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Land Rover 101.

The 101 was specially built for the army, although many have been sold and are now in private hands. It uses the Range Rover 3.5L V8 engine and 4spd transmission. They were used for towing howitzers and Rapier anti-aircraft missiles. The bodywork can be quickly stripped down to basics for air-transport. The ambulance model makes a popular camper conversion.

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John Kaye (1977 101 owner) writes [2/1996]:

The production run ran until 1978 and all supposed later models were only returned to Land Rover in 1980-1982 for a factory rebuild. The Ambulance bodies were added later to the standard chassis.

The powered trailer never went into production following some kind of hitch on the trials.

Not all variants had the winches fitted though most RAF vehicles had one.

The production run was approx 60% 24V and 40% 12V with a larger number of LHD vehicles being produced that RHD in both voltages. This was due to the large commitment of the Army to Europe especially Germany.


Alasdair Worsley writes [2/1998]:

It was thought that most were 24v and most LHD until the following information was printed and give to the 101 Forward Control Club and Register

Total 2669 Units

Interestingly a choice of colours was also available.


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