Land Rover Series III 88"

The Land Rover was designed to only be in production for two or three years to gain some cash flow and export orders for the Rover Company so it could restart up-market car production. Once car production restarted, however, it was greatly outsold by the off-road Land Rover, which developed into its own brand that remains successful today. Many of the defining and successful features of the Land Rover design were in fact the result of Rover’s drive to simplify the tooling required for the vehicle and to use the minimum amount of rationed materials. As well as the aluminium alloy bodywork (which has been retained throughout production despite it being more expensive than a conventional steel body) other examples include the distinctive flat body panels with only simple, constant-radius curves (originally used because they could be cut and formed by hand from aluminium sheet on a basic jig) and the sturdy box-section ladder chassis, which on Series vehicles was made up of four strips of steel welded at each side to form a box, thus cutting down on the complex welding required when making a more conventional U- or I-section frame.

The Land Rover Series III 88 inch offered here at Autostorico is a 1977, 2.25 litre, diesel example which has covered an indicated 83,363 miles from new. Finished in Green with Black interior this very well presented car has undergone a complete body-off restoration. A large amount of money has been spent on the following works; New chassis, new leaf springs, re-furbished front and rear axle, overhauled gearbox, supply and fit heating system, supply and fit canvas roof, supply and fit new tow bracket and electrics for towbar, overhaul brake system and supply and fit new wing mirrors.  The accompanying file documents a large amount of further work to this stunning vehicle including works schedules and numerous invoices.

The car will be supplied to its new owner with current V5C registration document, current MOT certificate and accompanying history file.

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