TexasRover wrote:

Its your car and no offense intended but why did you loose the original wheels?

Wheels maketh the car, and somehow I think the smaller wheels suit these older small landrovers better.

These are some handy wheels we had available for free. Not sure what we will end up with yet but the original wheels on the vehicle are a real mish-mash of types and ages. All in varied states of crustyness, a couple that appear to be age relevant but mostly from later on and have minor differences and non matching offsets. Plus the tyres are mostly unusable and the rims are all tubed only. Wheels are only suitable for a die hard restorer who wants to display the vehicle rather than use it IMO, from a safety and practicality POV.

Probable long term plan will be to get some 7.50x16 equivalent tyres on a set of later tubeless defender steel rims. Young lad does want narrow tyres but also the extra height.

defender9 wrote:

That looks a nice straight old thing. The Blue suits it, looks like the RAF Blue that was used on some of the Station Wagons and LWB 107/109. Good choice of Butler rear lights rather than the original now very expensive Pork Pie lights.