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Author Topic: Lawnmower engined Landrover ?  (Read 2979 times)

Genem

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Lawnmower engined Landrover ?
« on: August 04, 2020, 11:07:24 PM »
My Landrover appears to have a lawnmower engine.... casting mark on the head.

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Re: Lawnmower engined Landrover ?
« Reply #1 on: August 04, 2020, 11:11:56 PM »
Qualcast = a Derby firm just round the corner from our house in Derby.

Also, Leys cast parts for Land Rover.
Leys was next to the Baseball Ground, home of Derby County until they moved.
The football ground was a good 20 minute walk from our house.

So, I was next to Land Rover parts from birth  :wooly-jumper
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Re: Lawnmower engined Landrover ?
« Reply #2 on: August 04, 2020, 11:13:45 PM »
They apparently also made exhaust manifolds for MG. Trademark now owned by Bosch.
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Re: Lawnmower engined Landrover ?
« Reply #3 on: August 04, 2020, 11:19:57 PM »
Quote from: Wittsend on August 04, 2020, 11:11:56 PM
Also, Leys cast parts for Land Rover.
Leys was next to the Baseball Ground, home of Derby County until they moved.
The football ground was a good 20 minute walk from our house.

Leys made my front diff, stamped Jan 1960. Someone else made the rear one which is a replacement dating from 1965.

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Re: Lawnmower engined Landrover ?
« Reply #4 on: August 04, 2020, 11:33:36 PM »
I think your oil pump is Qualcast too!
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Re: Lawnmower engined Landrover ?
« Reply #5 on: August 05, 2020, 05:53:10 AM »
A lawnmower engine swap would probably be an improvement over the NA diesel in my 110 :D
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Re: Lawnmower engined Landrover ?
« Reply #6 on: August 05, 2020, 08:16:13 AM »
It's looking good since the refurbishment Gene  :wooly-jumper

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Re: Lawnmower engined Landrover ?
« Reply #7 on: August 05, 2020, 08:42:34 AM »
Quote from: Wittsend on August 04, 2020, 11:11:56 PM
Qualcast = a Derby firm just round the corner from our house in Derby.

Also, Leys cast parts for Land Rover.
Leys was next to the Baseball Ground, home of Derby County until they moved.
The football ground was a good 20 minute walk from our house.

So, I was next to Land Rover parts from birth  :wooly-jumper

My dad passed his test in a Series 1 when I was very little , does that count ?
I’m hoping to come across a picture I saw years ago with him in it , may be able to get the reg no if I’m really lucky.
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Re: Lawnmower engined Landrover ?
« Reply #8 on: August 05, 2020, 06:58:46 PM »
Funny, I was just rebuilding a water pump yesterday and was surprised that the old impeller was embossed with "QUALCAST". The other original one in my stash says "Land Rover" and the new one from Britpart has no markings.
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Re: Lawnmower engined Landrover ?
« Reply #9 on: August 05, 2020, 07:40:33 PM »
Jeremy actually has a lawnmower powered Land Rover!
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Re: Lawnmower engined Landrover ?
« Reply #10 on: August 06, 2020, 11:31:30 AM »
... sometimes it's the only one out all 3 that's working!

It's also got a Suffolk Punch or Colt clutch, which I suppose could also be of Qualcast origin? I have a Suffolk mower engine for it, like the mower in the photo above, but no fuel tank or exhaust silencer for it, so at the moment I've installed an OHV Honda clone (not actually from a mower!).

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Re: Lawnmower engined Landrover ?
« Reply #11 on: August 07, 2020, 08:19:09 AM »
It always made me smile too when I found Qualcast logos on cyl. heads !
Manxcat's mower looks brilliant, we had the exact same one when I was a nipper.. ;)
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Re: Lawnmower engined Landrover ?
« Reply #12 on: August 07, 2020, 08:39:24 AM »
Quote from: Porkscratching on August 07, 2020, 08:19:09 AM
It always made me smile too when I found Qualcast logos on cyl. heads !
Manxcat's mower looks brilliant, we had the exact same one when I was a nipper.. ;)

My father has a very old picture of me (as a nipper) sat inside the grassbox of a mower the same as that.
Probably couldn't even get my feet in one now! :-X
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Re: Lawnmower engined Landrover ?
« Reply #13 on: August 09, 2020, 06:08:40 PM »
I have an Atco 'Twelve' petrol lawn mower which my father bought new when I was 7 years old. It is still cutting the grass 53 years on and is the one thing I own that is the same age as Dormy (not including SWMBO !).
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Re: Lawnmower engined Landrover ?
« Reply #14 on: August 10, 2020, 06:45:23 AM »
A lawnmower with a Land Rover engine might be of quite a beast :whistle
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