£25,300
1952 Land Rover/Minerva Series I 4x4 Blindé Parachute Reconnaissance Vehicle
Bonhams • UK • 9 Sept 2023
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£25,300
1952 Land Rover/Minerva Series I 4x4 Blindé Parachute Reconnaissance Vehicle
UK • 9 Sept 2023
Vehicle Details
AI Listing Summary
This is a rare, Belgian-built 1952 Land Rover/Minerva Series I 4x4 Blindé Parachute Reconnaissance Vehicle, one of only a handful remaining after many were destroyed or abandoned in the Belgian Congo. Restored in 2010 and equipped with original radio, wrap-around aerial, a bazooka (with dummy ammunition!) and replica machine guns, it has won awards at Land Rover shows and is described as being in generally excellent condition.
Condition
8
The vehicle is described as being in generally excellent condition by the vendor and was restored in 2010. It has also won numerous awards at Land Rover shows, suggesting a high level of presentation and maintenance.
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36633928
LHD
United Kingdom
YXG 403
1952
Auction
£25,300
1952 Land Rover/Minerva Series I 4x4 Blindé Parachute Reconnaissance Vehicle
Bonhams • UK • 9 Sept 2023
Market Position:
Highest 20% of Past Sales
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Description
• Belgian-built Land Rover • Rare parachute reconnaissance variant • Supplied new to the Belgian Army • Restored in 2010 • Offered from a private collection of Series I Land Rovers Lacking the resources to produce a new car of its own after WW2, Minerva engaged in a series of collaborations with British manufacturers, assembling the Standard Vanguard saloon under license and then concluding a deal with Rover for the assembly of Land Rovers for the Belgian Army.
Commencing in 1952, the 80"-wheelbase Land Rovers were supplied as 'CKD' (Completely Knocked Down) kits of running gear, which Minerva then bodied in steel at its Antwerp factory to meet the Belgian Army's requirements.
British-built Land Rovers had aluminium bodies and there were numerous stylistic differences between the British and Belgian versions, most obviously the front wings; the running gear, though, was all Series I Land Rover.
The vast majority of vehicles produced were 80" models which went to the Belgian military...
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