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Land Rover 80 inch Station Wagon
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.
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Renovator's opportunity: a basically complete
Land Rover 80" station wagon[*]; it just needs some work!
- 4wd.sofcom.com/LandRover/Landy.html
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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.
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