Land Rover Series III SWB For Sale

factory in Jerez, Spain in civilian lightweight trim. Brimming with features not seen on UK Land Rovers and reputedly built to a higher standard, this is a possibly a unique opportunity to acquire the perfect European-spec British icon. Production of Land Rovers commenced at the Santana factory in the Andalucía region of Southern Spain in 1958 with kits being sent out from Solihull in CKD (Complete Knocked Down) form. From 1962, the company starting promoting it`s own kits to South American and African markets as well as promoting the Santana brand through these regions. Many of these vehicles ended up in harsh working environments with customer feedback often going back to Santana rather than Land Rover direct owing to the tight financial position of British Leyland at that time. As such, Santana were able to respond accordingly and engineer it’s own solutions to common problems meaning that the product was being constantly developed. By the late 1960`s it was developing it’s own versions and by 1983 (the last year of this co-venture), the vehicles coming out of Santana were deemed better built, better developed and often featured anatomical seats, disc brakes, parabolic springs and turbo diesel engines. Our Ligero (Lightweight) was built in 1983 as an 88” SWB 7-seater diesel. It was supplied new to the Spanish Forestry Commission and remained with them for around 20 years before being shipped to the UK about 7 years ago. Since importation, it has been stored in an underground car-park in London and first saw the light of day just 3 weeks ago. It is amazingly original with possible the cleanest chassis and bulkhead I have ever seen on an unrestored vehicle. The mileage of just 77,000 kilometres (48,000 miles) is believed genuine. We have undertaken a full re-commissioning programme and the vehicle has been fully serviced prior to sale. The Land Rover now benefits from a full UK MOT Certificate and in addition, we can organise UK Registration if required. A very rare beast. Viewings are welcome. Please call 01985 841104 or 07968 005037. Cash please upon collection within 3 days of the Auction finshing. For lots more interesting vehicles, please see www.chuggaboom.co.uk X