BASE VEHICLEDefender 110BUILT BYLand RoverIN SERVICE1988PRODUCTIONTwelve team vehicles, plus support fleetLAYOUT4 wheels · 110″
The record
Twelve national teams contested the 1988 Camel Trophy in Sulawesi using turbo-diesel One Tens. The route tested vehicles as well as crews: the British vehicle suffered cracked differential housings and the Belgian vehicle a broken transfer box.
This reconstruction follows the surviving Italian vehicle photographed in Land Rover Club Italia's 2023 magazine, whose caption identifies its original equipment and combined internal/external roll cage. Its bonnet spare, front windscreen hoop, four roof lamps, pillar spotlights, raised intake and perforated recovery boards distinguish it from the earlier Ninety configurations. The documented event inventory supports the rear spare and four flat roof cans; details hidden in the photographs are approximate. No unreadable registration has been invented. The Italian operator is supported by Land Rover's 2025 exhibition announcement; the exact preparation origin remains unassigned.
Specification
MANUFACTURERLand Rover
MANUFACTURED1988 event preparation
PRODUCTION RUNTwelve team vehicles, plus support fleet
RECORD KINDNamed model
MODEL LINEDefender
WHEELS4
NOMINAL WHEELBASE110″
CATEGORYSpecial · Expedition & Campers
Catalogue fields describe the vehicle's structure and body as this registry records it. They are not certified factory measurements, and no performance figures are published here.
Imagery
No published image yetA rendering impression or a free-licence photograph will appear here once one is published — the sources below link to photographs elsewhere