Land Rover Series II 88', 1958
Land Rover Series II
Land Rover Series II•
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Chassis No.: 141801390
Not Sold
- Transmission: Manual
- Body Colour: Bronze Green
Family owned for many years, sold, bought back and sympathetically restored to a very good standard. Just what you might hope to find.
Introduced in 1958 and in production until the arrival of the Series IIA, the Series I. I. was the first Land Rover to receive the attention of Rover's styling department. Chief Stylist, David Bache,. produced the familiar 'barrel side' waistline, with a 5" greater width to cover the vehicle's wider tracks, as well as the improved design of the truck cab variant, introducing the curved side windows and rounded roof still used on current Land Rovers. It was also the first variant to use the ubiquitous 2.25-litre petrol engine.
Supplied new by Cavendish Motors Ltd of Chesterfield in August 1958, this lovely Series II 88" has remained virtually with the same family and in the same vicinity all of its life. Purchased by our vendor's family as a recovery vehicle for the family garage business, it spent most of its life in that role before briefly being sold. Fortunately, a second generation of the family managed to buy their beloved Land Rover back and set about a sympathetic restoration. It retains many of its original panels and the bodywork was repainted in its delivery hue of Bronze Green before being re-upholstered in the rare and correct grey elephant hide material.
As per its original recovery role, it still has its Fairey Capstan winch and its original Derbyshire registration number. The history file contains multiple invoices and the British Motor Industry Heritage Trust Certificate Factory Record and it comes with bolt-on backrests to the rear bench seats making it a versatile vehicle for seven passengers.
