Como reconhecer um Series I

[ruimarinho]

Um texto muito útil que me enviou o Álvaro Silva.

Identify your model
>From 1948 to 1958 the term "LAND ROVER" was used for all offroad models built by the Rover Company, the main variants included the 80 inch (80in or just 80), 86, 88, 107 and 109. These numbers are the measurement from the front axle to the rear. This system is still used with todays Defenders...
Until 1958 the term "Series 1" didn't exist. They were all just Land Rovers.

How to identify your LAND ROVER
All Land Rovers built before the 1959 Series 2 have completely flat doors (no shoulder curve). If it has shoulders, it isn't a real LAND ROVER! (just in our opinion of course!)
While many parts are the same on all models from 1948-58, there are two basic types of LAND ROVER:
The 80 inch (1948-53)
The 86/88/107/109 inch models(1954-58)
The original LAND ROVER is the 80 inch, based on the j##p concept, but improved in every way, this model was produced from 1948-53, and can be identified by its small instrument panel with several small gauges.
The later type are known as the 86/88/107/109 inch models, produced from 1954-58. These Land Rovers have two large dials, one is the speedometer, the other is the combined instruments.
Your chassis / vin number is the best way to find what YEAR MODEL you have, because there are differences between different year models also in each model range.
Here is a basic list of ROVER MODEL YEARS. Note that many vehicles will actually be several months older or younger, or registered differently to their ROVER MODEL YEAR, as Rover model years do not begin January 1st. The Rover model year must always be used in correspondence.
80 INCH MODELS (1948-53)
1948 Chassis - R860***, R861***, R862***.R863*** (Note: the "R" prefix is an "L" on left hand drive models)
1949 Chassis - R866**** R867**** R868****
1950 Chassis - R0******, 0****** (Note: 1950-55, the first digit is the year)
1951 Chassis - 16******
1952 Chassis - 26******
1953 Chassis - 3*******
86/107 MODELS (1954-55)
1954 Chassis - 4*******
1955 Chassis - 5*******
88/107/109 MODELS (1956-58)
1956 Chassis - 1**6*****, 27*6*****, 87*6***** (Note: 1956-58, the 4th digit of the VIN is the year)
1957 Chassis - 1**7*****
1958 Chassis - 1**8*****


The first production LAND ROVER was a 1948 "80 inch" model, chassis R860001, made at the Rover factory, Solihull, Birmingham, UK. In 1948, these original vehicles were very basic. The expected factory output was 30 units a week. Passenger seats and doors were optional! Orders were coming in at a rate of 500 a week. The last LAND ROVER proper was produced in 1958, and it was a "LAND ROVER Long Wheel Base Station Wagon", as the LAND ROVER Series 2 Long Wheel Base Station Wagon was the last of the new models to come online.
Land Rovers, now known as the Series 1's,(or, with the Roman Numeral Series I) were discontinued in 1958. The LAND ROVER Series 2, then the 2a, then the 3, followed by the Stage 1, and the current batch of Defenders all followed the original sucess. None have matched the offroad performace or acheivements that the Series 1 acheived. Among other things, held the world altitude record for a four wheel drive, was used to open up and explore the last frontiers of Australia's interior, was driven by people as diverse as King George VI, Fidel Castro, Queen Elizabeth II, Eva Peron, Marilyn Monroe...
The Series 1 side valve engine was perfect for the vehicle and the times, it was discontinued early in Series 2 production, but the engine did live on in 6 cylinder form, and was even fitted to Series 3's! It was probably the last side valve engine to be produced this side of the iron curtain!
The 1957 LAND ROVER Diesel Engine, (the UK's first High Speed Diesel), lived on, as both a Petrol and Diesel engine in the Series 2, 2a, and 3 (an improved 2.25 design was used). Even the 200TDI and 300TDI Turbo Diesels, used in Range Rovers and Discoveries, are based on the Original Series 1 Diesel Design!!! Production of the 300TDI ended in the UK in 1998 because of emissions standards, but it is still being produced in other countries for use in new Land Rovers.

A very rough guide to Years/Models...
Always use the Chassis/Vin, but if that is missing....
1948 - 80 inch, flat fabricated dash panel, 3 dial instrument panel, silver painted chassis,no external door handles
1949, pressed one piece dash panel introduced. Green chassis introduced, Bronze green paint introduced.
1950 wide front springs introduced.
1951 Headlights poking through the grille introduced.
1952 Inverted T shaped grille introduced, external door handles introduced, (these handles stick out and have often been removed, but there will be a small hole in the door for them)
1954 86/107 inch models, recessed door handles introduced, 2 dial instument panel introduced
1956 88/109 inch introduced, (107 station wagon continued)
1957 Diesel introduced (UK only)
1958 Diesel introduced.

[Gil Craveiro]

Muito bom...vou guardar isto para quando arranjar o meu Serie 1 para restaurar...

[ljfortunato]

Ola , sem duvida um texto muito util para os interessados em LAND-ROVER ; como eram designados os series da primeira produçao apesar do nome de batismo em 16 de Outubro de 1947 ser "LAND ROVER".Quero no entanto fazer um reparo.O ano em que os farois sobressairam por entre a grelha foi 1950 (Maio) em vez de 1951.No mes anterior tinham mudado as costas dos bancos (deixaram de ser fixas) e em Junho as molas da frente passaram a ser mais largas , com o brinco de mola alterado da posiçao frontal junto ao para-choques para a outra extremidade por baixo do torpedo "bulkhead" . Consta que o simbolo LAND-ROVER fixo a grelha foi alterado em Março,passando de 5 para 7 polegadas de largura (em ORIGINAL LAND-ROVER The restorer s guide...) . Tenho a salientar que a ultima literatura LAND-ROVER ( THE FORMATIVE YEARS 1947-1967 de Jonh Smith) tem algumas contradiçoes com o livro de James Taylor em alguns pequenos pontos . Na pratica julgo existir algum LAND-ROVER de Maio/1950 com o simbolo de 5 polegadas na grelha o que contradiz a literatura.Ha por ai exemplares LAND-ROVER desta epoca ? Com muito gosto e procurando evidencias .

[pelesapo]

Muito bem

[ruimarinho]

In May 2010, LAND ROVER received a special visit, as Arthur Goddard, who led the engineering team that created the original LAND ROVER, came to Britain to celebrate the iconic 4x4 vehicle’s 62nd birthday. The image shows Arthur Goddard in a 1948 LAND ROVER being driven through the original test route used by Rover Engineers.

The 89-year old, who holds the chief engineer position at his family’s Australian-based trailer firm, visited LAND ROVER’s design headquarters, Solihull factory (this was his first visit for a period of 55 years) and was also guest of honour at the special 62nd birthday party at Gaydon, which was held over the May Day Bank Holiday weekend.

“Solihull is unrecognisable from the factory I left in 1955," said Arthur. "Seeing the Defender coming down the production line however did bring back memories. It’s astonishing that a vehicle that was really developed as a “stop gap” should continue to be so successful, and has given birth to a thriving 4x4 company.”

Arthur joined Rover in 1945 and was initially responsible for developing a new tank engine. Once the war was over, the 24-year old switched to engineering car powerplants. Soon after that, in Easter 1947, Maurice Wilks had his brainwave for developing an innovative all terrain vehicle - the LAND ROVER.

Arthur was responsible for the vehicle’s design and development, preparing the new car for production. He supervised LAND ROVER legends, such as Tom Barton, who developed the vehicle’s transmission, Gordon Bashford, who took care of the chassis, Joe Drinkwater, who created the engine and Sam Olster, who was responsible with the car’s body design. (autoevolution)

[erebelo]

No fim-de-semana passado a minha mulher ofereceu um





Descoberto pelo Alvaro num shopping perto de si

[Jorge Amaral]

Olá a todos

Sou o Jorge Amaral, que tem um " velhinho " Serie I de 1949, registado em Luanda em Abril desse mesmo ano, com o Nº de Chassis 06104132
Pelo que dizem as fotos ( espero que consigam ver ) o meu "velhinho" deverá ter saído de fabrico uns meses mais tarde do que Abril ( Setembro ou Outubro de
1949, ou talvez mais tarde, não sei o nº de viaturas construidas mensalmente ), um pouco diferente daquilo que está escrito naquele título colocado pelo Rui Marinho ( o meu seria de 1950 ).

Estas cópias que reproduzo, foram tiradas do Club Serie I Inglês, como poderão certificar ( se as conseguirem vêr )

A data de registo do " velhinho " Abril de 1949, terá a ver com a aquisição por parte do Estado ( perteceu a um Dept do Governo de Angola ), que quando neces-
sitava de viaturas fazia de imediato a requisição das matrículas ( Abril de 1949 ).

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[Jorge Amaral]

As fotos ficaram muito pequenas e não vão conseguir ver nada, mesmo com binóculos

Peço desculpa vou tentar aumentá-las

Um abraço

Jorge Amaral

[ruimarinho]

Olá Jorge!

Bela máquina.

Atenção que os anos de chassis do LR não correspondem aos anos civis, mas sim aos "model year":

1948 - De Abril a Setembro de 48 - Chassis começados por L ou R 86xxxx
1949 - De Outubro 48 a Setembro 49 - Chassis começados por L ou R 866xxxx
1950 - De Outubro de 49 a Setembro de 1950 - Chassis começados por L ou R 061xxx

Este tipo de sitação aínda hoje se mantém, embora os "model year X" estejam agora a ser lançados em Setembro do ano X -1.

Assim, o teu pode ser de 1949, mas já é um modelo com as especificações de 1950, o "ano modelo" dele.

Há também que ter cuidado com as datas de registo. Já vi no Porto um S1 à venda com matricula e chassis de 1953, mas com documentos onde se lia o ano de fabrico como sendo 1949. Certamente um engano ou uma "martelada".

Abraço,

[Victor]

Vamos lá fazer "zoom" ...





... Estará melhor assim ???

[ruimarinho]

Boas!

Obrigado Vitor.

Essa info é diferente da que eu tenho, embora a fonte seja a mesma (S1 Club). O que não é raro acontecer, pois a LR não era (nem é) muito conhecida pela sua capacidade de manter registos históricos.

De qualquer forma, verifica-se que o ano civil é diferente do ano do modelo em ambos os casos. Variam os meses.

[ljfortunato]

Sr Jorge Amaral seria esclarecedor ver uma fotografia da frente da viatura se possivel .Se o seu sI for de Abril tem os farois por de tras da grelha ou se for de junho em diante tera as molas da frente com a mesma largura das traseiras , penso eu de que ... Estou curioso .

[Jorge Amaral]

Obrigado Vitor pela ajuda sempre pronta e prestável para solucionar esta estranha maneira de trabalhar nos computadores.

Vamos vêr se consigo colocar uma foto visível do " velhinho " em companhia do mano mais recente

Um abraço

Jorge

[Jorge Amaral]

A foto não foi daquela vez mas, vai agora



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Um abraço

Jorge

[ljfortunato]

Ola bonita foto . Em Abril as costas dos bancos passaram a ser reclinaveis para a frente no entanto essas por terem o topo arredondado parece ser ainda do primitivo e anterior modelo fixo . Qual Range Rover evoque o sI 80 e que e .

[ParenTTe]

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