Where can I find more information about an Overlander?

[pietpetoors]

Thank you for the document.
So the only thing which does not fit is the split front window which according to internet data should be pre-1960
The rest of the data points to 1963

Thank you for the help.

 

[Joe B]

You're welcome, Pieter
Please post close-up photos of the divider hardware.

I'm not a wagon guy, but I think it's possible to install the split windshield components in the later-model window frames.

Your windshield may have been damaged, and replaced with parts that were probably more readily available than the post-1960 one-piece version.

Perhaps someone can provide details about differences in flatness -- or lack thereof -- between the one-piece and the two-piece windshield frames.

Pictures of the firewall, if it wasn't heavily modified during the engine swap, will also provide model-year clues.

 

[Hiki]

Thank you for the document.
So the only thing which does not fit is the split front window which according to internet data should be pre-1960
The rest of the data points to 1963

Thank you for the help.

Pieter, mine was also a split windscreen Traveller; the same with the one in Joburg; possibly all Deliveries/adapted Deliveries had split windscreens; same with rounded wheel arches above back wheels. So I think you do not need to change into a single windscreen at all.

Check out Garth's post under "Joburg Traveler" on this board

 

[scramboleer]

You're welcome, Pieter

Pictures of the firewall, if it wasn't heavily modified during the engine swap, will also provide model-year clues.

This notched firewall indicates a post-May 1962 build:

 

[pietpetoors]

Firewall still have the padding on, so it is not so clean.
I also post a pic of the inside.
My last picture is the rear leave springs. Why are they this shape, it is the first time I see leave springs like this

 

[scramboleer]

It would be great to get a close up of the dash (highlighted below in green) when you get a chance:

 

[pietpetoors]

 

[pietpetoors]

Apparently the original fuel gauge is working, it was the sender unit which packed up. The previous owner could not import a sender unit so they installed the aftermarket fuel gauge. So when I rebuild her I will get the correct sender unit and get the original fuel gauge to work again.

 

[pietpetoors]

Anybody know why the rear leaf springs have these grooves in?

 

[scramboleer]

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Love that silver plate.

 

[Herk]

Anybody know why the rear leaf springs have these grooves in?
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The grooves are to reduce friction between the leaves. All of the replacement springs I have seen lack the groove. I'm sure the functional difference is slight. Probably because the 1 1/2" 5160 bar stock commonly available today isn't rolled with a groove.