Today I had the good fortune to visit Tim and his 1961 Series 2 Station Wagon, in Peterborough, Ontario. Only 8 months seperate the manufacturing dates of our respective vehicle, Tim's being made in April, 1961 and mine July, 1960. Tim's has the original chassis, fully repaired and in great shape, and the bulkhead has had the footwells replaced. The tub has all the seats and trimmings. The engine and transmission have been replaced at some point, with those from a Series 2 109, according to the engine and transmission serial numbers. Tim's put a lot of work into this project, and it shows. The principle differences I noted initially between out two Landies were that Tim's has the lower steering control arms, plus it appears his came with a Smiths heater (mine has a Kodiak). It was interesting to note that we have both chosen the same replacement tires for our vehicles, although Tim's are 6.50 and mine 7.50. And of special interest to me is that Tim has a media blasting machine, and it may be possible to do my wheels in Tim's workshop!
Also worth mentioning is that Tim's also came with a snowplow...must be a Canadian thing. : )
It's impossible to write everything that's been done to bring this Land Rover in the seven years Tim has been working on it, but it's definately producing one nice example of the type.
On the left in the photo below is the frame for the rear door, with some locally-custom-made channel to replace the rusted areas.
Nice replacement wing outer panels over the new tires and re-furbished wheels.
Our interiors are fundamentally identical, but Tim's seat box has a hinged center panel (mine is just a bolt-down panel), plus a horn-push button on the steering wheel center (mine has it on a seperate arm). Mine also has a double-cranked shift lever, unlike Tim's.
