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Originally Posted by ls6monte
The Land Rover I mentioned came in for an inspection today. It's a 1969(not 65 as i thought) Land Rover Series 2a. It was originally in the British Army and the owner bought it from England. It's right hand drive and has a 2.2 4 cyl engine with only 85hp. Top speed is around 55 mph!
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Interesting Land Rover. If it's an ex-military vehicle, then it appears to be missing the mil-spec lighting (very $$$ and difficult to get parts for), the rear crossmember of the chassis has been changed to a non-military version, and the tailgate doesn't have the military-spec brackets for the pick axe & shovel. Other than that, it looks like a tidy little Rover.
Believe it or not, unladen weight on that vehicle is about 2900 lbs. Curb weight (with fuel & driver) is around 3200 lbs and Gross weight is somewhere in the 4700 lb range (according to my factory manuals). My Lightweight is 3200 lbs unladen, and can be field-stripped down to 2650 lbs for air transport.
I restored this 1963 Land Rover back in the 90's. I sold it to fund the restoration of my Land Rover Air Portable (the one that David posted a pic of):
