Unfortunately I cannot help you with the gearbox although my gut reaction is the same as some of the others above that in a land rover it is likely to be fine and well within land rover tolerances!

However I have a favour to ask, especially if your vehicle is as original as it looks on the outside. I am currently in the process of repairing a station wagon body and plan on fitting the rear doors with the sliding ali tops that you have fitted. My question is what the inside of the door looked like from the factory. If you have some photos of yours that would be very much appreciated. I am trying to work out if there was originally a door card similar to the front doors as I am struggling to find any for sale.

Hi...its certainly not a pristine original and even then i'm no expert on these as its our first landrover but pretty sure these rear door panels are original and how they were. We still need to find a couple of sliding window knobs as they were missing for the back but are present on the front. We used the link below to help with our rebuild as its the same year as ours and is probably all genuine original, hope that helps


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Hi...its certainly not a pristine original and even then i'm no expert on these as its our first landrover but pretty sure these rear door panels are original and how they were. We still need to find a couple of sliding window knobs as they were missing for the back but are present on the front. We used the link below to help with our rebuild as its the same year as ours and is probably all genuine original, hope that helps


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Many thanks for the pictures and the link. It shows that originally there would have been door cards, so they must exist somewhere but they appear to be very rare and have no aftermarket presence. In the absence of door cards I will see if it is possible to fit the military style/series anti-burst door handles in the short term and continue my search.
 

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