1967 Land Rover Series 109 Siia Nada Safari Station Wagon Restored on 2040-cars
Greenwood, South Carolina, United States
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I am selling my 1967 NADA SIIA that I have been restoring over the last five years. This is a California vehicle and as such has virtually no corrosion or rust on the body or chassis. I will list all the parts that were replaced or upgrades below. This is # 246 out of 811 ever made. These 109s were a special attempt by Land Rover to break into the US market with its large Safari station wagon. They modified their 2.6L inline six engine to boost performance to compete with the US V8 market. After Land Rover dropped the NADA 109 from production they also stopped supporting the modified engine. As the parts dried up, many owners had to replace their original engines with whatever they could find. Some were converted to the low compression Land Rover inline six. Others with the 2.25L four cylinder. The other option at the time was to install a 235cc GM six cylinder that produced about 150hp. This is the same engine that Toyota used in the FJ40. My 109 has the GM 235cc inline six with a Weber two barrel carburetor on it. The conversion must have been done in the 70s, although I have no way to know. I had the engine rebuilt when I restored the rover and it runs like a sewing machine. I had the body painted in the original color using Dupont Imron paint. The front seats have been reupholstered and all the door panels are new. The back seat is original. The headliner came from Badger. All the brake system and clutch hydraulics are new including lines. I also have installed parabolic suspension springs and old man emu shocks. The only parts I did not go though were the axles and the transmission. I installed a new wiring harness from British wiring and installed a 60Amp fuse between the battery and the harness. This is probably one of the nicest NADA Rovers around and it needs a home.
List of new parts.
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Jaguar Land Rover opens winter testing facility in Minnesota
Wed, 12 Dec 2012As it begins the rollout of the all-wheel-drive Jaguar XJ and XF models, Jaguar Land Rover has just announced that it has opened a new facility in northern Minnesota for winter testing. Located in International Falls, MN (on the US and Canadian border), the British automaker says it is one of the coldest locations in the Continental US. Jaguar's new Instinctive All Wheel Drive system was developed primarily to help sell more cars in the northern US, so it only makes sense to open a testing area in the US as well.
With temperatures that can drop to minus 55 degrees Fahrenheit, International Falls was chosen to mimic some of the worst weather a Jaguar or Land Rover will ever see. The grounds house testing chambers, various road surfaces and even a frozen lake. This new facility complements the hot-weather testing grounds in Phoenix, AZ.
The official press release is posted below.
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