It was over at Liversedge in West Yorkshire at the time, painted blue. The guys who had it were planning a rebuild, and then they saw the yellow under paint and realized it was something special. The chassis was rotten and the bulkhead was bad. The engine was all right, but it was obviously going to involve a lot of work. They had to admit defeat with the chassis and all of the special Camel Trophy equipment was missing, too.
The equipment may have gone but, as they began to research the vehicle’s history, they realized how remarkable it was that this One Ten had survived at all, because the 1984 Camel vehicles returned to the UK badly beaten up. Indeed competitor vehicle ended up as one of a batch of three ex Camels sent from the factory to a breaker’s yard. That was standard policy at the time, Land rover didn’t want any issue with warranty claims, so condemned them. This is a very early One Ten, too, with some very early parts so there may have been concerns about conformity issue.
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