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I think in fact the running gear on the Pookie and Leopard came from VW Kombis (camper vans or mini-bus), not Beetles - not that there's a lot of difference. The Moon Buggy and Kudu were Landy-based - thanks to https://tanks-encyclopedia.com/category/rhodesian-apcs/ for the images!

It is indeed a Zenith carb, except oddly it says 'Solex' on it.... the vagaries of Land Rover ownership! The air filter is a paper filter, which is a lot easier and less messy to keep clean in African dust. There are various odd holes drilled in the firewall and dash, for weapons mounts, radios...

@Turboman - here's a couple of pictures of the engine. Let me know what you think. R

Thanks Kermit - so mine is 346 76590 - good to know. I see that Glencoyne lists the 346 prefix engines as having six digits after, but your info that it should be an 8 digit number in total resolves that. Here's couple more pix - my happy place - Landy, coffee pot, bedroll, Kelly kettle...

Glencoyne suggests that 346 xxxxxx is a petrol 2 1/4 Series 2a, which fits - but I only have five numbers after that. 234 xxxxxx isn't listed - the 2 numbers start at 236, which is the air-portable 88. Interesting that numbers were sometimes basically 'made up' - but of course that makes sense...

Thanks very much for the speedy response, and the advice! Here's the best pic I can get of the engine number - see what you can make of this.

Hi all, I've had my petrol 2 1/4 1970 2a for over 20 years, but have only just got round to actually looking at the engine number. As a new member, I can't upload a photo. But it seems to be 348 76590. The 348 seems to have a prefix M M 2 (M M on one line, 2 348 below that, then 76590 stamped...