Suzie Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 Hello, I was wondering if anyone knows how many 4x2 wheel drive Series 1 Land Rovers were made? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surveyor Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 Have you tried asking Land Rover directly they seem to have good records. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzie Posted May 12, 2018 Author Share Posted May 12, 2018 We have in the past and didn't get very far, however i will happily try once again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surveyor Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 (edited) I had good success due to trying to get a Ex MoD Land Rover Registered, they had the only document to help get it registered lradvice@jaguarlandrover.com Edited May 12, 2018 by Surveyor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzie Posted May 12, 2018 Author Share Posted May 12, 2018 That's brilliant, Who did you contact? as maybe i'm contacting the wrong people or department? Our Land Rover is ex air forces i believe and we have limited information on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surveyor Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 First contact was a call to there office explaining what I needed, then used the email as requested, Will be interesting to know how you get on Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzie Posted May 12, 2018 Author Share Posted May 12, 2018 Thank you, Yes i will keep you posted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MatchFuzee Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 Two Wheel Drive Land Rovers -Topic on this forum in 2010:- http://hmvf.co.uk/topic/12790-two-wheel-drive-land-rovers/ From 10FM68's post:- According to James Taylor and Geoff Fletcher's "British Military Land Rovers", the 275 Mk 6 4x2s were indeed CL VRNs: 17CL48 to 20CL22 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzie Posted May 12, 2018 Author Share Posted May 12, 2018 Thank you, this is a great help Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wally dugan Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 (edited) As far as l know from the key card records of series one 4x2 land rovers supplied to the army there where two separate contracts the one for 17 CL 48 to 20 CL 22 the series two CL ones under contract 6/V/27756 and a larger number series one for both the CL and the station wagon version under contract 6/V/26222 these were registered in the O1 CE 89 to 08 CE 63 Edited May 13, 2018 by wally dugan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzie Posted May 12, 2018 Author Share Posted May 12, 2018 That's great, thank you so much for the information. I will look Into this further Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10FM68 Posted May 12, 2018 Share Posted May 12, 2018 (edited) According to Geoff Fletcher and James Taylor's "British Military Land Rovers", the Series 1 4x2s were Mk5s. A single Mk3, 39BP30 was trialled and, thereafter, the Ministry of Supply contract 6/Veh/26222 was placed in Nov 1957 for 655 Mk5 4x2s. All were RHD with canvas tilts. This was followed, in December 1957 for an order for 20 station wagon variants, making 675 in all. They were built between Jan and March 1958 with chassis numbers in the range 1118-00962 and 1118 - 01911. The ERMs were: 01CE89 - 08CE43 for the soft tops and 08CE44 to 08CE63 for the station wagons. The CL ERMs were Series 2 Land Rovers. 10 68 Edited May 12, 2018 by 10FM68 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surveyor Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 16 hours ago, wally dugan said: As far as l know from the key card records of series one 4x2 land rovers supplied to the army there where two separate contracts the one for 17 CL 48 to 20 CL 22 the series two CL ones under contract 6/V/27756 and a larger number series one for both the CL and the station wagon version under contract 6/V/26222 these were registered in the O1 CE 89 to 08 CE 63 For a learner like me, how can you tell from t registration numbers how many, if at all? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suzie Posted May 13, 2018 Author Share Posted May 13, 2018 Thank you, we have some paperwork from the college it came from that now makes some sense Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10FM68 Posted May 13, 2018 Share Posted May 13, 2018 11 hours ago, Surveyor said: For a learner like me, how can you tell from t registration numbers how many, if at all? Where the whole contract is in one run, as above, then it is simple: ignore the letters in the middle then subtract the lower number from the higher and add one - so you get 0844-0189=655+1 =656 then 0863-0844=19+1=20. So, in this case, there is an error of one! So there were either 676 or one in the sequence wasn't delivered. You have to add one because, unlike straightforward subtraction both ends are counted - eg if there is a sequence of, say, four 01AB23, 01AB24, 01AB25 and 01AB26 subtracting 23 from 26 would give you just three, but there are four vehicles! I hope that's clear! 10 68 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surveyor Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 (edited) Many thanks, I noticed a lot on here registration numbers being used to give an indication of how many made, in contract, as a supplementary question how to you go about finding which contract a vehicle was in? I seem to recall the letters gave an indication which area it was based in originally Edited May 14, 2018 by Surveyor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
10FM68 Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 The contract number will be on the vehicle's B Card and also on the vehicle data plate. Otherwise, the information is out there is specialist books - for Land Rovers, for example, there is the book by Geoff Fletcher and James Taylor, for Lightweights, the one by Mark Cook. As for the two letters in the registration number, mostly they indicate the financial year in which the contract was placed (the MoD would order, say, 200 Bedford lorries and, at the same time allocate a set of 200 registrations to the contract. These would be passed to the manufacturer who would then fit number plates prior to delivery.) But there are many exceptions - the XA, XB etc" series did indicate location - as they were allocated to vehicles based in Berlin and paid for by the "Berlin budget" with money from the Senaet. But there are other examples. A pretty good list is available in Volume 1 of "Warpaint Colours and Markings of British Army Vehicles 1903 - 2003" by Dick Taylor. He served many years in RTR from trooper to regimental quartermaster and is also a trained historian, so he writes with authority and experience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surveyor Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 Many thanks, only trying to find out about my Land Rover, will try the sources you mention Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surveyor Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 21 hours ago, 10FM68 said: The contract number will be on the vehicle's B Card and also on the vehicle data plate. Otherwise, the information is out there is specialist books - for Land Rovers, for example, there is the book by Geoff Fletcher and James Taylor, for Lightweights, the one by Mark Cook. As for the two letters in the registration number, mostly they indicate the financial year in which the contract was placed (the MoD would order, say, 200 Bedford lorries and, at the same time allocate a set of 200 registrations to the contract. These would be passed to the manufacturer who would then fit number plates prior to delivery.) But there are many exceptions - the XA, XB etc" series did indicate location - as they were allocated to vehicles based in Berlin and paid for by the "Berlin budget" with money from the Senaet. But there are other examples. A pretty good list is available in Volume 1 of "Warpaint Colours and Markings of British Army Vehicles 1903 - 2003" by Dick Taylor. He served many years in RTR from trooper to regimental quartermaster and is also a trained historian, so he writes with authority and experience. Found the contract number where you said, FOI tomorrow for the B card Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ploughman Posted May 15, 2018 Share Posted May 15, 2018 I think CP was generally applied to items of specialist Construction Plant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surveyor Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 FOI was unsuccessful any one any suggestion where I should try next? I do have the contract number on the plate, Built 1986 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MatchFuzee Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 29 minutes ago, Surveyor said: FOI was unsuccessful any one any suggestion where I should try next? The British Motor Industry Heritage Trust, although lradvice@jaguarlandrover.com may have found the information for you from there already:- https://www.britishmotormuseum.co.uk/archive The RLC archive:- http://www.rlcarchive.org/VehicleSrch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surveyor Posted May 30, 2018 Share Posted May 30, 2018 Many thanks, remember, now, reading on here the one for RLC, will carry on the hunt Richard Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surveyor Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 RLC on line form does not recognise the chassis of Registration, email to be sent British Motor Museum only can give date sent to MoD, they suggest Deep Cut Barracks. Still to email Land Rover. Work to pay bills getting in way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surveyor Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 RLC have just come back and the card for the vehicle is missing, they have one on either side, must draft email to Land Rover Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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