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Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 8:55 pm
by disco2hse
May I suggest you move this to a new thread and start to document what you do? I, amongst others, will be very interested in how you proceed.
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 8:58 pm
by lr10
A new thread?
I hardly remember how I got in to this one!
Whatever you say Doc.
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 9:01 pm
by disco2hse
Go here
http://www.stage1v8.org.uk/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=2
Click on the button, New Topic.
Enter a subject. Something useful like "[your VIN] restoration", etc.
Write something interesting in the message body field.
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 9:22 pm
by lr10
Well, maybe the name of this topic is good enough?
We already have the pics in and all..
I also think that there are too many topics out already.
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 9:36 pm
by disco2hse
This topic is not for your project. Please start a new topic.
Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 9:49 pm
by lr10
Well then Doc, I called the new subject 1977 Stage 1 restoration.
Unfortunately I don't have a clue on what to write. Let's see if anyone gets hooked.
Carl
Re: prototype Stage 1s
Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2017 1:06 pm
by Rocky80inch
I've been busy looking at the archives at Gaydon and you can add this to the list:
LR 109. 8 cyl. 16/6/76. OHP 235P. 914442206C. LR1. Noted as styling buck in 1979.
Re: prototype Stage 1s
Posted: Tue Dec 19, 2017 8:14 pm
by Rocky80inch
soggy wrote: ↑Sun Jan 22, 2012 11:48 am
I have identified 9 of the 11stage 1 prototypes that were supposed to have been sanctioned by Bill Morris. there may be more and i have details of another(UHR873R) that is not in this series though and it may have been reregistered.
OHP187P 91142197C RRB7 01/06/76
RHP175R 93151449 LR2 06/12/76
SDU250R 91451802C LR4 04/01/77
SDU251R 91151669C LR5
THP74R 91460676C LR8 ( NOW FITTED WITH ENGINE NUMBER RRB7) 15 4 77
VRW417S 91463383C LR10 03/08/77
VRW418S 93165210C LR16
WRW683S 91158944C LR12
WRW684S 9145020294C LR4
The other(s) may not have been registered and used under trade plates or barrier tested. does anyone know anything about any of these. I know a lot about THP74R as i own it but would love any history or the fate of any of the others
URH 873R is SDU 250R (LR4).
Re: prototype Stage 1s
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2018 11:14 am
by Geoff
Prototype THP 74R for sale:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1977-Stage-1 ... 3641.l6368
And it's here in Leicester - these are the guys I sold my period Genuine Land Rover spare wheel cover to. (Makes your purchase of RHP 175R look something of a bargain Rocky80inch
)
Re: prototype Stage 1s
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2018 4:56 pm
by Mik
Not very correct add - it's not the oldest survivor, and it's hopefully not a LT85 gearbox thats in it
Re: prototype Stage 1s
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2018 5:05 pm
by Geoff
For a mere 25 grand, why be so picky?
Re: prototype Stage 1s
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2018 6:02 pm
by Mik
Exactly
Re: prototype Stage 1s
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2018 8:45 pm
by map1275
So where's the spare wheel cover?
I take it that the load space is the "original paint' and all the other new paint is applied with great sympathy (entire outside, inside of cabin area…). Including the inside of the door tops they missed along with the underside of all the panels.
If the chassis has been powder coated then it's the worst job ever or the chassis is absolutely knackered from scale. I am impressed that the gearbox isn't plastered in the black paint and tar they've used elsewhere. I wonder what the engine bay looks like?
Love the 110 side steps. Has anyone tried the 'non-pressurised' salesman?
Re: prototype Stage 1s
Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2018 11:01 pm
by Geoff
So where's the spare wheel cover?
Gracing some other lucky Land Rover I have no doubt - not much call for it on a pickup.
I take it that the load space is the "original paint' and all the other new paint is applied with great sympathy (entire outside, inside of cabin area…). Including the inside of the door tops they moussed along with the underside of all the panels.
If the chassis has been powder coated then it's the worst job ever or the chassis is absolutely knackered from scale. I am impressed that the gearbox isn't plastered in the black paint and tar they've used elsewhere. I wonder what the engine bay looks like?
Love the 110 side steps.
My, we do all expect a lot for our money, don't we?
What about those lovely mudflaps then? [<
smug>]
Has anyone tried the 'non-pressurised' salesman?
I feel all salesmen should be 'pressurised'.
Re: prototype Stage 1s
Posted: Thu Apr 26, 2018 1:13 am
by map1275
All too much like the place where I was an apprentice. The owner's only qualification in life was used car salesman. Yes, all the stereotypes apply.
This vehicle looks awfully like the mega-euro one offered somewhere else.