1964 Series 2a Landrover - Bitsa

So with the Anglia completed and since sold the hunt was on for something I've never owned before.
As much as the Anglia was a brilliant car, I just couldnt mesh with it having sold the 2.8 Capri in 2021 I thought I wanted back into the Ford fold.....evidently not!

As the Anglia arrrived:



Just before a mop and sale:




It was at this point a mate asked me to drive his freshly restored 2a to a local gathering:


Yeah that got me hooked!
So with the Anglia gone the hunt was on, there were some points it needed to have ideally:

2a (Only because I prefer the look against the 3)
Diesel (Because everything else I own is Petrol)
200TDI swap (If not I was pricing the motors up).
Galv chassis
Decent bulkhead.

Not much to ask but as my daily driver was getting a little tired and my commute being none existant, why not have a Landy for the job eh?
Much searching of eBay and FB for a few months, then Taaa Daaa












It's ugly
Has some S3 and S2 bits
200TDI
Galv Chassis
Absloute minter of a bulkhead

So the previous owner had the car from 2014, used it for lots of offroad trips ect. In 2021 they decided to fit the new chsssis and rebuild the bulkhead due to the usual rot etc, perfect for me then! The car was around 150 miles away so that was a perfect test of reliability, soon into the journey we noticed the water pump was leaking it did get us home though.

The Green on the chassis needs to go and those S3 wings!



Pulled it into the workshop to check the water pump the following day, how it got us back I'll never know so a new one was fitted:

Those that know will see it's a bit of a bitsa, sporting the S3 dash which at first I didnt like but it's grown on me. This means the bulkhead is S3, I was planning on changing this back but it's so mint it would be a shame.

Old military seats had to go, my spine compressed far too much on them!




Week after purchasing it I ordered replacement front wing sections to get rid of the S3 lights.

Half done here, typically broke down due to the lift pump falling to bits


Frontend basically reverted back but the green has to go!
As you will also notice we got a roof tent for it and some new tyres due to the originals being past their best!







The puppy loves it, all Dogs love Landrovers though!


As this will be my Daily driver and a vehicle we use for campiing trips, some heat over the wheezy heater was needed.
Plumbed in a night heater and secondary battery on split charge.


It's even accompanied the Standard at a few local shows!







We even got a spot of green lanes in to test my numpty skills.
First time doing anything like that, certainly wont be my last!










Daily dog walking duty..

That's about where we are up to, I will need to repaint and get some of the panels a little straighter in the future. The green simply has to go, meybe a blue or grey, not quite sure yet. In the next few months I'll be changing the