Description
1960 Land Rover Series 2, 88 SWB Petrol
Long term (2 year) nut & bolt restoration with new panels. doors, canvas etc – superb cosmetic detailing, thousands spent! Will satisfy the most discriminating Landrover enthusiast. In stock now and ready to be enjoyed.
Brief Restoration details:-
New Chassis, A pillars, Floors, Tailgate, Sills, Brakes & Fuel Tank.
Galvanised rear corners, Bumper.
New Doors (complete)
Rewired.
New Canvas.
New Seats, New Runners.
Bodywork sandblasted (carefully) back to metal, panel beaten and lightly skimmed as required. This includes seatbox, dash, engine bay and buck.
Primed with 2K Pastel Green, correct for 1960 year. Wheels stripped back to metal and painted in 2K Limestone.
Serviced with new Water Pump, Cluch slave and Master Cylinder, Spark plugs, Oil & Filter etc.
Understandably the vehicle looks and drives like new.
For more info call/ text John on the details below anytime.
Marque Info
The successor to the successful Series I was the Series II, which saw a production run from 1958 to 1961. It came in 88 in (2, 200 mm) and 109 in (2, 800 mm) wheelbases (normally referred to as the 'SWB' and 'LWB').
This was the first Land Rover to receive the attention of Rover's styling department- Chief Stylist David Bache produced the familiar 'barrel side' waistline to cover the vehicle's wider track and the improved design of the truck cab variant, introducing the curved side windows and rounded roof still used on current Land Rovers.
The Series II was the first vehicle to use the well-known 2. 25-litre petrol engine, although the first 1, 500 or so short wheelbase (SWB) models retained the 52 hp (39 kW) 2. 0-litre petrol engine from the Series I. This larger petrol engine produced 72 hp (54 kW) and was closely related to the 2. 0-litre diesel unit still in use. This engine became the standard Land Rover unit until the mid-1980s when diesel engines became more popular.
