Showing only 3,909 miles; highly original genuine Series I 80-inch home-market model; wearing the numberplate EVL 861; period Coventry Climax Godiva fire pump trailer; starting and driving on siteThis delightfully honest and highly original early Land Rover is a genuine Series I 80-inch home-market model, carrying chassis number 26100416.

The chassis falls within the desirable 2610 prefix sequence denoting a right-hand-drive, petrol-engined Basic specification vehicle supplied new to the UK market, placing it amongst the earliest surviving 80-inch Land Rovers produced at Solihull and believed to date from the summer of 1951, wearing the numberplate EVL 861.The vendor currently can't locate any paperwork for the vehicle, should any come available then It will be passed on.Power comes from the original-type 1,595cc four-cylinder petrol engine, coupled to a four-speed manual gearbox with selectable four-wheel drive.

Developed as a simple and durable working vehicle, the Series I quickly...