The Complete Catalogue of the Land Rover

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by James Taylor

ISBN 978-1-906133-85-6

Hardback, 264 pages

270 x 210mm

Over 500 illustrations

“…a fine addition to the library of any Land Rover enthusiast.” Norsk Land Rover Klubb

Production Variants from Series I to Defender

Series I • Series II • Series IIA • Forward Control • Series III • One Ten Family • Defender • Models for export only • Models built overseas • Special Editions • Prototypes, development & proposals

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Who would have imagined that a farm runabout, designed to keep production ticking over at the Rover car factory in the late 1940s, would become a worldwide sensation?

That is exactly what happened to the Land Rover, which rapidly began to outsell Rover’s cars, and to bankroll them, as it embarked on a career nearly 70 years long. Throughout that astonishing production run it was developed and redeveloped time and again, but it always retained the essence of the 1948 original. Fundamentally, the Land Rover – whether farm workhorse, military warhorse, explorer’s packhorse or fashionable family transport – was always simple and fixable, but the time came when customers began to demand greater sophistication, and so its production was brought to an end.

This book aims to give easy access to the key features of each major variant of Land Rover. It follows the vehicle’s evolution from its 1948 origins to 2016, when the last Defender was built. All the core models built for the UK and for export territories are covered.

Yet the book also goes far beyond that, giving details of models built outside the UK, special models built for export, and special editions produced around the world in later years. A chapter looks at the prototypes and proposals that did not reach production; there is a look at the Land Rover wannabes that copied the original concept; and finally an exhaustive examination of all the engines used in Land Rovers when new.

For all those who love Land Rovers this is an essential reference book, written by the leading expert on the marque.

INTRODUCTION  .....6
OVERVIEW  .....8
SERIES I PRODUCTION MODELS  .....22
SERIES II PRODUCTION MODELS  .....40
SERIES IIA PRODUCTION MODELS  .....50
FORWARD CONTROL PRODUCTION MODELS  .....62
SERIES III PRODUCTION MODELS  .....72
ONE TEN FAMILY PRODUCTION MODELS  .....86
DEFENDER PRODUCTION MODELS  .....98
MODELS BUILT IN THE UK FOR EXPORT ONLY  .....118
MODELS BUILT OVERSEAS – EUROPE  .....126
MODELS BUILT OVERSEAS – THE ANTIPODES (AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND) .....140
MODELS BUILT OVERSEAS – THE REST  .....148
SPECIAL EDITIONS (GLOBAL)  .....173
PROTOTYPES, DEVELOPMENT & PROPOSALS  .....204
KNOCK-OFFS  .....224
APPENDICES - ENGINES, CHASSIS NUMBERS & VIN CODES  .....228

Cars featured include: 

Series I Models
80-Inch
Pre-Production 80-inch (1948)
1.6 Litre 80-Inch (1948-1950)
80-Inch Welder (1948-1953)
Tickford Station Wagon (1948-1951)
2.0 Litre Prototypes (1950)
1.6 Litre 80 Inch (1950-1951)
2.0-Litre 80-Inch (1951-1953)
The 80-Inch Fire Engine
86-Inch (1953-1956)
86-Inch Station Wagon (1954-1956)
107-Inch
107-Inch (1953-1956)
107-Inch Station Wagon (1956-1958)
88-Inch
88-Inch (1956-1958)
88-Inch Station Wagon 91956-1958)
88-Inch 4x2 (1958)
109-Inch
109-Inch (1956-1958)

Series II Models
Special Conversions
Fire Engines
Military Models
Series II 88
Series ii 88-Inch Station Wagon (1958-1961)
Series II 88-Inch 4x2 (1958)
Series II 109
Series II 109-Inch (1958-1961)
Series II 109-Inch Station Wagon (1958-1961)

Series IIA Models
Special Conversions
Military Models
Series IIA 88
Series IIA 88-Inch Station Wagon (1961-1971)
Series IIA 88-Inch “Half-Ton” or lightweight (1968-1972)
Series IIA 109
Series IIA 109-Inch (1961-1971)
Series IIA 109-Inch Station Wagon (1961-1971)
Series IIA 109-Inch one Ton (1969-1971)

Forward Controls
Identifying Features for Series IIA and Series IIB forward control models
Series IIA and IIB Forward control Timeline
Build Totals
Series IIA 109 models
SeriesIIB 110 models
Series IIA Forward Control
Series IIA 109-Inch Forward Control (1962-1966)
Series IIB Forward Control
Series IIB 110-Inch Forward Control (1967-1972)
101 Forward Control

Series III Models
Special Conversions
Military Models
Series III 88
Series III 88-Inch Station Wagon (1971-1985)
Series III 88-Inch “Half Ton” or Lightweight (1972-1984)
Series III 88-Inch County Station Wagon (1982-1984)
Series III 109
Series III 109-Inch Utilities (1971-1985)
Series III 109-Inch Station Wagon (1971-1985)
Series III 109-Inch “One Ton” (1971-1977)
Series III 109-Inch Stage 1 V8 (1979-1983)
Series III 109-Inch County Station Wagon (1982-1983)
Series III 109-Inch HCPU (1982-1983)

The One Ten Family
One Ten
Ninety
Ninety Station Wagon and County Station Wagon (1984-1990)
One Two Seven
One Two Seven (1986-1990)

Defender Models
200 TDI Models (1990-1994)
Defender 90 Station Wagon and County Station Wagon
Defender 110 utilities
Defender 110 Station Wagon and County Station Wagon
Defender 130
300TDI Models (1994-1998)
Defender 90 Utilities
Defender 90 Station Wagon and County Station Wagon
Defender 110 Utilities
Defender 110 Station Wagon and County Station Wagon
Defender 130
Wolf Models (1996-1999)
Defender XD  90
Defender XD 110
Defender XD 130
TD5 Models (1998-2006)
Defender 90 Utilities
Defender 90 Station Wagon
County Station Wagon and XS
Defender 110 Utilities
Defender 110 Station Wagon
County Station Wagon and XS
Defender 130
2.4 TDCI Models (2006-2011)
Defender 90 Utilities
Defender 90 Station Wagon
County Station Wagon and XS Station Wagon
2.2 TDCI Models (2011-2016)
Defender 90 Utilities
Defender 90 Station Wagon
County Station Wagon and XS
Defender 110 Utilities
Defender 110 Station Wagon
County Station Wagon and XS
Defender 130

For Export Only
Series I 80-Inch for the USA
Series II 109 with Perkins Diesel Engine (1960)
Series IIA 109-Inch Forward Control Six-Cylinder (1963-1966)
Series IIA 109-Inch Nada Station Wagon (1963-1966)
Series IIA 109-Inch Nada Station Wagon (1966-1967)
Series IIA 88-Inch “Federal” Models (1968-1969)
Series IIA “Bugeye” Models for Europe (1968-1969)
Series III 88-Inch Federal De Luxe Hardtop (1971-1974)
Series III to German Special Conditions (1971-1985)
Series III 88 4X2 for Belgium (1974-1976)
Series III Stage 1 V8 88-Inch (1980)
Defender 110 NAS (1992-1993)
Defender 130, 129-Inch for the Netherlands (1994-c2006)
Defender 90 2.0 MPI (1995-1996)
Defender 90 NAS (1994-1997)

Land Rovers Built Overseas – Europe
Belgium
Portugal
Spain
Expansion and self-sufficiency
Six-Cylinder Engines and the S-2000
Divergent Philosophies and the Series IIIA
Series IV and After
West Germany


Land Rovers Built Overseas – Australia and New Zealand
Australia
Series II and IIA
Series III
One Ten Family
New Zealand

Land Rovers Built Overseas – Rest of the World
Angola
(Portuguese West Africa)
Brazil
Cameroon
Ceylon (Sri-Lanka)
Chile
Costa Rica
Cuba
Denmark
Ecuador
Egypt
Eire
Ethiopia
Ghana
Greece
India
Indonesia
Iran
Jamaica
Jordan
Kenya
Lebanon
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Mexico
Morocco
Mozambique
Nicaragua
Nigeria
Peru
Philippines
South Africa
Southern Rhodesia (Rhodesia, Zimbabwe)
Sudan
Sweden
Trinidad
Turkey
Uruguay
Venezuela
West Pakistan ( Pakistan)
Zaire
Zambia

Special Editions
Australia
Game (1976)
Defender 110 Tanami (1995)
Tomb Raider (2001)

Austria
Fire and Ice (2009)
Rough (2011)

Benelux
Stream (1996)
V* 50 (19980
Silva (2005)
Bel Air (2005)
Fire and Ice (2009)
Rough (2011)
Exclusive (2012)

Brazil
Black (2003)
Fire and Ice (2009)

China
Fire and Ice (2009)

France
Trophy (1992)
Trophy (1993)
Eastnor (1995)
Stream (1996)
Highlander (1997)
Ultimate (1997)
Defender 50th (1998)
Stream 2 (2000)
HawaII (2001)
Arusha (2002)
Sun Rider (2002)
Technium (2002)
Highlander (2003)
G4 Edition (2003)
Libyan Sand (2004)
Black Silver (2005)
G4 Challenge (2006)
Fire and Ice (2009)
Cap Horn (2010)
Collection (2010)
Rough (2011)
Eden Park (2012)

Germany
V8 50 (1998)
Experience (2004)
Limited (2005)
Experience (2006)
Style (2007)
Cabriolet Two (2006)
Cabriolet Two Luis Trenker (2006)
Edition 60 years (2008)
Fire and Ice (2009)
Experience (2010)
Blaser (2012)

Global Editions
V8 50 (1998)
Tomb Raider (2001)
G4 Edition (2003)
SVX (2008)
Fire and Ice (2009)
Rough (2011)
LXV (2013)

Hungary
Fire and Ice (2009)

Italy
Limited Edition (1982)
Fire and Ice (2009)

Japan
V8 50 (1998)

Netherlands
Hurricane (1986)
V8 50 (1998)
Silva (2005)
G-Star Raw (2005)
Piet Boon Edition (2008)
Fire and Ice (2009)
Classic (2010)
Defender 110 by Piet Boon (2012)
Last Defender by Piet Boon (2016)

Poland
Fire and Ice (2009)

Russia
Fire and Ice (2009)
Secret Edition (2013)

Singapore
Fire and Ice (2009)

South Africa
50th Anniversary (1998)
Fire and Ice (2009)

Spain
Fire and Ice (2009)

Switzerland
Black Edition (2006)
60th Anniversary (2008)

United Kingdom
90SV (1993)
TDI 50 Hardtop (1998)
Heritage (1999)
X-Tech (2000)
X-Tech 2 (2001)
Tomb Raider (2001)
Braemar (2002)
Black (2002)
X-Tech (2003)
G4 Edition (2003)
Murrayfield (2004)
Silver (2005)
SVX (2008)
X-Tech (2011)
X-Tech (2012)
LXV (2013)
Paul Smith Defender (2015)
Adventure (2015)
Autobiography (2015)
Heritage (2015)
Works V8 (2018)
Selfridges Edition (2018)

Ukraine
Fire and Ice (2009)

Prototype, Development and Proposed Models
The Centre-Steer (1947)
The Station Wagon Prototype (1948)
The Long-Wheelbase Prototype (1950)
The Coachbuilt Long-Wheelbase Station Wagon Prototype (1954)
The Land Rover Bus (1954)
The IFS 86-Inch (1955-1958)
The 79-Inch or L4 Land Rover (1958-1961)
The 129-Inch (1959-1963)
The 88-Inch Forward Control (1960-1962)
The APGP (1961-1964)
The Scheme B Amphibian (1962)
The Big Forward Controls (1963-1966)
The 110-Inch Gun Tractor (1964-1966)
The Oral (1965)
The One-Double-one (1965-1966)
Golden Rod (1966)
Series IV (1972-1973)
SD5 (1973-1976)
The 100-Inch (1976-1986)
Stage III (1977)
Adventurer (1981-1983)
The Llama Forward Control (1984-1986)
Inca (1985-1988)
Cariba (1987)
Challenger (1990-1991)
The LCV Project (1995-1997)
A 50th Anniversary “Teaser” (1998)
DC100 (2011-2012)


Inspired by Land Rover
Santana
Iveco
Pazhan and Herour


Appendix A:
Engines Part 1: Engines from the UK

(A) The IOE Engines
1.6 Litre Engine 1948-1951
2-Litre “Siamese-bore” Engine. (1952-1954)
2-Litre “Spread-Bore” Engine (1954-1958)
2.6-Litre Petrol Engine, (1963-1980)
2.6-Litre “Weslake Head” Petrol Engine (1966-1967)

(B)  The OHV Engines
2-Litres Diesel Engine (1957-1961)
2.25-Litre Petrol Engine (1958-1980)
2.25-Litre Diesel Engine (1961-1980)
2.3-Litre Petrol Engine (1980-1985)
2.3-Litre Diesel Engine (1980-1984)
2.5-Litre Diesel Engine (1984-1992)
2.5-Litre Petrol Engine (1985-1992)
2.5-Litre Diesel Turbo Engine (1986-1990)

(C) The V8 Engines
3.5 Litre V8 Carburettor Engine (1974-1986)
3.5 Litre V8 Carburettor Engine (1986-1990)
3.9- Litre V8 Injection Engine (1988-1996)
4.0-Litre V8 Engine (1997-1998)
5.0-Litre V8 (2018)

(D) The TDI Diesel Engines
2.5-Litre 200 TDI Diesel Engine (1989-1994)
2.5-Litre 300 TDI Diesel Engine (1994-1998)

(E) MPI and TD5 Engines
2.0-Litre MPI (1992-1997)
TD5 Diesel (1998-2006)

(F) The Puma Diesel Engines
2.4-Litre Puma or TDCI (2007-2011)
2.2-Litre Puma or TDCI (2011-2016)

Part 2: Engines Used Overseas
(A) Australian Engines
ISUZU 4BD1 3.9-Litres Diesel (1982-1990)
ISUZU 4BD1T 3.9-Litres Turbodiesel (1986-1990)

(B) Santana Engines
Santana 2.25-Litre (1964-1987)
Santana 2.25-Litre Petrol (1964-1991)
Santana 2.25-Litre Turbodiesel (1982-1987)
Santana 2.5-Litre Diesel (1987-1994)
Santana 2.5-Litre Petrol (1991-1994)
Santana 3.4-Litre Petrol (1976-1989 approximately)
Santana 3.4-Litre Diesel (1976-1989 approximately)

(C) South African Engines
2.6-Litre R6 Petrol (1982-1985)
3.8-Litre ADE4 Diesel (1983-1985)
2.8-Litre BMW M52 Petrol (1996-2000)

Appendix B
Land Rover Chassis Codes
Chassis Number Prefixes


13/12/2023

The Complete Catalogue of the Land Rover - unsigned

A comprehensive story of the Land Rover

13/12/2023

The Complete Catalogue of the Land Rover - unsigned

A comprehensive story of the Land Rover

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