Gaydon Heritage run

ON the 1st of May, my partner and I took SEB up to Solihull for the 63rd anniversary heritage run. We ran down to Gaydon in convoy, then spent the day looking around the various vehicles.

All in all an enjoyable day, if a little quiet compared to previous years.
I found this photo of SEB online which I think is very impressive.

I have somehow lost the tail lamps though so I will need to get them repaired before the next trip out.

Berkshire Laning

I was invited out to do some laning on good friday, so we filled SEB up with petrol (eeekk!!) and headed off.
It was all new lanes to me, not toio challenging, and some lovely scenery.
I was joined by a 1958 2-litre 88" series II, in fact one of the oldest series IIs in existance, as I think it was made in the first few days of production.
The other vehicle was a 1970 109", also a six-cylinder, which seems to have led an interesting life and done some travelling over the years.

Tyres

900x16 tyres are not easy to come by these days, being something of a sthrowback to the second world war era, however Landrover decided to offer them as standard on the Forward Controls starting in 1962, and so they were inherited from there onto the 1-Ton IIA when it was launched.
The options at the time were limited to Dunlop RK2A or 3s, and Avon Traction Milages. Some other patterns may have been offered, an early IIB was seen in factory photos fitted with "Banana Bargrips" which I think were a goodyear pattern.

Anyway, a good friend of mine managed to track down a set of Avons on 101 rims, he only wanted the rims, so I was offered the tyres.

I fitted them one friday evening and knackered myself in the process, but here is the result.

Of course I couldn't resist a spot of greenlaning to see how they worked,

The spare wheel on the bonnet is a Dunlop, and was quickly put back in the load bed.