However a certain Charles Shooter persuaded the scrapyard to sell all three, with a view to repairing them and selling them on, as new model vehicles, they’d have a high value. At that time, they were a mess. The roof were collapsed, the air cleaners were packed with blue butterflies and the headlining were full of wasp grubs that starting to hatch out. And, apparently Shooter had a hell of a time registering them, because Land Rover refused to confirm they’d even been built. But he did get them registered eventually.
So abuse right from new, rebuilt on a budget and worked hard in the civilian aftermarket. Is the vehicles 10th owner, and that doesn’t include its use on the Camel Not a good recipe for a simple rebuild. As he stripped the vehicle, traces of its early life appeared. Stage 2 is written on a panel behind the nearside rear wheelarch in silver wax crayon. Stage 2 was the name for the development project vehicle that becomes known as One Ten.
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