Registration No: BGO 448B
Chassis No: 241130808
MOT: Exempt

• Subject to extensive restoration between 2017-2019 and is offered having covered just 316 miles since completion
• Impressive history file, containing both digital history with 29 folders worth of photographs and more, as well as physical receipts and invoices totalling over £14,000
• Purchased by its current owner from his uncle, who restored the car, with just 2 previous keepers

A sympathetic update of its much-loved predecessor, the Land Rover Series II was introduced in April 1958. Featuring sill panels and a rounded wing / belt line, the newcomer’s sleeker sheet metal was the work of David Bache and clothed an improved chassis. Thus as well as better rear wheel articulation and sharper steering, the Series II boasted wider axles and a new gearbox (complete with synchromesh on 3^rd and 4^th gears). Available with a choice of 2.25-litre petrol or 2-litre diesel four-cylinder engines, the Land Rover could be had in 88-inch or 109-inch wheelbase guises (though, the SWB model made do with a petrol 2-litre unit until September 1958). A popular model, the Series II accounted for some 62,000 sales in its first two years of production. Announced in 1961, the subtly upgraded Series IIA benefited from an improved cooling system and the arrival of a 2.25-litre diesel engine. Export models had their headlamps repositioned in the front wings for 1968 with domestic Landies gaining the same revised visage the following year. Phased out of production in 1971, the Series IIA is judged by some to be the most durable Series Land Rover ever made.

Acquired as a project in 2017 and subsequently subject to an extensively documented restoration over a 2-year period, finishing in May of 2019, this Series IIA is offered for sale having covered only 316 miles since completion. Presented in the ever-desirable Bronze Green with contrasting black interior, ‘BGO 448B’ was purchased by its current owner approximately one year after it was completed, directly from his uncle, who restored the car. Since its purchase, the car has been dry stored, being both used on occasion and exhibited at shows.

Now offered for sale once more due to lack of use, included with the vehicle is not only an impressive physical history file, but a digital one too, with the latter containing 29 folders photographically documenting the restoration from start to finish, as well as guides, wiring diagrams, further history and a breakdown of costs, with invoices for parts totalling over £14,000. Included with the physical history file is also an impressive collection of previous receipts as mentioned above, some previous V5C documents, the DVLA registration documents and the current V5C which displays only 2 former keepers. The vendor rates the condition of the bodywork, engine, electrical equipment, paintwork, transmission and interior trim all as ‘Excellent’.

For more information, please contact:
Andreas Hicks
andreas.hicks@handh.co.uk
07943584762