£2,490
1968 Land Rover Series IIa ‘Firefly’ Fire Engine
Historics • UK • 7 Mar 2020
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£2,490
1968 Land Rover Series IIa ‘Firefly’ Fire Engine
UK • 7 Mar 2020 • Lot 260
Vehicle Details
AI Listing Summary
This is a Series IIa Land Rover, originally a Ministry of Defence vehicle, converted into a fire engine in 1969. It served with various organizations, including the Strathclyde Fire Service and Rolls-Royce, before being sold to a collector.
Condition
4
The vehicle is currently SORN and requires recommissioning. It has blue flashing lights and horns that have not been tested, and the history is a little hazy.
/ 10
15,459 miles (via 2014 MOT)
Q330 NPP
1968
Auction
3300016D
RHD
United Kingdom
£2,490
1968 Land Rover Series IIa ‘Firefly’ Fire Engine
Historics • UK • 7 Mar 2020
Market Position:
Lowest Price
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Description
The Series IIa Land Rover is considered by many the most hardy series model constructed.
It is quite possibly also the type of classic Land Rover that features strongly in the general public's perception of the Land Rover, from its many appearances in popular films and television documentaries set in Africa throughout the 1960s, such as Born Free.
Certainly it was whilst the Series IIa was in production that sales of utility Land Rovers reached their peak, in 1969-1970, when sales of over 60,000 Land Rovers a year were recorded.
This particular vehicle is based on a Land Rover Series II, on a forward control chassis, which were primarily bought by the Ministry of Defence.
As far as we know, it rolled off the production line in Solihull in the West Midlands, probably as a cab and dropside body and subsequently was delivered to the Ministry of Defence.
It seems that this vehicle remained with the MOD for some time until it was sent to the fire engine experts HCB Angus who converted ...
Price Analysis vs Other Series IIA Fires
£2,490
Lowest Price (Since 2020)
£8,870
Median Price (Since 2020)
£15,250
Highest Price (Since 2020)
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MOT Information
Expired
Expired on 9th Jul 2015
Latest MOT mileage:
15,459 miles
MOT History
Passed
On 10th Jul 2014, 15,459 miles
There was 1 defect noted.
Advisory:
- Centre Exhaust has a minor leak of exhaust gases (7.1.2)
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Operating from Ascot, Berkshire, Historics is a physical auction house handling classic, sports, and collector cars. They conduct live auctions in the UK and offer vehicle consignment and valuation services.
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