Tag: 109

Cold War relic: Land Rover 109 Ambulance

In 1989 the Cold War came to an end, fortunately we still have the pictures! These are some previously unseen images of the Land Rover Series 3 ambulance in Dutch Army service. The government of the Netherlands purchased 534 examples of the Mickleover Transport Co. Ltd built battlefield ambulance. That battlefield would have been Germany, […]

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Peak Land-Rover: the ‘Long Station Wagon’

The Series II(A) is the archetypical Land Rover and in Long Station Wagon shape is an absolute design masterpiece by David Bache. The example in this late 50’s/early 60’s press image was registered 53 FWD, which makes it a Warwickshire registered (‘WD’) vehicle. Solihull, where this car was built, is in Warwickshire, and this ‘Land-Rover […]

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