CHASSIS NUMBER. 141800003

REGISTRATION NUMBER. UAA 392

ENGINE TYPE. 1997cc SER I

GEARBOX TYPE. 4 SPEED MANUAL

VEHICLE SPEC.
IN LATE 1958 A REVISED BODY STYLE WAS INTRODUCED WITH MUCH MORE ROUNDED STYLE AND MORE INTERNAL ROOM. IN THE LONG WHEELBASE THE CAR 2286cc ENGINE WAS FITTED BUT THE S.W.B. STILL RETAINED THE 1997cc SIDE EXHAUST OVERHEAD INLET VALVE ENGINE DATING BACK TO THE LATE 40,s. THIS STAYED FOR ONE YEAR. THE VERY EARLY SER IIs COULD BE SEEN WITH THE SER I TYPE REAR AXLE WHICH THIS ONE STILL RETAINS. THIS 88 WAS FOUND IN A VERY SORRY STATE IN 1988, IN A SCRAP YARD IN WINCHESTER, WHERE IT HAD LIVED ALL ITS WORKING LIFE. DURING 1997 IT HAD A FULL RESTORATION USING AS MANY OF THE ORIGINAL PARTS AS POSSIBLE. THE FIRST OUTING WAS ON THE LAND ROVER HERITAGE STAND AT THE MOTOR SHOW IN 1998.