CHASSIS NUMBER.    35800231A

REGISTRATION NUMBER.     VXC 765K

ENGINE TYPE.    3.5 V8 PETROL

GEARBOX TYPE.     4 SPEED 

VEHICLE SPEC.

THIS RANGE ROVER IS ONE OF 2 BUILT FOR THE TRANS AMERICA CAPE TO CAPE IN 1971/2 KNOWN AS THE IMPASSABLE DARIEN GAP. THE VEHICLES WERE MODIFIED BY LAND ROVER TO COPE WITH EXTREME DRIVING CONDITIONS, NEEDING ROOF RACKS TO CARRY BRIDGING LADDERS WHICH DOUBLED UP AS PONTOON RAFTS, CAPSTAN WINCH, DOUBLE BUMPER, I REAR SEAT, STOWAGE FOR ASSORTED EQUIPMENT. THIS CAR SUFFERED A BAD HEAD ON CRASH WITH A MOOSE IN CANADA AND HAD TO BE REBUILT. THE 2 CARS WERE FITTED WITH AGGRESSIVE OFF ROAD TYRES, WHICH CAUSED EXCESSIVE DIFF BREAKAGES ON THE TRIP. THIS VEHICLE WAS REBUILT IN 1974 BY WORKSHOPS AT LANDROVER AND IN 1994 BY DAVID COOPER ON BEHALF OF THE DUNSFOLD COLLECTION. THIS CAR WENT WITH OTHER COLLECTION VEHICLES TO NORWAY IN 1998.