Help: Discovering the history of my 1970 Series 2A Landrover

The UNAA is a "support" organisation in Australia - see United Nations Association of Australia - Wikipedia

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UNAA. Motto. To inform, inspire and engage Australians on the work, goals and values of the UN to create a safer, fairer, more sustainable world. Formation.Location‎: ‎Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, ...

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As far as I am aware the UN has never been involved in a "mission" in Australia so it would not have left any vehicles here. Which is not to say someone hasn't imported an ex-UN car, or more likely, a member of UNAA has made his/her vehicle up to resemble one.

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Originally Posted by aussearcher

The UNAA is a "support" organisation in Australia - see United Nations Association of Australia - Wikipedia

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/image/png...AASUVORK5CYII=en.wikipedia.org › wiki › United_Nations_Association_of_Australia


UNAA. Motto. To inform, inspire and engage Australians on the work, goals and values of the UN to create a safer, fairer, more sustainable world. Formation.Location‎: ‎Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, ...

Headquarters‎: ‎Canberra


Patron‎: ‎Governor-General of Australia His Exc...

National President‎: ‎Mario D'Elia



‎History · ‎Media Peace Awards · ‎UNAA Young ...



As far as I am aware the UN has never been involved in a "mission" in Australia so it would not have left any vehicles here. Which is not to say someone hasn't imported an ex-UN car, or more likely, a member of UNAA has made his/her vehicle up to resemble one.

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Hi

Thanks for the helpful insight, it's now given me another avenue to investigate. Personally I would say it's more likely the car was owned by a member of the UNAA at some point.

Thanks

Nathon

Many of the accessory body parts- brush bar, "gardening tool" fittings, are Australian Army items. These were Aus made and fitted. They, and other parts, may have come off other vehicles. But a complete foreign vehicle wouldn't look like this. The bonnet is also Australian military fitment. Civilian vehicles have a more rounded bonnet (usually!)

I bought a genuine ex-army Ambulance, which was in what looked to be UN paint, but even superficial viewing showed it wasn't.

I really don't think this is ex-UN or ex-military. The ex-UN Series vehicles with Australian Army toolwork were used in Africa and (if I recall correctly) Cambodia in the 80s. I do think many were repatriated with the Australian Army units that used them. That's how military vehicles get UN paint: military units working with the UN as peacekeepers.

I think this is made up of at least 3 different vehicles, though the military features are, I think, bolted on to civilian bodywork.

If you have the chassis number, can the delivery market be obtained?

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Originally Posted by scrambler

....... The bonnet is also Australian military fitment. Civilian vehicles have a more rounded bonnet (usually!)
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The "deluxe bonnet" was fitted as "standard" to all Series 2a 109s and station wagons (88 and 109) - but the standard bonnet was fitted to 88s and to all Australian military 2as, and the other bonnet was optional on all Series 2a. A large proportion of Australian Series 2a 109s seem to have been delivered with the standard bonnet, but whether this was because of buyer (or dealer) preference or because the standard bonnet was made locally and the deluxe was not and was used in preference to keep Australian content up is not clear.

In any case, since the bonnet is interchangeable from the first Series 2 to the end of Series 3 production, and are one of the panels least likely to be damaged, it is hard to think of a less reliable identifying feature!

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Originally Posted by scrambler

Many of the accessory body parts- brush bar, "gardening tool" fittings, are Australian Army items. These were Aus made and fitted. They, and other parts, may have come off other vehicles. But a complete foreign vehicle wouldn't look like this. The bonnet is also Australian military fitment. Civilian vehicles have a more rounded bonnet (usually!)

I bought a genuine ex-army Ambulance, which was in what looked to be UN paint, but even superficial viewing showed it wasn't.

I really don't think this is ex-UN or ex-military. The ex-UN Series vehicles with Australian Army toolwork were used in Africa and (if I recall correctly) Cambodia in the 80s. I do think many were repatriated with the Australian Army units that used them. That's how military vehicles get UN paint: military units working with the UN as peacekeepers.

I think this is made up of at least 3 different vehicles, though the military features are, I think, bolted on to civilian bodywork.

If you have the chassis number, can the delivery market be obtained?

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Hi Steve

Thanks for your reply. It's been pretty much confirmed over on the REMLR forum that it has no military background instead it was made at the PMC plant in Enfield, Sydney and was at some point owned by a member of the UNAA which is simply an awareness group for the UN. Yes I do agree that it is made of multiple vehicles, my guess would be an 88inch, 109inch and a military vehicle. However while it's military history was debunked it still brought up interesting points in other areas.

Thanks

Nathon