CHASSIS NUMBER.  110-1

REGISTRATION NUMBER.  VXC 100F

 ENGINE TYPE.   3.0 6 CYL PETROL

GEARBOX TYPE.   5 SPEED

VEHICLE SPEC.

THIS ODD PROTOTYPE WAS ONE OF 3 BUILT AS A PRIVATE VENTURE BY ROVER AS AN AIR PORTABLE GUN TRACTOR. IT WAS ALSO BUILT TO TOW A POWER DRIVEN TRAILER WITH THE 105mm FIELD GUN BEHIND THAT. THE 101 F/C WON THAT CONTRACT. THIS IS NUMBER 1 AND DIFFERS SLIGHTLY FROM THE ONLY OTHER SURVIVOR NUMBER TWO. DUNSFOLD PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE FROM ROVERS IN 1972 WHERE IT HAD BEEN DOING GANG MOWING DUTIES, AND DROVE IT HOME. IT IS THE MOST HORRIBLE LAND ROVER TO DRIVE IN OUR COLLECTION! THE GEARBOX IS A TURNER 5 SPEED AND IT HAS TWO TRANSFER BOXES TO ENABLE TRAILER DRIVE IN LOW BOX. A FULL RESTORATION WAS CARRIED OUT IN 1994. THIS WAS IN MILITARY ENGINEERING AT THE SAME TIME AS THE 88”1/2 TON AND 101” FORWARD CONTROL. THE PROJECT WAS SCRAPPED IN 1968.