1965 Land Rover

LWB 109 Wagon

4 - Cyl.

Manual

264041138

Gasoline

This is an original 1965 Land Rover 109 that is in great condition. It is a 4-Wheel drive "Station Wagon"--Series IIA, with a better description copied from a website that gives a good idea of what they entail. 1. Restored using all original parts. 2. 4 Door Wagon- See picture w/ original plate3. Tow hitch on back, as well as a tire holder.4. It comes with 5 tires, which are the Cooper Radial LT SRMII, Load Range D, 112/107N 7.50 R16LT, all in good condition. 5. 4 Fold Up Step-Ups to each door. One in rear also.6. Original Lucas Lights (England)7. Temperature Control, Air Control, Heat Control8. All gray vinyl seating in very good condtion, no tears, patches, just minor wear.9. Front and Second Row seating, all fold down in three sections.10. Third Row Rear Cross-Facing seats fold down, and have removable seat cushions. Left Side Storage.11. Leather Pull Straps all intact.12. License Plate Light13. All six side windows slide open.14. Original Skylites/Air Vents15. Roof Rack16. 4 Speed w/ Overdrive17. Seat Belts18. Sattelite Radio Reciever-Kenwood KDC-MP4028-Sirius19. Body is in excellent condition-only issues are small rust patch next to drivers side headlight (see pic #23) and paint bubble in (pic #24) The Bulkhead is solid, without rust. It was inspected until 8/09. I haven't been driving it for a while, so I did not have it inspected. It runs great. I am not aware of anything that it needs at this time to be inspected, but I would recommend you have it checked out for yourself. Series IISeries IIProduction1958-1961Body style(s)2-door Off-road vehicle 4-door Off-road vehicle 2-door pickupEngine(s)2.0 L petrol I4 2.25 L petrol I4 2.0 L I4 dieselTransmission(s)4 speed manualWheelbase88.0 in (2235 mm) (SWB) 109.0 in (2769 mm) (LWB)Length142.4 in (3617 mm) (SWB) 175.0 in (4445 mm) (LWB)Width66.0 in (1676 mm)Height77.5 in (1969 mm) (SWB) 81.0 in (2057 mm) (LWB)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 early short wheelbase (SWB) models retained the 52 hp (39 kW) 2.0 litre petrol engine from the Series I for the first 1,500 or so vehicles. 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.The 109-inch (2,800 mm) Series II Station Wagon introduced a 12-seater option on top of the standard 10-seater layout. This was primarily to take advantage of UK tax laws, by which a vehicle with 12 seats or more was classed as a bus, and was exempt from Purchase Tax and Special Vehicle Tax. This made the 12-seater not only cheaper to buy than the 10-seater version, but also cheaper than the 7-seater 88-inch (2,200 mm) Station Wagon. The 12-seater layout remained a highly popular body style for decades, being retained on the later Series and Defender variants until 2002, when it was dropped. The unusual status of the 12-seater remained until the end—such vehicles were classed as minibuses and thus could use bus lanes and (if registered correctly) could be exempt from the London Congestion Charge.There was some degree of over-lap between Series I and Series II production. Early UK-market Series II 88-inch (2,200 mm) vehicles were fitted with the old 2 litre petrol engine to use up existing stock (all export models received the new 2.25 litre engine from the beginning), and production of the Series I 107-inch (2,700 mm) Station Wagon continued until late 1959 due to continued demand from export markets and to allow the production of Series II components to reach full level.[edit]Series IIASeries IIAProduction1961-1971Body style(s)2-door Off-road vehicle 4-door Off-road vehicle 2-door pickupEngine(s)2.25L I4 2.6L IOE engine I6Transmission(s)4 speed manualWheelbase88.0 in (2235 mm) (SWB) 109.0 in (2769 mm) (LWB)Length142.4 in (3617 mm) (SWB) 175.0 in (4445 mm) (LWB)Width66.0 in (1676 mm)Height77.5 in (1969 mm) (SWB) 81.0 in (2057 mm) (LWB)The SII and the SIIA are very difficult to distinguish. There were some minor cosmetic changes, but the most significant change was under the bonnet in the guise of the new 2.25 litre Diesel engine. Body configurations available from the factory ranged from short wheelbase soft top to the top of the line five-door Station Wagon. Also the 2.6 litre straight six petrol engine was introduced for use in the long wheelbase models in 1967, the larger engine complemented by standard-fit servo-assisted brakes. 811 of these were NADA (or North American Dollar Area) trucks, which were the only long wheelbase models made for the American and Canadian markets.From February 1969 (home market) the headlamps moved into the wings on all models, and the sill panels were redesigned to be shallower a few months afterwards.The Series IIA is considered by many the most hardy Series model constructed. It is also the type of classic Land Rover that features strongly in the general public's perception of the Land Rover, from its many appearances in popular films and television documentaries set in Africa throughout the 1960s, such as Born Free. In February 1968, just a few months after its manufacturer had been subsumed, under government pressure, into the Leyland Motor Corporation, the Land Rover celebrated its twentieth birthday, with total production to date just short of 600,000, of which more than 70% had been exported.[2] Certainly it was whilst the Series IIA was in production that sales of utility Land Rovers reached their peak, in 1969-70, when sales of over 60,000 Land Rovers a year were recorded. (For comparison, the sales of the Defender in recent years have been around the 25,000 level since the 1990s.) As well as record sales, the Land Rover dominated many world markets- in Australia in the 1960s Land Rover held 90% of the 4x4 market. This figure was repeated in many countries in Africa and the Middle East.