The Land Rover is, put simply, a keystone in the UK’s automotive culture. These rugged, all-terrain, all-purpose off-roaders have come to be an icon - as legendary as the Mini and the E-Type. Their aluminium bodies and simple mechanics meant that, by 1992, Land Rover claimed that around 70% of the model was still in use.
This example is a great ambassador for that longevity. Built in 1955, this impressive Series One was placed into storage for some forty years, only to be recommissioned in 1997. In the process, its working patina has remained to create a highly evocative image of a bona-fide utility classic. v65qOnRf2H6j3X0VxlFlvsZTModFzbacAp4n9IFe.jpg800.11 KB
The History and Paperwork
Built in 1955 at Land Rover’s Solihull factory
First purchased in Cheltenham in the same year
The vehicle was placed into dry storage roughly for a few decades
It was retrieved and recommissioned in 1997, maintaining its period condition
The owner from 1997 used the vehicle largely as transport on Exmoor
It then changed hands in 2011
In current ownership since 2021
MOT exempt and last tested in 2012
The vehicle indicates 63,100 miles on a five-figure odometer
This is supported by the car’s history in storage
The car’s history file includes:
V5c document
An old blue V5c from 1997
British Motor Industry Heritage Trust Certificate
A selection of invoices dating back for a few years
A Register of Vehicles from the Land Rover Series One booklet
Carrying distinguished signs of its venerable years, this Land Rover is very much the Series One at its best - not as a glamorous, perfectly polished show car, but as a rugged, working vehicle that’s had plenty of rough-and-tumble in its life.
Mechanically perfect, and beautifully cosmetically imperfect, this is a solid, reliable and characterful Land Rover that’s bound to attract plenty of admiring glances.
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