£19,688 (Est: £20,000 - £25,000)
1952 Land Rover 80in Series One Entered from a private collection
H&H Auctioneers • UK • 3 Dec 2025
Market Position:
Upper Mid-Market
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£19,688 (Est: £20,000 - £25,000)
1952 Land Rover 80in Series One Entered from a private collection
UK • 3 Dec 2025
Vehicle Details
AI Listing Summary
This 1952 Land Rover 80in Series One, previously owned by a collector, has an interesting history including possible service with armed forces. The car has undergone a body-off restoration in the 1990s and was improved in the late 90s/early 2000s; while it presents well, it's now considered an older restoration, which explains the price.
Condition
6
The car is described as an older restoration with a gentle patina, suggesting moderate wear. It presents well but has clearly been used and restored, not maintained in pristine condition. The description mentions it started readily and ran well, but also acknowledges it's an older restoration, implying some wear and tear.
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26104193
RHD
United Kingdom
386 UHW
1952
Auction
£19,688 (Est: £20,000 - £25,000)
1952 Land Rover 80in Series One Entered from a private collection
H&H Auctioneers • UK • 3 Dec 2025
Market Position:
Upper Mid-Market
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Description
This is where `The Best 4x4 by Far' started - a utility vehicle devised in 1947 by the Wilks brothers for use on their farm and inspired by the wartime Jeep.
Aluminium panels meant the bodies did not rust and thanks to an ingenious high/low ratio four-wheel drive system, the new small truck was possessed of incredible climbing ability.
Initially powered by a 1595cc Rover engine, a 2-litre unit was soon adopted.
Built in 1952 but not issued with the Bristol number plate ‘386 UHW’ until October 4 th 1963, chassis 26104193 is presumed to have spent the intervening eleven years on secondment to the armed forces.
A copy continuation logbook on file shows that the Land Rover belonged to H.
Howe & Sons Ltd of Bridge Garage, Bleadon by the early 1970s.
Remaining in the South West for much of the next two decades, it was entrusted to Stephen Ogg Engineering of Downton, near Salisbury for a photographically documented body off, chassis up restoration during 1990.
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Price Analysis vs Other Series I 80s
£860
Lowest Price (Since 2020)
£17,070
Median Price (Since 2020)
£109,250
Highest Price (Since 2020)
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MOT Information
Exempt / No Records
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Latest MOT mileage:
Unknown
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