Not Sold | 1968 Land Rover 109" Series IIA Fire Engine

Page Contents

Track live values and receive listing alerts

Enquire Now

View All Images

Not Sold (Est: £24,000 - £30,000)

1968 Land Rover 109" Series IIA Fire Engine

United Kingdom • 25 Sept 2021 • Lot 184

Vehicle Details

AI Listing Summary

This classic Land Rover Series IIA was commissioned to the Eastleigh Works Fire Brigade and was part of the safety team at the Railway depot from 1968 until 2003. This example retains all of its features including nozzles, hoses, axes, fire extinguishers, instruction manuals, working blue lights, ladder, firemans helmets and a siren.

Condition

7 / 10

Transmission:

[Transmission]

Chassis No:

27704617D

Odometer:

8,964 miles

Reg Number:

SMC 640F

RHD/LHD:

RHD

The Land Rover Series IIA is considered by many to be the hardiest Series model constructed.

It is also quite possibly the model that features most 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.

In February 1968, just a few months after its manufacturer had been subsumed, under government pressure, into the Leyland Motor Corporation, the Land Rover celebrated its twentieth birthday, with total production to date just short of 600,000, of which more than 70% had been exported.

It was whilst the Series IIA was in production that sales of utility Land Rovers reached their peak, in 1969-70, when sales of over 60,000 Land Rovers a year were recorded.

Compare that with sales of the Defender in recent years which have been around the 25,000 level since the 1990s.

As well as record sales, the Land Rover dominated many world markets - in Australia, ...