for me (because I am a masochist)...that looks a great project for a bit of winter fettling and a LOT of summer fun. GLWS!!
She's sporting a load of s3 bits though, I believe a po broke one for parts when they did an Essex v6 conversion some years ago! Like I said, she's a bitsa
Oh cool, a late one then :-)
She'd have had the lights in the wings then from the factory
hope this sells soon tbh, otherwise i might end up living in my 109"!
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Violet, purple-loving Landy obsessed Purple-haired CyberPunk Almost model & occasional word wrangler regarding Landies xXx
this is cheap!! they are pulling strong moneys at the mo on the bay with people crying about the snow if i was minted i would buy it as a fun invesment good luck with the sale mate
what are these like to live with? would you consider using it as a daily driver? would it be suitable? sorry i have lacking knowledge in anything 4x4! i heard someone say that they are cold inside and the heater is terrible?
I think as a daily driver it might get a bit tiresome if you have a longish drive to work, but for nipping about etc, it would be great. Truck cab version are the warmest as there isn't a lot of space to heat Heaters are ok, but wear a jacket On the plus side it makes a quick ragtop for the summer as the truck cab just bolts on.
I had the same looking set up as here but with the V6 Essex motor on a Steve Parkes conversion, sats, overdrive, tuned exhaust, rollbarred, absoluteley awsome machine, quick on the road and would climb anything. The reason why mine was converted from headlamps in the grille to wings was that the V6 needed a bigger rad cooling area, hence full width rad and twin fans with no obstruction, a common practice in V6ing a Landie.
i've owned mine for very nearly two years on the road, mine was a 2.25 diesel rather than a petrol (it's 200tdi powered now), I was born about the time the series 2 came out which means I grew up with most of these older motors (my dad had hgv's until I was 10 or 11) ..
now mine is pretty grunty and has a fair few mods and i've never driven a petrol version except the once about 25 years ago, so the only comment I can make about that one is it will be a lot quieter than mine (apart from I know the previous owner who is my area rep for the S2 club)...
I bought mine and had quite a bit of work to do on it to get it on the road but once it was mot'd etc I never looked back, my car sat for about 3 months without turning a wheel while my landy just made me grin every time I drove it, it's now my daily driver (i weighed my car in), my hooligan tool that I go laning and to the odd pay and play session and assorted landrover (leafsprung preferably) meetings ...
these aren't everyones cup of tea but I think everyone should have one for a few months at least if for no other reason than to try the experience, don't expect it to drive anything like a regular eurobox and be prepared to find yourself building a collection of them (2 years and I now have 3 complete and one for spares ;D and i'm always open to more of them that are good for spares/projects)
my latest bit of tomfoolery on December 29th 2010 (NSFW or kiddies due to swearing)
I had it running and driving back home within the hour ;D
Mine's a late Series 3 with a 3.9 V8 shoved in it. It goes well (needs an overdrive). I wouldn't use it as a daily driver, it would get a little tiresome on my commute too and from work plus my ragtop offers little in the way of security. I only built it for a bit of fun though (build thread in sig).
It's very good offroad and gets used regularly for greenlanes.
My first Series landy was a 2a that we put a Essex V6 into. I miss that Landy sometimes, was my first car and a loyal companion for many years.
Good luck with the sale, if I didn't already have one I'd be round yours like a flash. Esp given that you're only round the corner from me!!
Mine was stunning, revvier than a V8, used to eat XR3i's for breakfast, well until I hit top then....... But up until that point, very quick indeedy. My major problem was the headers, I started off with the original manifolds (one being a Steve Parker cast manifold) then built my own tubular headers for it, lots of headaches involved there, but as I was at the time doing a two year full time restoration course at Colchester Institute (95-96), it seemed the ideal time to make this one of my projects for college. I made the system with one cherry bomb exiting through the rear pto hole, it sounded amazing on full chat. I have to be honest and say that this is one of a select few of my past vehicles which I wish I had never sold. It was lack of space that made me sell it but found out later I would have had plenty of room for it
My one consideration is that engines are getting a bit thin on the ground, in my ownership of that Landy (5 years) I went through 3 engines, one being an RS3100 lump, that was a stunning motor, but it begged to be thrashed and unfortunately I couldn't help but go along with it It died fairly rapidly, but in glorious defiance of other bigger engined Landies.
So if you bear that in mind, don't over rev it (fit rev limiter), make sure your swap vehicle has a working overdrive (you'll need it, believe me), theres no bad clonks or rattles from the engine, it sounds like a good swap. Only you will know though, you'll have to drive the swappsy vehicle first and make sure it doesn't do any of the usual Landy tricks first.
Best of luck with it
If I had the money and the room I would have had this off you myself
good luck with the sale mate 
Heaters are ok, but wear a jacket 