That's a great pic, and yes a 109 as the bulkhead is flat, not angled.

Colours were dark green and grey, with signwriting in cream I think.

Is the gearbox original to the vehicle? Any chance of a number? There are a number of gearbox refurbishment companies out there. Quality parts are increasingly becoming an issue though, so watch out...

I have rebuilt quite a few boxes for S2C members as I do it as a bit of a hobby. Somewhat of a busman's holiday given when I'm supposed to do for a living, but if you want one rebuilt, I can do one for you. I've got two here stripped and cleaned and waiting for rebuild and two waiting to be rebuilt. All are about the same age as your vehicle.
Drop me a pm if you are interested and want to discuss, but it would be easy to build one and bung it on a pallet and send up to you. I don't need the old one back as I'm drowning under gearboxes at the moment!

Anybody who ever ran a Volvo T5 would know a story or two about abysmal tyre wear. I got 2000 miles out of one front set. At that attrition rate, the car had to go. Loved it though - high performance tank - that's all it was.

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A friend of mine bought a 2007 Defender Hi-Cap pickup, which came with G90's. He sold it 10 years and 80,000 miles later with the original tyres. Plenty of tread left too.

3000 miles from a set of tyres is pretty poor!

Chris.

Drums needed wire brushing, so in removal, discovered new brake cylinders, shoes!
All drain holes plugged, so wirebrushed the lot and painted them. Rack rod and ends v rusty, wirebrushed and found the track rod ends just need a cleanup. No play.

Nice.

88" or 109" Petrol or diesel? Got a pic?

James

1964 Series 2A. Half-finished purchase Richards galv chassis, painted new bulkhead. rebuilt engine by Precision Engineering in Elgin. Diffs refurb'd, new swivels, shocks. New carb, points distributor, starter motor, exhaust. Lots of old panels, two sets good doors and tops, two sets wings, old and new centre rad panels, old grill mesh. Two safari roofs in good shape, two tubs, New speedo, original dash and gauges. Rear and side windows,

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Nice. I've seen that one, I think. One of several orange Series Land Rovers at JM Classics... Are you going to import it to France? Behind it is a Series 2 6-pot (notice another orange Series in the back). Up until recently for sale at a whooping € 34.750...
Richard

Many years ago when I used my Land Rover a great deal more than I do nowadays I wore out a set of G90's but it took an extremely long time and considerably more than 3,000 miles.
I wonder what load and ply rating tyres are fitted to heavyweight leccy thingies. I would imagine a standard car tyre doesn't have the correct load rating.
The G90's are 10 ply and maximum load per tyre of 2,760 lb at 75 psi.