Unusual 1965 Series 1??

Restoration with donor panels. Documented by a magazine some years back.

Was common in the early 70s to make series 1 cars look like series 2. The trim is easy but the door handles would be a give away. The shape of the wheelarch at the front is also later.

Nice car but I would have gone for only one set of overriders.
 
I would never profess to be a rivet counter, but the interior and exterior door handles, wheel trims, waist mouldings, centre switchgear, engine breather, air cleaner, brake servo, brake reservoir, and oil filler cap are all from a series 2, but that is nowhere near enough to convince me it's not an early car. Things like that have had sixty years to get changed.
 
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I'm not challenging its heritage but it is by far the most convincing series 2 lookalike I have seen, and odd not to change the bonnet and grille if you are going to go that far!!:)
 
Bonnet means altering the bonnet locking panel as well, and that's technically a base unit modification. Needs the vinyl 3/4s on it too.
 
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