26600078A

A recent chance find on ebay resulted in "Seb" gaining a new friend. 26600078A is a 1973 Series III 1-ton, obviously an original SEB vehicle. In this case it was fitted with a cherrypicker. The rear tub has a large hole in the floor where it was mounted. The Hydraulic PTO is still fitted, in fact the vehicle is very original and complete apart from being fitted with an incorrect 2.25 litre petrol engine. [img]http://i875.photobucket.com/albums/ab317/DJW2009uk/1tons/26600078A/Photo0928_zpsfd0850e0.jpg[/img] [img]http://i875.photobucket.com/albums/ab317/DJW2009uk/1tons/26600078A/10629733_10152273940128414_1859095379458853196_n_zps4a03caaa.jpg[/img] [img]http://i875.photobucket.com/albums/ab317/DJW2009uk/1tons/VJT440L/10819896_10152380319238414_635057640_o_zps48be1fdd.jpg[/img] [img]http://i875.photobucket.com/albums/ab317/DJW2009uk/1tons/VJT440L/10824908_10152380314478414_976219995_o_zps82ec542a.jpg[/img] [img]http://i875.photobucket.com/albums/ab317/DJW2009uk/1tons/VJT440L/10815020_10152380314348414_1105111080_o_zpsfd52576c.jpg[/img] [img]http://i875.photobucket.com/albums/ab317/DJW2009uk/1tons/VJT440L/10817215_10152380319393414_595055638_o_zpsba5f7fb8.jpg[/img] [img]http://i875.photobucket.com/albums/ab317/DJW2009uk/1tons/VJT440L/10819633_10152380295013414_103364333_o_zpse4632779.jpg[/img] How it would have looked originally. [img]http://i875.photobucket.com/albums/ab317/DJW2009uk/EBLRS/OBL328M-1_zps4e337c7b.jpg[/img] [img]http://i875.photobucket.com/albums/ab317/DJW2009uk/EBLRS/OBL328M-2_zpsa5ff7335.jpg[/img] If anyone has any information on this vehicle please get in touch via www.onetonlandrover.co.uk

Eastnor Castle Show 2013

Although somewhat overcast and a little on the cold side, the 2013 Eastnor Show went well and had a good turnout of vehicles. Here are a few photos of the 1-Ton Register stand, which was joined by a TACR-1 owned by Paul Hazell. The 1-Tons in attendance were 22900013A and 26600021A.

I enjoyed looking over this LHD pre-production Series 1 80".

Dunsfold had their OTAL (One Ton Amphibious Land-Rover) on Landrover Experience's stand. This vehicle shares many components with the eventual production 1-Ton vehicles.

The following is a list of 109" IIA Petrol Land-Rovers delivered in SEB Green. 25112560 25112569 25125171 25112608 25112617 25112745 25112746 25112748 25112749 25112750 25112751 25112752 25112753 25112755 25113214 25113218 25113219 25113221 25113223 25113224 25113408 25113427 25113496 25114416 25114417 25114418 25114419 25114420 25114421 25114422 25114517 25114518 If you own one I would love to hear from you. I know one vehicles was registered as FEL663D and is still on the road. FEL661D and FEl662D were presumably part of the same batch but they are no longer on the road.

Renowned motoring journalist James Taylor has sent me this photo of a IIA 1-Ton Land-Rover used as a mobile service school by British Leyland. The vehicle is OXC928J, built as a LHD but later converted to RHD. Chassis number is 22300037G.

129" Land-Rovers - what could have been...

An abortive attempt at a bigger Land-Rover from the early 1960s, which had spin-offs in the form of 2.5 litre and also turbocharged versions of the 2286 diesel engine. Only two survive, one at Dunsfold, the other at Gaydon. Vehicle number 1 was essentially just a bigger Land-Rover, intended to compete with the Dodge Power Wagon in middle-East oilfield markets. It was thought to have been built with a 3 litre petrol engine but at some point had a turbo version of the 2286 diesel. Prototype 2 onwards was a more resolved vehicle, with springs over the axles, and able to take up to 16.00x16 tyres! Many of these used the 3-litre six-cylinder car engine, which was found to not be suitable for use in such a heavy vehicle. The final prototype had a slightly different wing design and used a 2.5 litre engine with input from CAV for the fuel distribution pump. This vehicle still survives at Dunsfold. This is the other survivor at Gaydon. These were often called "1-Ton" Land-Rovers by the engineers, but were actually closer to 1 1/2 Ton vehicles.

Factory Photo

Factory photo of a Deep Bronze Green 1-Ton series III. The 900x16 tyres are obvious, as are the bonnet clips, long spring hangers and rear fuel tank. I am certain the chassis number was 266/51, despatched to 'Engineering Dept" at Rover.

Essex Fire Tender

I found this photo in an old copy of LRO which shows a 1-Ton Series III converted by HCB-Angus for Essex Fire Brigade. Chassis number was probably 267/48, 49 or 50. RHD Export chassis sequence. Does anyone know more?