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    Oldest Series Land Rover

    Here is a photo (from the SA Series web site) of what is said to be the oldest Land Rover in South Africa.
    This is a photo of it back in the day and it still exists today.
    For interests sake, do we have one here in Australia that pre-dates it?
    Chassis No. R866-1355


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    R866xxxx would be a 1949 vehicle. We have a few R86xxxx 1948 vehicles in Australia.

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    Too true:
    1. R860004 exists in WA (3 production vehicles after HUE-166)
    2. R860138 exists in Sydney
    3. R860139 exists in Cooma.
    4. L048 exists in Perth WA, (Pre-production vehicle but built after the early production vehicles had commenced)
    Quote Originally Posted by mick88 View Post
    <snip>... For interests sake, do we have one here in Australia that pre-dates it?
    Chassis No. R866-1355

    Cheers, Mick.
    Actually, that chassis number can not be correct 866 prefix vehicles commenced at serial 3001 (*8663001)

    Its probably '48 model R861355

    Fabricated firewall '48 models were R860001 (HUE-166) through R861500.
    Pressed firewall '48 models were *861501 through *863000
    1949 models continued until R8667920.

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    A friend has R860130 over here in Perth, which is wonderfully repaired & not restored. Does visit all the local car shows.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Avion8 View Post
    A friend has R860130 over here in Perth, which is wonderfully repaired & not restored. Does visit all the local car shows.
    Isn't that's the one where there's a bit of confusion, I seem to remember that it was supposed to have been delivered to Singapore but it may also be a typo in the dispatch book where it was recorded as R860103.

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    Not as far as I'm aware. It was first despatched to a Rover Co employee by the name of Mr A.H Francis, who it turns out was the first Managing Director of Rover Australia.

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    Delivered to Singapore. Hmmmmm. Imagine what it would make if it was Raffled. Sorry
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    Quote Originally Posted by Avion8 View Post
    Not as far as I'm aware. It was first despatched to a Rover Co employee by the name of Mr A.H Francis, who it turns out was the first Managing Director of Rover Australia.
    That was the issue, back around 2006 when AC260 and I discussed it the vehicle sent out to Regent Motors in Melbourne for Mr H.A Frances was supposed to be R860103 although at that time he suspected that #130 may have been the same vehicle and that a typo had occurred somewhere.

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    Would be great to see pics and may be get a report about the state of each of these early vehicles. Is that possible? Would the owners co-operate?

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    Quote Originally Posted by DiscoMick View Post
    Would be great to see pics and may be get a report about the state of each of these early vehicles. Is that possible? Would the owners co-operate?
    The Series 1 in this 'review' is R860138.
    Land Rover Defender 90 Old v New - featuring 1948 Series 1 and 2016 Heritage Edition - YouTube
    '51 Series 1 80"
    '12 Defender 90


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