I wonder what happened to all those winches?

whitehillbilly

Bumbled through the country lanes this morning to collect a gearbox. Finally found the farm tucked away down a very narrow single track lane. Had a great chat with the seller, all things vintage from Land Rovers to Routemaster buses, all whilst enjoying a very nice mug of tea. Waited for the rain to stop and then loaded up.

Went to the Rover Social this morning.
Some poor guy with a jeep turned up, his friend invited him but didn't mention it was a land rover event.
There was an interesting stretched s2.

Apologies Lee, I thought I'd emailed everyone. Will send you a message now...

 😜

Sorry for hassling, but did you find anything? Have I missed a message and need to check junk as I get a lot. If you're still working through I apologise. I fact I feel mean as though I am chasing, but just curious if I have missed something. 

Thanks again. Leel

Hi

  My 62  ( with the locking hubs pics 013 and 004) has the correct double ended nuts and yes as Diffwhine says you will always have folks telling you your wheel nuts are on backwards (or not on far enough). The nut is slightly longer than the stud.

 On my 69 the nut is only tapered on one end (like most other vehicles) and slightly shorter than the stud so some thread sticks out past the nut.

  Victor

A bit confused.

The thread title is Truck History, but the post seems more like a For Sale ad.

Could you clarify please?

It is going to be no surprise if a Dutch-owned Land Rover is painted Orange.  

The double ended nut would be more period correct, but you have a number of options. The double ended nut is longer than the stud, so always raises queries from people who aren't aware of it (including MOT testers). You can have a single sided nut of the same size, or you can go to the later format which gives you a larger wheel nut but same thread. Less risk of pull through on an old knackered rim.
The following table might help:

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