1953 land rover advertisement
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I have been scanning some old magazine photos ( Long Story )
I thought you may be interested in seeing this ;-)
Reply By: Willem - Wednesday, Dec 03, 2008 at 22:26
Wednesday, Dec 03, 2008 at 22:26
I owned a 1958 Landy once, very much like the one in the picture. Pretty utilitarian by todays standards but it did the 4x4 job.
Cheers
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Reply By: jskogsta - Wednesday, Dec 03, 2008 at 23:10
Wednesday, Dec 03, 2008 at 23:10
If you're into Land Rovers, then you might want to read the First Overland book. Great story about some college kids from Oxford and Cambridge who drove from the UK to Singapore in 1956 with two sponsored Land Rovers. Can find their website here:
http://www.firstoverland.com/
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/Jorgen
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Reply By: Chris & Sue - Thursday, Dec 04, 2008 at 01:23
Thursday, Dec 04, 2008 at 01:23
Ahhh, memories. My dad had one on our farm in PNG in the early '50s. Used it for everything including towing a peanut planter when he couldn't pinch the government's old
grey Fergusen.
From memory, I seem to recall it had a PTO shaft (or at least the ability to fit one) at the back. Can anyone confirm?
Cheers,
Chris
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Follow Up By: Member - Lionel A (WA) - Thursday, Dec 04, 2008 at 07:43
Thursday, Dec 04, 2008 at 07:43
Yup.....
Mine did.
Cheers.......Lionel.
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Follow Up By: furph - Thursday, Dec 04, 2008 at 07:50
Thursday, Dec 04, 2008 at 07:50
Chris. PTO? yep they sure did. Comes directly out from the top/back of the transfer case. I think this feature extends right through to the Defender range.
On our '54 swb we had a flat belt pulley on the back to drive a firewood sawbench.
Also had a "capstan" winch on the front direct driven off the crankshaft pulley.
I still have its original w/
shop manual which also shows several pto driven accessories, rear capstan winch, generator/welder mounted behind front seats, extended pto drive to connect to a trailer with diff. and live axles etc.
furph
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Follow Up By: Thermoguard Instruments - Thursday, Dec 04, 2008 at 08:07
Thursday, Dec 04, 2008 at 08:07
Hi Chris,
As far as I know, right through to the end of the Series III in ~1980, as
well as there being a PTO point under a bolt-on cover on the back of the transfer box, there was a path through the chassis to run a PTO shaft to the back of the vehicle, including a 4"-ish hole in the rear crossmember. A PTO-driven flat belt pulley geabox that could be bolted onto the rear crossmember was a factory option, in the early days at least, I believe.
The LR transfer box still has a PTO cover on the back which is still used sometimes to drive hydraulic pumps on work vehicles, etc. I thought the older Landcruisers utes had a PTO point as
well but don't know if they stil do.
Ian
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Reply By: Ray - Thursday, Dec 04, 2008 at 11:36
Thursday, Dec 04, 2008 at 11:36
I had one when I was doing my NS. We did some experiment using the power take off to drive a trailer. the experiment was not very satisfactory. This was in 1956 in
the desert with lots of sand.
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Follow Up By: ob - Thursday, Dec 04, 2008 at 18:34
Thursday, Dec 04, 2008 at 18:34
Ray, If I remember correctly and at my age that is getting harder each day, the powered (driven ) trailer was built by a mob called Rubery Owen or something like that. The drive shaft was powered by the PTO through two uni joints at the trailer hitch point. Obviously the idea wasn't all that usefull.
Cheers ob
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Follow Up By: Thermoguard Instruments - Friday, Dec 05, 2008 at 19:14
Friday, Dec 05, 2008 at 19:14
Some time in the early 1970's, not long after the first Range Rover appeared with the alloy 3.5L V8, LR started producing the 101" wheelbase forward control vehicle for the British Army, also with 3.5L V8 and the indestructible LT95 transmission.
Soon after, a British Army expedition set off on an expedition across the Sahara desert in 101 V8s with PTO powered trailers behind. Apparently they made it OK, so the powered trailer concept must have worked. No doubt, if you're interested, a Google search would find a link to the story.
Ian
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