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| Truck Of The Day: May 19, 2017; Oxford '48 Land Rover Series 1 | |
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| Swifty | May 19 2017, 10:28 PM Post #1 |
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The Mustang II is a Mustang too!
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![]() Today's car of the day is Oxford Diecast's Series 1 Land Rover swb HUE 166. The actual vehicle is preserved The model is current and is made to 1/76 scale.(They also make the same model, with more detail, in 1/43 scale) ![]() The model is from Chris.P's collection. ![]() This isn't any old series 1 Land Rover but number 1 pre-production Land Rover. Sold in 1948 to a farmer in Warwickshire and then bought back by Rover and restored. It's well known to Land Rover aficionados. It lives in Gaydon Heritage motor museum. ![]()
It was decided later that the centre driving position offered no real advantages and the idea abandoned. ![]() ![]() This being a very early model was on an 80 inch wheelbase and had a; 1.6 litre engine, permanent 4 wheel drive with a free wheel device that was common to Rover saloons. (a more conventional selectable 4wd came later) and headlights behind the grille. Exterior door handles didn’t come until later. Series 1 Land Rovers are both preserved, and sell for a lot, but are also to be found still in use on farms. ![]() For more a video clip of HUE 166, please visit : : Video walk around For more information and pictures of series Land Rovers, please visit: : Land rover history, series 1, 2 and 3 ![]() For more information and pictures of this actual Land Rover, please visit: : First Land Rover HUE 166 The model is made to Oxford Diecast's usual standards. It consists of a plastic base, a metal body(to waist height) and a clear plastic top half. This is then printed to show the canopy in khaki, door tops in green and silver and the frames of the windscreen. The tyres are rubber on plastic wheels. There are 3 different types of wheel on the model - the spare, a front type and a rear type, all slightly different. It has interior detail consisting of seats and a steering wheel. From the right angle you can see a vague outline of the lights but in 1/76 scale it would have been hard to reproduce a see through grille with the lights behind. Oxford make other variants of the series 1, a CKD type, fire engine and various military ones. ![]() Shown here with Matchbox station wagon to give a comparative size. ![]() |
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| ivantt | May 20 2017, 01:33 AM Post #2 |
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New casting? Quick! Take it apart!
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Superb. Makes a great addition to those who collect 1/76 military vehicles. |
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| pjedsel | May 20 2017, 07:18 AM Post #3 |
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Muscle Car
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It immediately makes me think of the old Matchbox regular wheels #12 Land Rover - a durable British vehicle. Oxford pretty much hits it out of the park with each of their models - so crisply detailed and a wide variety of subjects. Thanks for the comparison shot with the Matchbox Ford Wagon = perhaps that is part of their charm for me - they fit in so nicely with the early Matchbox models.
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