Re: vehicle identity Posted by PETER H on June 08, 1998 at 07:01:42: In Reply to: vehicle identity posted by pieter on June 03, 1998 at 06:38:45:
Your chassis is sure enough a Series IIA 88" LHD CKD diesel and the 29 does indeed indicate that it was the 29th off the production line in that 275 series. While the 2286cc petrol engine was introduced for the Series II in April 1958, the 2052cc diesel continued on for the whole production run of the Series II up to September 1961. As your chassis would appear to be a very early IIA it is very possible, as you say, that the factory used up existing stock of the 2 litre diesels before fitting the new 2286cc diesel to the IIAs. They did the same sort of thing three years before with the II when they initially offered the 2286cc petrol in 109" only so that they could use up existing stocks of 2 litre petrols in the 88". The 2286cc diesel needed a lot of careful development work to limit peak pressures so they could get away with using the same three bearing crank layout as used in the very closely related petrol engine. Thats why the 2 litre diesel had to soldier on for three years following intro of the 2286cc petrol. |
