DIR Return Create A Forum - Home
---------------------------------------------------------
Old Leafsprung Land Rovers
HTML https://ollr.createaforum.com
---------------------------------------------------------
*****************************************************
DIR Return to: Members' Motors
*****************************************************
#Post#: 69164--------------------------------------------------
One Ton - missing history - any ideas?
By: 26600042A Date: July 30, 2013, 11:36 am
---------------------------------------------------------
Hi,
I'm restoring a 1972 Series 3 109 inch one ton. The vehicle is a
real mystery - it has lost its identity and we don't know what
happened to it and its identical twin from 1972 to 2006. I've
written up the research I've done on it so far along with some
pictures here:
HTML http://oneton42a.blogspot.co.uk/
and I'd welcome
any information or suggestions for further research. Thanks for
taking a look.
Ed
#Post#: 69185--------------------------------------------------
Re: One Ton - missing history - any ideas?
By: BEY C Date: July 30, 2013, 2:11 pm
---------------------------------------------------------
Well, my 88" also came from the Brookes brothers White Rose
Garage but was registered on an Anglesey plate (EY) from new
(i.e don't assume it wasn't registered in a neighbouring area)..
There are gaps in the Anglesey records but you might want to try
them ARCHIVES@anglesey.gov.uk , bearing in mind that there was
quite a bit of quarrying on Anglesey (the sort of people who
would need a 1 ton). For info, the records for Caernarfonshire
are apparently complete so you could also contact
AngharadMairJones@gwynedd.gov.uk and see if it went that way...
#Post#: 69188--------------------------------------------------
Re: One Ton - missing history - any ideas?
By: Albert Ross Date: July 30, 2013, 2:15 pm
---------------------------------------------------------
You might try Darryl Lawrence, at Padeswood, Clwyd, just outside
Buckley.. Used to be Lawrence Land Rovers, offering sales and
workshop services, and his Father, now deceased, previously (I
am led to believe) occupying a workshop at Hope since the late
1940s, as possibly the earliest LR dealer in North Wales.. I
knew Darryl around the time of the Discovery launch in 1989. He
knows his Series motors inside out.... he might have seen this
vehicle around.
Hmm, I just checked Google, and it might be that he has ceased
trading.... Or worse... I do know he had a home in Hope. The
original Padeswood Garage phone number was 01244 550312. There
is also a mobile listed on one of the sites I have seen....
07710 113028
#Post#: 69200--------------------------------------------------
Re: One Ton - missing history - any ideas?
By: 26600042A Date: July 30, 2013, 3:00 pm
---------------------------------------------------------
Two excellent helpful suggestions which we will follow up - keep
'em coming please......
The idea of registering a new vehicle somewhere away from the
dealership seems a bit odd. I can understand it if the customer
lived in a neighbouring county and the garage registered for the
customer's county, but I have found examples where the garage
and the owner live in one county and registration is in an
ajoining one. I wonder what went on here? It seems strange if
there was a free choice where you had your vehicle registered.
Thanks,
Ed
#Post#: 69220--------------------------------------------------
Re: One Ton - missing history - any ideas?
By: prof-pat-pending Date: July 30, 2013, 4:57 pm
---------------------------------------------------------
^^^^^^^^ not unusual - still happens
if you buy a car new in carlisle you can ask for an english or a
scottish reg :popcorn:
#Post#: 69241--------------------------------------------------
Re: One Ton - missing history - any ideas?
By: mr.scruff Date: July 31, 2013, 9:40 am
---------------------------------------------------------
I've just registered a Land Rover with the soon-to-be-KO'd
Lincoln DVLA office and got a Scottish-issue reg posted from
Swansea. :-?
*****************************************************