Land Rover Series IIA 88'' Hardtop, 1965
Land Rover Series II
Land Rover Series II•
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Chassis No.: 24419706 B
US$20,160 USD | Sold
- 2,286cc Inline 4-Cylinder Engine
- Single Downdraft Carburetor, 77bhp
- 4-Speed, 3-4 Synchronized, Manual Transmission
- 2-Speed Hi-L0 Transfer Case
- Front and Rear Live Axle Suspension
- 4-Wheel Drum Brakes
- Left Hand Drive North American Export
- 2 Owners from new
- Formerly owned by noted traveler, Alan Hogenauer
- Driven around the world in 1965
- A truly test proven example of the brand!
- THE MOTORCAR OFFERED
This 1965 example epitomizes the 'outward bound' spirit of the brand. Covered from top to tail in stickers, badges and the like from far flung countries, this is no 'faux patina' vehicle, for it is understood that the former owner, Alan Hogenauer literally drove it around the world!
On his death in 2013, Loyola Marymount University, where he had worked in their College of Business Administration, recounted that over the course of a lifetime of travel adventures Mr. Hogenauer had accumulated more than 2.2 million air miles, visited no fewer than 311 different countries and territories and travelled to all seven continents. Domestically, he had been to every state in the country more than 10 times and was even positioned in the Guinness World of Records for visiting all of the National Park Services sites, all 401 on them!! Of course, from all these excursions, he had many tales to tell and was well-known for being an entertaining raconteur. Other articles, including one in the
Washington Post
in 1977, noted that Hogenauer was driven to travel from his earliest days and made lists of where he would go, and what to see when he got there. By that point he had put together 127 such lists, of which 55 were completed!
The Land Rover here was very much part of that hobby and passion and is understood to have propelled him to complete his first list, with a trip from Perth, Australia to Edinburgh, Scotland for his honeymoon in 1965! The vehicle he chose to do that in is almost certainly this Land Rover, which dates from that very year. Strikingly finished in red paint scheme, the vehicle was equipped with fold down cots inside, which extend from the rear compartment and lay across the top of the front seats. It also has spare fuel and water tanks and other gear on board.
It is understood that the car made the journey successfully, and that it was never refurbished from that point. The Land Rover has just been left in its well-worn, but rather charming condition, replete with tokens of various places visited along the way.
Cost
74,038 AED
