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The Unusual Land Rover Lightweight Series 3

Ben Branch June 25, 2021
Land Rover Lightweight 4
  • British
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  • Classic 4x4
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The Land Rover Lightweight 1/2 Ton, also known as the Airportable, was a special version of the Series 2A and subsequently the Series 3…

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The Beachrunner – A Land Rover Series 2A Restoration By Oliver & Dobson

Ben Branch April 19, 2021
Land Rover Series 2A Restoration 1
  • Cars
  • Classic 4x4
  • Land Rover

This is the Beachrunner, it’s the first in what will be a series of restorations by the team at Oliver & Dobson who are…

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Land Rover Defender 90 Custom By Outlander Vehicles

Ben Branch December 22, 2020
Land Rover Defender Custom 1
  • Cars
  • Classic 4x4
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  This eye-catching Land Rover Defender custom does a great job of answering the question “what would Hue 166 look like if it had…

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Land Rover Series 3 – British Trans-Africa Expedition Livery

Ben Branch August 19, 2020
Land Rover Series 3 Front
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  This 1973 Series 3 Land Rover was discovered by Buz Ras at a wealthy apple farmer’s house in Tieton, Washington, it had been…

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A 430 BHP Corvette-Engined Land Rover Series 2A

Ben Branch July 18, 2019
Land Rover Series 2A Corvette V8 Engine Grille
  • Classic 4x4
  • Classic Cars
  • Land Rover

When the Land Rover Series 2A was first released in 1961 the engineers behind it would have had no idea that almost 60 years…

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For Sale: The Dalai Lama’s Own Personal Land Rover Series IIA

Ben Branch July 11, 2019
Land Rover Series 2A Grille
  • Classic 4x4
  • Classic Cars
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This was His Holiness The 14th Dalai Lama’s personal daily transportation for 10 years between 1966 and 1976 in Dharamsala, India. Although the Dalai…

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The Anvil Land Rover Defender – Rebuilt with a 600 lb-ft Cummins Turbo Diesel

Ben Branch February 19, 2019
Anvil Land Rover Defender Diesel Engine
  • Classic 4x4
  • Land Rover

The Anvil Defender is the work of Blacksmith Engineering, an engineering powerhouse dedicated to rebuilding classic 4x4s to be stronger, faster, and more capable….

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Land Rover Stage 1 V8 – A Rescued Fire Truck Gets A Second Life

Ben Branch October 29, 2018
Land Rover Before And After Restoration
  • British
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  • Classic 4x4
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The bright orange Land Rover Stage 1 V8 you see here was rescued from junkyard status by Ricardo and the team at Cool N’ Vintage,…

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A Brief History of the Land Rover Series 3

Jon Branch October 8, 2018
Land Rover Series 3
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  • British
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The Land Rover Series 3 – Introduction The Land Rover Series 3 was introduced in 1971 and was pretty much a “face-lifted” version of…

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A Brief History of the Land Rover Defender

Jon Branch September 3, 2018
Land Rover Defender 110
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Introduction: The Defender That Wasn’t The development process that would lead to the Land Rover Defender began four years before the new model that…

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A Brief History of the Land Rover Series 2, 2A and 2B FC

Jon Branch August 27, 2018
Tracked Cuthbertson Land Rover
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When the Land Rover was first created it was only expected to be a stop-gap vehicle that would be in production for three years or so until war ravaged austerity Britain was “back on her feet” and Rover could go back to making nice luxury cars for doctors and other such professional people.

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A Quick History of the Land Rover Series 1

Jon Branch August 21, 2018
Land Rover Series I Oxford and Cambridge Expedition
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The Land Rover, like the original Volkswagen, has been a car that defied the norms of automotive marketing. The motor industry has been in…

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