CHASSIS NUMBER.          25201678A

REGISTRATION NUMBER.           BNB 615B

 ENGINE TYPE.        2.25 PETROL

GEARBOX TYPE.            4 SPEED  

VEHICLE SPEC.

THIS ODD LAND ROVER WAS BUILT BY ROADLESS TRACTION OF HOUNSLOW FOR COMPANIES NEEDING A VEHICLE WITH SUPERB TRACTION AND GROUND CLEARANCE. THE MODEL WAS KNOWN AS THE FORREST ROVER. MOST OF THE 20 OR SO BUILT WENT OVERSEAS, BUT A FEW STAYED IN THE U.K. THIS ONE WAS PURCHASED NEW BY THE C.E.G.B. IN RHYDER NORTH WALES FOR USE WHILE BUILDING THE DAM THERE. IT WAS COLLECTED FROM MANCHESTER AND DRIVEN 200 MILES TO ITS WORK SITE IN 1964! DUNSFOLD COLLECTED IT IN 1989. THE VEHICLE HAS UNDERGONE A REBUILD BY THE R.E.M.E. BATTALION AT BORDON. THE WORK WAS DUE TO BE FINISHED IN 2004 BUT DUE TO THE GULF CONFLICT THEY WERE UNABLE TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT. A NEW CHASSIS WAS SUPPLIED BY MARSLAND.