Description
Imperial War Museum | Duxford, Cambridgeshire
Viewing: Tues 8th April from 12pm
Auction: Wed 9th April from 9am
Location: IWM Duxford Airfield, Cambridge CB22 4QR
1968 Land Rover 88 Lightweight
Estimate £13, 000 - £15, 000
Registration No: KWV 205F
Chassis No: CC64633L0
MOT: Exempt
Award winning example with well-received features in Land Rover Monthly
Subject to a comprehensive restoration in 2005 including several upgrades to the gearbox, chassis, suspension and brakes
Fitted with the popular Rover V8 engine
Comes with a comprehensive history file
Believed to be 1 of just 2, 989 ever made
The Land Rover Half-Ton, better known as the Lightweight or Airportable, was based on the Solihull firm’s Series IIA 88-inch model. Intended for use by the British Armed Forces, the newcomer was narrowed by four inches and fitted with more readily detachable panels. Otherwise, it remained true to ‘Series’ Landie practice with a 2. 25-litre petrol engine, 4WD system and leaf-sprung suspension etc. Less heavy than a standard model (but only when shorn of its doors, hood frame and removeable panels), the Lightweight was accepted by the Ministry of Defence. Produced from 1968-1984, 2, 989 were reputedly made.
Reputed to have seen service with the RAF, this multiple award-winning and magazine-featured Lightweight acquired its current desert camo paintwork as part of an extensive restoration. Carried out in 2005 by a previous keeper, work saw the Landie fitted with a replacement chassis, uprated disc brakes and coil-sprung suspension. The original 2. 25-litre four-cylinder engine was supplanted by a 3. 5-litre Rover V8 which in turn was allied to a reconditioned Series III ‘Suffix C’ gearbox. Sporting a stainless steel exhaust system, the ex-military machine is further adorned with a bonnet-mounted spare wheel and rear-positioned shovel and pickaxe. Offered for sale with a matching Sankey trailer, this wonderful Lightweight is also accompanied by a V5C Registration Document, large folder of invoices and ribbons from its numerous car show wins.
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Parking and entry into the auction is free for auction attendees with a catalogue, available at the door.
Catalogues can be purchased for £20 (admits 2 people).
