BASE VEHICLESeries I 80″BUILT BYLand RoverIN SERVICE1948–98PRODUCTIONOne family-owned expedition vehicleLAYOUT4 wheels · 80″
The record
Philip Avery and Gillian Hurley drove LAND48 around the world in 1998–99, attending Land Rover's fiftieth-anniversary events along the way. Avery's mechanical account identifies chassis R860778, its 1,595 cc engine and 32,311-mile journey without a puncture. He retained a canvas tilt and original seating, adding seat belts, indicators, a temperature gauge, a bonnet lock and an auxiliary fuel tank. The spare moved to the bonnet. Original-pattern T28 tyres were replaced with radials during the journey.
The model follows the departure photograph published by the Series One Club: dark green body and wheels, brown canvas, bonnet spare and Lucas expedition markings. Tiny sponsor lettering is simplified. New Zealand is the operator's home; the existing queue field also lists route countries and has been preserved for review rather than silently rewritten.
Specification
MANUFACTURERLand Rover
MANUFACTURED1948; expedition 1998–99
PRODUCTION RUNOne family-owned expedition vehicle
RECORD KINDNamed model
MODEL LINESeries I
WHEELS4
NOMINAL WHEELBASE80″
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
