{"id":22678,"date":"2018-01-28T13:32:55","date_gmt":"2018-01-28T13:32:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yallacompare.com\/car-deals\/?p=22678"},"modified":"2018-01-28T13:33:56","modified_gmt":"2018-01-28T13:33:56","slug":"land-rover-restoration-series1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yallacompare.com\/car-deals\/land-rover-restoration-series1\/","title":{"rendered":"Land Rover Is Restoring An Old 4×4 That Was Lost For 63 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"

In case you haven\u2019t heard, it\u2019s Land Rover\u2019s 70th anniversary this year. And it\u2019s releasing a whole load of special-edition cars <\/a>to celebrate the whole shebang.<\/p>\n

Among one of those cars is a perfectly restored original Series 1 Land Rover \u2013 the precursor to the Defender. This particularly original Land Rover was actually one of the first three models that Land Rover ever produced \u2013 it was showcased as a left-hand-drive model for the European market at the 1948 Amsterdam Motor Show.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, somewhere along the line, it was lost, only to be found in 2016, in a back garden somewhere near the Land Rover factory where it was built. And this year, Land Rover is restoring it.<\/p>\n

So here\u2019s the story. This was originally a demonstration vehicle for the Amsterdam Motor Show, and was listed as \u2018experimental\u2019 on the logbook in 1948. But, it being a Land Rover, it functioned perfectly well. To that end, it was actually converted to a right-hand-drive set-up and fitted with production-ready engine parts so that it could be sold in the UK.<\/p>\n

And sold it was \u2013 this Series 1 was first registered on 25 June 1955, with the registration plate SNX 910. It was then sold on to a new owner in 1961, before spending the next seven years going from owner to owner in the UK. Eventually, in 1968, it was moved to Wales and used as a static power source.<\/p>\n

The hardy Series 1 spent 20 years in that Welsh field, before its engine seized in 1988. It was sold to a new owner, who wanted to restore it, but unfortunately it languished in a garden as a restoration project that never really got started.<\/p>\n

Eventually, it was found in 2016, and Land Rover has now moved it over to the Jaguar Land Rover Classic team, who intend to fully restore the ageing Series 1.<\/p>\n

As you\u2019ll see from the pictures, there\u2019s plenty to be done. Land Rover reckons that it\u2019ll take about a year to fully restore the car to its former glory.<\/p>\n

But, once it\u2019s finished, the old Series 1 will be able to take its rightful place among its siblings as an important part of automotive history.<\/p>\n

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