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    Range Rover CKD production in Australia

    Greetings from Norway !

    I have over the last years built up a knowledge site over the Range Rover Classics

    One area that are a bit "shadowed" is the CKD - "Completely Knocked Down" - assembly/production of Range Rover.

    I know that there has been a CKD production in Australia through parts of the 70's and 80's, but I need more information and pictures.
    Someone who knows about Range Rover CKD that can tell or illustrate about this theme ?

    www.range-rover-classic.com

    Vidar

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    in 1982 alone there was the following that i have been able to document in the 4 door range


    14D 3.5 carby motors
    different colours, i have one with factory paint code "pacific blue"
    different seals on windows
    different knock panels on the floors at the entries
    most had 2" gauges in the center of the dash. voltage, clock, engine oil temp and oil pressure.
    two types of air conditioning controls one with slide controls the other twist knobs
    two different lower dash panels on passenger side. one has 4 air vents, the other has 3.
    one has front armrests, the other doesn't


    been on your site a fair bit over the last few months... you've done well!
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    Good Range Rover site!

    Vidar,

    Thanks for letting us know about your site. I have had a very quick look at the Australian section. Peugeots and Land Rovers were also assembled at Enfield (probably others also). The Land Rover production line was moved to Moorebank for the production of the Australian Army Perentie (110) and 6x6 version.

    I went to the sell-up Auction, bought a lot of 110 panels (still have some) and quite a few RR bits (exhausts, wheels, etc) and walked down the line getting handfuls of bolts, electrical bits, etc that I bought for almost nothing. What was left went into the trash bins. Even got the Series 2A/3 body/chassis set-up jigs so we could fit Station Wagon bodies on standard chassis. Great shame.

    There was a book about the history of Range Rover in Australia produced by JRA.

    Dave, can you make this sticky??

    Bob

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    so where all RRC sold in australia from 79-83 a CKD?

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    Quote Originally Posted by HangOver View Post
    so where all RRC sold in australia from 79-83 a CKD?
    dont think so..
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    Quote Originally Posted by bobslandies View Post
    Dave, can you make this sticky??
    done
    1998 Discovery 300TDi Manual SE7
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    "Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it." -- a warning from Adolf Hitler
    "If you don't have a sense of humour, you probably don't have any sense at all!" -- a wise observation by someone else
    'If everyone colludes in believing that war is the norm, nobody will recognize the imperative of peace." -- Anne Deveson
    “What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.” - Pericles
    "The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts." Marcus Aurelius

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    You probably already know this but there was also CKD Range Rover assembly in South Africa. Don't know much more than that.

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    G'day Folks


    It appears that CKD Range Rover production in Australia ended in 1985

    Source:
    James Taylor,LRE magazine May 2010 (last one) "The Air Con Story" states that CKD ended in Aust in 1985.

    The Aust A/c was made by AMC as both an inbuilt unit and an aftermarket unit (under dash)on CKD RRC's, this would probably be the same as used in Valiants/Falcons of that era, branded as Kriesler from memory.

    cheers

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    so what are the tell tale signs CDK or not CKD?

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    F in the vin just before the numbers at the end
    1998 Discovery 300TDi Manual SE7
    1996 Discovery 300TDi Auto
    2012 SZ Territory TX 2.7TDCi

    "Make the lie big, make it simple, keep saying it, and eventually they will believe it." -- a warning from Adolf Hitler
    "If you don't have a sense of humour, you probably don't have any sense at all!" -- a wise observation by someone else
    'If everyone colludes in believing that war is the norm, nobody will recognize the imperative of peace." -- Anne Deveson
    “What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others.” - Pericles
    "The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts." Marcus Aurelius

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