More photos here:

https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?vanity&set=a.900395429983623

Looking again at your photo I can't see the bonnet side catches I'd expect to see, although the only possible ex-Sweb one I know of didn't have them either. Unfortunately the photo is too dark for me to really get a sense of the tyre size, and most of the wheels are cropped out. It might be one but I'm not 100% certain.

Learning how to measure threads is a very useful skill to have.
All you need is a calliper to measure the bolt diameter, some thread gauges, and a small yellow Zeus book.

As for the steering box they have a mix of UNF and UNC threads I think. The course UNC threads screw into the cast aluminium threads and the bolts with nuts on the other side are the finer UNF threads.

To measure a bolt just measure across the thread diameter and decide what is closest. A 1/2" thread will not measure 1/2" but be slightly smaller, maybe 0.495" or something. You then need to stick your thread gauges in the threads to work out the threads per inch. (TPI) Once you have that information, simply look it up in the Zeus book. A 1/2" UNF thread has 20TPi and a 1/2" UNC thread only has 13TPI. That may not be needed though as the difference between UNF threads and UNC threads is obvious at a glance.

Metric threads use exactly the same method except measure the thread in millimetres and then the pitch is measured in millimetres between each thread. A standard M8 bolt will measure 7.90ish across the threads and have a pitch of 1.25mm. If you can't measure 1.25mm with a ruler, measure ten threads and off course that will 12.5mm

For measuring BSW and BSF threads, use exactly the same method as UNF and UNC threads above. The only difference is the angle the threads are cut is 55° against the imperial and metric 60° thread angle. You can get BSF and BSW thread gauges off course cut at the correct 55° angle.

After you've been doing it a while you will be able to spot them straight away. I can sift through a random box of bolts and arrange them all into piles of metric, UNF and UNC without measuring anything. Harder to spot BSF mixed in with UNF and BSW mixed in with UNC though, may need the measuring tools for them.

The 109 sold more. Period. If you're happy to factor in S3 sales, ever more so. It's simply that less 109s survive. I've just found this:



https://www.lrfaq.org/FAQ.3.LR_production.html

Sean you'll want the rover 1 parts book 60595, we have a copy on the club site. https://landrover.series2club.co.uk/parts-and-owners-manuals/ It gives you the description of the part (bolt size & material) along with the part number.
Fair warning the diagrams are mostly inaccurate.
Blanchards have a physical copy but it's a modern reprint of that pdf.

My 109" was an export one. Maybe they were more popular in overseas markets?

My one is a ten seat version which was pretty much only sold in overseas markets as they were subject to purchase tax in this country which made them a silly price. I think in 1966 / 67 a 12 seat station wagon was cheaper than an 88" station wagon all due to tax reasons.

Craig.

109" on 900x16s used as a drum trailer.
The first production 1 Tons were very late IIAs, there were no series 2 1 Tons. All had lamps in wings and mesh grilles. I suspect SWEB did have a few as some DBG vehicles were dispatched to the dealer im Bristol.

900x16 tyres were an option on 109"s from the early 1960s but nothing else was changed on the vehicle. The one in these photos was a four cylinder petrol. All production 1 Tons were six cylinders. (Aside from 22 TACR1s for the military).

Quote from: Exile on Today at 12:01 PMFor most of my 55 years as a Land Rover enthusiast, the LWB variant was always less popular.

Quote from: Exile on Today at 12:01 PM... 109" Basics were always less MORE common than 88's.

I think we mix 'popularity then or now' with sales figures. Except in the first year or so of production, buyers bought rather more 109s than 88s.
You had to have a need for an 88, and not everyone had that, 88s are not as practical, they bought more 109s.

88s were LESS popular with buyers.

However as 88s & 109s progressed thru' the food-chain it is the 88 that better survives. Hence popular now.

88" pole carrier artic.

This is really interesting as the leccy landies are a bit of an interest of mine. I've long suspected that SWEB did have a handful of 1 Tons but never been able to prove with any certainly. The few photos I have are all 3/4 ton vehicles, as are the couple of survivors I know of. SEB had most of the 1 Tons produced. Yours certainly does appear to show a 900x16 Dunlop on the bonnet.
I have some photos of the pole carrier artic 88", and an artic 109" on 900x16s which is a big too early to be a production 1 Ton, I'll try post them.