Why everyone wants a classic Land Rover
Nick Rufford writes in the Sunday Times
(The Sunday Times, 6th February 2022)
“Bob Marley and Winston Churchill drove one when they wanted to get away from it all. The Great Train Robbers used theirs as getaway vehicles, done up in khaki to look like an army convoy. Marilyn Monroe posed in one in hotpants and the Duke of Edinburgh was laid in the back of one for his final journey”.
“It’ll go anywhere as long as you are not in a hurry.”
“The Series IIA first chugged out of the gates of Rover’s factory a few months before the Sunday Times got a glossy magazine and is the vehicle people visualise when they think of a classic Land Rover.
Long regarded by the aficionados as the version that Rover got right. It has recently gained new currency as a fashion statement and an investment.
IIAs have tripled in price in five years, a good one will go for £20,000.”
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Why Everyone wants a classic Land Rover
