Thread: Austin - Landrover on Heartbeat - Prime

There might be a clue in this quote:

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'>Competition from the BMC stable, in the form of the Austin Gipsy, launched in 1958, focused the minds at Solihull for ten years but, by 1968, when both Austin and Land Rover formed part of the British Leyland Motor Corporation, it was the Land Rover marque - with production well past the quarter-million mark - which survived at the expense of its inferior rival.
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(Quote lifted from this site http://www.fourfold.org/LR_FAQ/FAQ.3.history.html )

I also watched a British show last night called "Ultimate Force" which is about a crack SAS squad trained for dealing with hostage situations.

Besides being quite a good show, it was Land Rover heaven.

There were 2 S2 Discos fully kitted out, a 110 assault vehicle, a 90 and several military series trucks.

I think it is a series(the show) so keep an eye out next week

Dave

Austin Gypsy, apparently these are worth a small fortune in good nic.
8O 8O

And the there is an owners website as well

Cheeky bastards:

Googled

http://www.austingipsy.net/work.html

a screen shot from Heartbeat:

The Land Rover owners version of history

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'>Competition from the BMC stable, in the form of the Austin Gipsy, launched in 1958, focused the minds at Solihull for ten years but, by 1968, when both Austin and Land Rover formed part of the British Leyland Motor Corporation, it was the Land Rover marque - with production well past the quarter-million mark - which survived at the expense of its inferior rival.
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The Austin Gypsy owners version of history

http://www.austingipsy.net/history.html

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Originally posted by garrycol
....one of them had an Austin badge rather a Landrover badge - yet in the show the cars were always referred to as Landrovers

I doubt that there are many people who have heard of the Gypsy (I have) even in Britain).

Probably like the Americans call all 4WDs Jeeps, the Poms probably called them all Land Rovers (in the early days).

I've even seen books by British writers use the term "jeep" (note lower case) in the American prints of the books even though the Brit version of the book used Land Rover.

Ron

Originally posted by one_iota
Googled

http://www.austingipsy.net/work.html

a screen shot from Heartbeat:

I have been there, i bought a torch at the Aidensfield store. Nice little town, we drove past the garage, and Greengrass' house which is used in the show. Matt