The Bedford Boys are on to it.
The Rover is one of Four converted Stage 1 109's. These were taken out of service and were of all ages of Stage 1's (we had 566 of them), however one of them was from the very first batch of Stage 1's, possibly this one, and had probably scene 10 years hard service before being rebuilt.
I believe that the NZ Army EME Workshops did the conversion, but I could stand corrected on that.
They were converted around the time of the deployment to Bosnia however these four trucks have never left New Zealand, well not yet anyway.
They are basically a standard Stage 1 109 with a few Mods including
TDi300 Diesel, as was all the Bosnian bound rovers.
Tin top with no windows on sides or rear
Dual Rear Wheels
I think they have air suspension as well
Rather large extended mud guards to cover dual wheels
And they were used for......
They were used by the Electonic Warfare Squadron of the New Zealand Corps of Signals for amoungst other things tracking of electronic signals. aka Secret Squirrel work.
I remember seeing them operating on the streets of Auckland in the late 90's when there was an APEC confernce that President Clinton came to.
All in all a bit of an odd ball machine, I am hopping to go and have a close look at this week
All The Best
Kev