084 Land Rover 80 Ser. 1 Tickford Station Wagon (1949) JDG 135

Land Rover 80 Series 1 Tickford Station Wagon (1948-50) Engine 1595cc S4 (Petrol)
Production 641
Registration Number JDG 135 (Gloucestershire)
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The Land Rover series 1 entered production in 1948, launched at the Amsterdam Motor Show and originally designed as a farm and light industrial vehicle. It had a steel box section chassis and aluminium body. Offered as a single model from 1948-51 with an 80 inch wheelbase and a 1600cc petrol engine, coupled to a Rover P3 four speed gearbox with a 2 speed transfer box. Using an unusual four wheel drive system with a free wheel unit.

Rover soon realised that there may be a wider market for a more refined model that could be used as a normal road car, yet retain all of the more basic Land Rovers off road capabilities. Coachbuilders Tickford were commissioned to design the vehicle to be known as the Station Wagon. The design featured an all metal rear body on a wooden framework, inside there was space for seven people, with the addition of four folding seats in the rear, which could be removed for extra storeage space. At the back there was a split folding tailgate, the body was finished to a high standard with a larger single piece windscreen, winding windows, and even a mettle cover to protect the bonnet mounted spare wheel.

A major stumbling block to the vehicles success however came in the way of purchase tax. The basic Land Rover was deemed to be a Commercial vehicle and as so exempt from purchase tax, but not so the Station Wagon causing its price to sky rocket to £ 959 almost twice the price. By the end of production in 1951 only 641 had been built and of those more than 600 had gone to export

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Shot 15.05.2016 at the Gaydon Motor Museum, Warwks REF 117-084

Taken in: UK / England / Bickenhill (show map)

Taken on: June 8, 2020

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