British Motor Industry Heritage Centre.

The British Motor Industry Heritage Trust (BMIHT) acts as a museum and archive for Rover Group and looks after both their historic vehicle collection and their archives, including the Land-Rover archive. The museum holds more than 300 vehicles: Rover, Austin, Morris, Wolseley, Riley, Standard, Triumph, MG and Austin-Healey.

British Motor Industry Heritage Trust,
Heritage Motor Centre, Gaydon, Warwickshire CV35 OBJ, England
tel: 0926 641188
Opening times: 10.00am - 6.00pm April to October, 10.00am - 4.30pm November to March (exc 25/26 Dec) [- 1995 brochure].

BMIHT collection of Land-Rover vehicles:

1948 S1, number one                HUE 166    90-1-1     green       ***
1954 S1, fire engine                -         93-40-1    red
1954 S1, royal ceremonial           -         90-2-3     burgundy
1955 Road Rover prototype          SNX 36     90-1-5     blue
1958 Cuthbertson conversion        RJB 102    90-2-4     grey
1963 S3, fire engine                -         93-67-1    red
1964 S2A, RAF radar control        ALF 684B   90-2-6     green/yellow
1966 Silverstone fire engine        -         80-7-18    red
1966 S2A, military ambulance       87 AA 74   90-2-7     green
1967 Shortland armoured car        Q580 OBP   91-77-1    green
1969 Silverstone fire engine        -         80-7-17    red
1970 Range Rover number one        YVB 153H   91-70-1    tuscan blue ***
1971 Range Rover Darien gap        VXC 868K   90-1-4     blue/white
1971 S3, military ambulance        TVJ 237J   90-2-9     green
1972 S3, fire engine               GWX 457L   90-33-1    red
1972 S3, truck                      -         90-2-2     yellow
1975 S3, 101 FC                     -         90-2-11    bronze
1977 S3 129" pickup                 -         90-80-1    pink
1977 S3 (millionth LR)             ROG 924R   90-1-2     green
1977 S3, fire engine               YDU 600S   93-121-1   red
1982 S3 (show, aluminium)          CWK 81Y    90-2-12    polished aluminium
1983 S3 military 3/4 ton           EHP 343Y   90-2-13    nato green
1983 S3, military 1/2 ton          EHP 344Y   90-2-14    nato green
1984 Discovery prototype Jay 5     B62 COH    92-104-1   white
1985 Range Rover `Bullet'          B378 TAC   90-2-19    white
1986 military special V8           D962 DAC   90-2-16    green
1986 Llama military prototype      C412 SNP   90-61-1    white
1986 Llama military prototype      D544 YAB   90-61-3    white
1986 S3 last of line               C109 JOA   90-2-15    bronze green
1987 Llama military prototype      D873 GDU   90-2-17    nato green
1987 Swiss army, military           -         90-2-1     green
1988 submersible                   F40 NWK    90-2-18    white
1988 Discovery TDI, 1st of line       -       90-2-21    red foxfire
1988 Ninety, 40th anniversary      E40 KDU    90-51-1    green
1989 Ninety, Himalayan Rally       C311 UKV   93-84-1    red/white/blue
1989 military 6x6                   -         93-86-1    nato green/olive
1990 military pink panther         10 FG 40   93-87-1    desert pink
1991 Defender military              -         93-120-1   nato green
1991 Defender `Dinky'               -         93-120-2   desert pink/olive
1991 Discovery, camel trophy        -         93-85-1    sand yellow
1991 estate, LHD, American spec'   J31 SKU    93-120-3   white

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