Thread: Latest offerings from Shannons auctions

I think the Thiess brothers imported around 13 in 1958 (?) for the project to essentially get the Toyota import licence. They just happened to be working on the Snowy Project at the time so used them there. Somewhere between 25-30 Land Cruisers were eventually used on the project by various companies/agencies. vs over 2000 Land Rovers used (1300 or so directly by the scheme). I'm a bit rubbery on the figures but some more learned members will no doubt be along soon to give more accurate numbers. I just seem to recall the Land Rover to Land Cruiser ratio used on the Scheme being around 100 to 1 in favour of the Land Rovers.....

Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

Pales into insignificance when you hear the estimates of how many Landrovers were used on the project.

Not in the eyes of Toyoya's advertising agency.

Originally Posted by Mick_Marsh

..... If as John says, it it the Toyota version of a S1 80", then it is worth money.
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It is, in Australian terms, the equivalent to the 80". That one would have been from the first few batches of Landcruisers imported for general sale in about 1962-3? Small numbers were imported prior to this mainly by Thiess for their own use. (The first Landcruiser I ever saw was in 1963, it was not new but was older than this one, four speed no low range)

For comparison the 80" was being sold commercially in substantial numbers in Australia by 1950, so I think it is reasonable to compare the two as being representative of the first type sold here in any numbers.

John