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Land Rover Goodwood Revival 2015

Official PR:

https://live.landrover.co.uk/goodwood-revival-2015

We paid homage to the life of the Defender – our iconic, original SUV, which began life 67 years ago as the “Land Rover” and later became known as the Series.

A spectacular parade lap featuring more than 50 pre-1966 Land Rover Series models took place each day around the Goodwood Motor Circuit. A variety of special Series conversions featured in the unique procession, including fire tenders, military vehicles, ambulances and mobile welders, alongside 11 pre-production Land Rover prototypes. One highlight included the bright yellow 1950 Series I Bertram Mills Circus vehicle, which was designed to give the impression that a circus elephant was driving it. The unique collection of Land Rovers were also on display on Lavant Bank for duration of the weekend.

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They even had the hobbyist-made center steer.

Michael2015-09-27T18:24:20-04:00September 27, 2015|

Land Rover’s Family Values #AboveAndBeyond

Land Rover co-founder Maurice Wilks’ son Stephen talks about Land Rover history and where it is today.

Michael2012-11-21T23:13:27-05:00November 21, 2012|

Land Rover Legacy Project & Old Prints

I know I mentioned this a while back but now that it’s actually open, I thought I’d post it again:

Land Rover Legacy Exhibition

A new exhibition about the history of the Lode Lane Solihull factory will take place at the Solihull Central Library from 9 – 25 November. The exhibition tells the story of the Lode Lane factory, its people and products, from 1940 to the present day and features photographs from the Archives of the British Motor Industry Heritage Trust. Many of these photographs have never before been viewed by the general public.

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I wish I had the time to get over there before the 25th and see what they’re showing, if you can make it to Solihull, please let me know how it was.

In the same Land Rover history vein – Motorgraphs has some great classic Land Rover & Range Rover photos that you can order in various printed formats. This isn’t an endorsement, just something I think is really neat!

http://www.motorgraphs.com/

Michael2010-11-16T09:22:00-05:00November 16, 2010|