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- The NEC Classic Motor Show Sale 2021
- 1949 Land Rover 80-inch
1949 Land Rover 80-inch
Lot Number: 559
1949 Land Rover 80-inch
A good example of an early 'Lights behind the Grille' Land Rover fitted with the correct 1.6-litre side-plate engine and just three owners in 72 years.
- Sold for: £31,500
LIVE AUCTION: This lot was auctioned on Sunday 14th November, 2021 at 1.00pm GMT at NEC, Birmingham, B40 1NT
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BODY COLOUR
Deep Bronze Green -
DRIVE
RHD -
REG NUMBER
KOA 632 -
ODOMETER READING
2125 Miles
SUMMARY
A good example of an early 'Lights behind the Grille' Land Rover fitted with the correct 1.6-litre side-plate engine and just three owners in 72 years.
DESCRIPTION
- Registered to the first of just three owners on the 30 November 1949
- Headlights under a mesh grille is a characteristic of early Land Rovers
- The early Series 1 80-inch Land Rover was fitted with a 1.6-litre side-plate petrol engine
- Restored in the early 2000s and finished in the correct shade of Bronze Green on the original chassis, now galvanised
- Featuring the correct pull-ring gearbox and a new bulkhead was fitted at the time of the restoration
- Presented to auction in good order with an odometer reading of 2,125 miles that has naturally gone “round the clock”
SPECIFICATION
- Lot Number
- 559
- Make
- LAND ROVER
- Model
- SERIES 1 80"
- Registration Number
- KOA 632
- MOT Expiry
- Exempt
- Chassis Number
- R06104175
- Engine Number
- 06104070
- Transmission
- Manual
- Body Colour
- Deep Bronze Green
CONSIGNOR
Arwel Richards
- Car Specialist
- 07434 960868
- arwel@iconicauctioneers.com
For further information regarding this lot please contact Arwel.
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