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#Post#: 45434--------------------------------------------------
112-587 Series 2A 88"GS
By: DennisM Date: August 10, 2016, 3:59 am
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After finishing the last restoration I was thinking about a
local vehicle that had been used by a sawmill, it was a Series
2A 88"GS later known as 'Sawmill' or BLR-626
I knew it had been offered for sale on n off for a while now,
but I could never catch up with the owner/s, when I did I was
told that Dad didn't want to sell it, so be it
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I rang around and got in touch with Hilton Pollard, he had a
vehicle that I might want to look at, so off we went to Colo to
check it out, it was a S2A 88"GS, just what I
wanted, the body was straight which was a bonus, but it had a
serious engine issue that Hilton wasn't sure about
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and from the rear
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it had retired to work after finishing it's military career,
straight into the hard work of Bush Fire brigade, it turned out
that Phil H (Tankradio) had a connection with it
many years before.
About 5 days later we headed off down to Colo, Graham D & Gordon
W (who I bought the Series 1 off in 2013), I took a fully
charged battery some fuel, the vehicle started
but it was running like a hairy goat, missing/backfiring, Hilton
wasn't sure whether it had a blown head gasket or a hole in a
piston, it was a big gamble to buy, but the deal
was done, it was loaded behind the 110, the judge checking it
was OK to move off
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I made the mistake of buying a meat pie @ the garage just up the
road a bit, gawd was I crook, it took me all my time n
concentration to drive home, with a few upchucks
along the way, once at home n unloaded, I still wasn't felling
well Ross C turned up for a once over, I was still laying on my
back on the garage creeper, sick as++.
Anyway moving along, within a few days I had removed the head,
and to my surprise and luck I discovered why it was running
rough as, the head gasket had blown
between cylinders 2<>3, that was a relief, now the strip down
began, the bulkhead was an absolute mess
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the bulkhead was way beyond repair, it had more rust in lots of
hard to get places, so I decided to look for another, after a
search I found one @ Modern Mtrs, so I didn't have to go far at
all
(Somewhere along the way BLR-626 came into view again, it was
for sale, I was 1/2 way through this project, anyway to cut a
long story short Graham D
bought it for me, until I was ready for it, here it is in my
yard having some mechanical repairs before being registered)
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In no time at all I had repaired a few minor issues with it,
grit blasted it and the chassis and it was going back together
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I was becoming quite adept at doing this, 112-501 (Chloe) took
me 11.5 months from goa to whoa, I was burning this at around 6
months.
The Land Rover had survived it's military career in Bronze
Green, the interior of the vehicle was still B/green, the
outside was Orange, so I decided to repaint it in DBG
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and from another angle outside with no flash and our little Pom
'Tookie'
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the wiring loom was still serviceable as was the loom in
112-501, so it was put back before the engine went into it's
spot, sometime just past the half way mark
something else popped up very large on the horizon a Series 2A
Bloodbox, I had heard about it by word of mouth, and having
missed out on a ex-MOD Series 2A 109
Amphibious that was in Newcastle, I had to beat a certain to
person to get this vehicle, I tracked it down, it was a non-goer
so it had to trucked back to my place
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that was the end of me being able to park the 110 in the garage,
the bloodbox is still in there LOL.
Four NOS 7.50x16 NDST's were found in a garage up in Murrurundi
NSW of all places, cash changed hands I had them fitted, it was
all coming together nicely
Anzac day 2001 was just about on us and the vehicle was paraded
along with 112-501 and Ross C's Castrol, another milestone
passed, after the parade we went
out to where I had worked for 40 years and lined up for a photo
shoot 'A Ton of Land Rovers' i.e. 4 x 4 1/4Ton trucks
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that will never happen on that spot anymore either as it's now a
golf course LOL, Ross did a photo shoot with Castrol n kids 'Joe
coolin' so not to be outdone
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then little mutts in having a short drive in the yard, they were
as I didn't want to run any of them over, 2 of them have since
passed away, only Jessie the black toy poodle
is still with us today, Wee-Wullie has been a few places, not
too many ex-mil Land Rovers have spent the afternoon in the
quadrangle @ Maitland Goal
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and from a different angle
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I was invited by the Newcastle MG car club, they were having
their national convention @ the Goal, I have also used the
vehicle as encouragement for myself
to keep going as restoring vehicles takes a lot of your time and
energy, and if you work full time (as I did at the time) it can
be a real drag, but you have stick with it
and do something everyday just small menial things like running
nuts/bolts through tap/die etc., here he is parked next to the
109WKSP
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and on a rego day (MOT) some time ago
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sometimes I wish I had only 1 (one) vehicle it would be so easy
time wise to manage, now expecting a barrage of offers to
take/keep/look after them LOL
anyway next is the Bloodbox in a short version, cheers Dennis
dgs
PS I have done my R shoulder in so I'm sitting here at this
electronic thingy LOL,,.
#Post#: 45449--------------------------------------------------
Re: 112-587 Series 2A 88"GS
By: espacekiller Date: August 10, 2016, 1:28 pm
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Love the front wings lkebtn
#Post#: 45451--------------------------------------------------
Re: 112-587 Series 2A 88"GS
By: hippydave Date: August 10, 2016, 1:50 pm
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Very nice motor Dennis, but why did you not refit the steering
damper?
#Post#: 45462--------------------------------------------------
Re: 112-587 Series 2A 88"GS
By: DennisM Date: August 10, 2016, 5:20 pm
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I can't remember why mate, the steering is nice and light, no
issues with wheel wobble etc., maybe I thought it wasn't
warranted, the job was completed back in 2000/1 cheers mate
Dennis dgs
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