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The 80"-inch station wagon was Land Rover's first attempt at adding a little bit of luxury to a four wheel drive - visions of Range Rover perhaps?
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The station wagon was based on the standard 80" chassis and running gear but the rear bodywork had a panel-beaten aluminium skin over a wooden framework. | |
 Renovator's opportunity: a basically complete Land Rover 80" station wagon[*]; it just needs some work! - 4wd.sofcom.com/LandRover/Landy.html |
Note the one-piece windscreen (and remember it for trivial pursuits). The door windows slide up and down! |
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Needless to say Land-Rover's 80" station wagon was expensive and short lived so it is definitely a collectors' item today. | |
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Land Rover later had a second attempt with the 86" station wagon which used a slightly modified standard hard-top body and was more practical. A number of 80" wagons did come to Australia including two that were used on the Snowy Mountains Scheme. | |
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Right: Ken Wheelwright's 1949/1950 80" station wagon, here at Billing. - Larry Stanley. |
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Left: The Gaydon(?) 1950 80-inch station wagon
on an outing. Picture by Michael Bishop. |
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Right Billing: The 80" wagon is an ex-Polish Unicef vehicle - Michael Bishop. |
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Go to the S1 or Series or Land Rover pages
[*] Thanks to Anthony Maeder.
