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£8,833

1970 Land Rover Series IIB Forward Control Cherry Picker

United Kingdom • 23 Oct 2024

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Vehicle Details

AI Listing Summary

This classic Land Rover, owned since 1988, presents an unusual cherry picker conversion with a low 12,000 miles. It features a Simon Engineering cherry picker, PTO or 240V operation, and Solihull registration, possibly indicating demonstrator use, however, the gearbox and truck cab have been replaced.

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Condition 

6

The vehicle has had a replacement gearbox and truck cab, suggesting wear and tear. The listing mentions the original gearbox was getting noisy. While low mileage is a plus, these replacements indicate the vehicle is not in pristine original condition.

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Transmission:

[Transmission]

Chassis No:

[Chassis No]

Odometer:

12,000 miles

Reg Number:

MXC849H

RHD/LHD:

RHD

Description Owned by our vendor since 1988; Solihull registration; 12,000 miles showing and believed to be genuine Likely to have come out of the factory in fire engine red as most ended up going to Carmichaels to be transformed into fire tenders.

Instead, this one is originally thought to have been based at Willington Power Station near Derby, until being purchased by our vendor in 1988.

Having a Solihull registration suggests that this machine could have even been a demonstrator at the factory before all this? Cherry picker is by Simon Engineering in Dudley with unusual combination of PTO operation or alternatively can be powered off a separate 240 volt mains socket, which makes it very useful indoors! Maximum height should be 40ft with full 360 degree rotation and has the stability of four hydraulic legs.

We are told the gearbox was replaced with a genuine Land Rover unit in approx.

2020 as the original was getting a little noisy and the truck cab was replaced many years ago to ...

Points of note

£4,360

Lowest Price (Since 2020)

£13,225

Median Price (Since 2020)

£24,080

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