Born with 600-16 cross-ply tyres on 5×16 tubeless steel rims. The 6.00-16 tyres are hard to find nowadays, unless you want front tyres for a historic tractor with wierd ribs. The tyresize translates to the non existing 152/100-R16 and has a diameter of 710mm, width and hight are both 152mm. Circumference is 2230 mm and … Read more
Where do you buy a “ready to go” converted Land Rover? There are a few companies that renovate Land Rovers and convert them to electric drive, if you think doing it yourself is to big a task. Australia Jaunt Motors convert Series Land Rovers between 1958 and 1985 in Australia Car site The Driven has … Read more
When I bought Laura in the 1990’s a normal conversion was shoehorning a 3,5 litre Rover V8 into a Series Land Rover. Now where everybody is trying to leave a smaller environmental footprint, and the fuel prices have risen dramatically, focus on conversions have changed to electric engines instead. Why convert a classic car to … Read more
Besides the companies that make a living by converting old Land Rovers, there are a lot of private individuals that have converted their own. If considering to build your own, there is a lot of knowledge and inspiration in the projects below. Series III’s Jeff G’s Lightweight Jeff has documented his project very well on … Read more
One of the greatest things about Series Land Rovers, is that they are as simple as anything can get. However this does not apply to the handbrake. The system might be less complicated on a RHD model, but on a LHD model, the handbrake leaver is mounted on the left side, and has to activate … Read more
The simple ladder chassis construction of a Series Land Rover lets you do almost anything. And the boxy design gives you lots of room in the engine bay, gives you a long list of possible Land Rover engine conversions. Upgrades to original engines 200Di The 2,5 litre 200 TDi was the last engine without electronics.Removing … Read more
I love LED lights. They are more durable, and have a much better and higher output of light, compared to the old incandescent bulbs. And if there is a bad connection or earth wire, it has to be almost disconnected before it affects the light output, as the voltage to run a LED light often … Read more
Series Land Rovers, and other classic cars from the area before “Connected cars” and Immobilizers are a bit too easy to steal. Laura as an example came from the factory without door and window locks. Immobilizers https://www.scparts.co.uk/sc_en/warehouse/tuning-internal-and-external-fixtures/electronic-ignition-systems/123-ignition-systems/land-rover/ignition-system-534396.html Bluetooth and Pinkode for starting Pedal locks These can bee mounted on the pedals, or above them. Preventing … Read more
So, if you want to hear music, radio, podcasts or other stuff in your classic car, what do you chose to mount in it? I once had a Ford Mustang from 1968, where a previous owner had used a hacksaw, to retrofit a modern 1-DIN unit, which probably was OK, if it was done as … Read more