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Overland & Highway Ltd

Shrewsbury Shropshire

1972 Range Rover Classic 3.5V8 - Suffix-A Racer! SOLD

1972 Range Rover Classic ‘Racer’

‘Suffix-A’ 2-Door | 1972 | 3. 5 V8 | 5-Speed Manual | Off Road/ Race Spec Pickup Body with Full Cage | MoT’d until 10th Nov 2019

Equipment:

Suffix-A Range Rover ‘Classic’, modified for off road racing/ trialling. 3. 5 Rover V8. 5spd LT77 manual transmission with Discovery Hi/ Low/ Difflock transfer box. Salisbury rear axle, with disc brakes all round. Rover front axle with uprated KAM internals. Original Range Rover chassis with upswept rear ¼ chassis. Rear bodywork modified into pickup form for weight reduction. Full external rollover cage. 5 x Boost alloy wheels with Insa Turbo Dakar mud terrain tyres. Front sump/ steering guard and rear fuel tank guard. Britpart yellow HD springs with De Carbon dampers all round. Power steering. Corbeau bucket seats and 4-point harnesses. Fire extinguisher and Hilift jack. First registered on 11/ 08/ 1972 in Armagh (full UK V5C).

Description:

The Land Rover ‘Range Rover’ was launched in 1970 after four years of development. Originally only available as a 3-door model with the 3. 5 Rover V8, it was a huge success from the Louvre to the middle of the Sahara Desert, and some say it invented the term ‘Sports Utility Vehicle’. Range Rover is still in production today, albeit as a totally different vehicle, but still using similar world-beating design principles.

This particular vehicle started life as one of the earlier, ‘Suffix-A’ 2-door cars and was first registered in Ireland. At some point in its life, it was imported back into the UK, and after various owners it was bought by a local, well-regarded Land Rover enthusiast who intended to participate in the Kenyan ‘Rhino Charge’ off road rally. The main modifications carried out include a modified rear body to make the vehicle into a pickup thus reducing weight, the rear quatre chassis and fuel tank upswept to give a greater departure angle and a full rollover cage fitted protecting the occupants and bodywork. Sadly the vehicle never made it to Kenya due to various red tape, but has participated in a few ‘Comp Safari’ type events so some bodywork has been damaged and replaced, but overall the vehicle is solid and reasonably straight.

Since the vehicle was expected to perform reliably in Africa, the mechanics of the vehicle are all to a high-specification. The smooth-running 3, 532cc Rover V8 (originally from a Triumph TR7) is built to Range Rover spec, fitted with twin SU carburettors, and is coupled to a LT77 five speed gearbox and Discovery transfer box giving the ability to engage differential lock (rather than a Range Rover viscous coupling). The front axle is of Rover type with upgraded KAM internals, and the rear axle is a Salisbury unit with disc brakes.

Externally, the bodywork is what you would expect of an ex-competition car, a few dents/ scrapes, a little rust (namely on the front edges of the bonnet) and faded flaky paintwork – You could give it a fresh paint job into your own choice of livery, otherwise could be used as is. Underneath, the chassis has had a few welded repairs, as well as the rear quatre modification (the rest is original and of standard wheelbase), but is in a good solid state with no further required. The rollover cage is fabricated to a good standard and we are told is eligible for MSA events. If you wish to compete in such events however, you may need to replace the seats, harnesses, fire extinguisher etc as these would be ‘out of date’.

The vehicle is tax exempt and has just had an MoT inspection carried out which it passed with no problems – all lights, wipers, brakes etc all work as they should and drives well on the road with plenty of power. This Range Rover would make an ideal winter project to get up to full competition specification for next season, or would make a superb club trialer/ off road play thing as it comes. A winch bumper (no winch) is also available additionally, so you could also use it for winch challenges with a little extra modification. If you are interested, please get in touch!


Conditions:

We have described the vehicle as accurately as we can, but please take your time looking through the photos. Viewing is most welcome, if you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact us. All funds must be cleared before the vehicle can be taken away. We are happy to take deposits to reserve vehicles, however this is non-refundable fee agreed on point of sale, and is valid for 7 days at which point the full balance must be settled and collection or delivery arranged.

This vehicle is for sale on behalf of a client, therefore we are unable to offer any warranty on this vehicle.
The vehicle must be collected from our premises near Church Stretton, Shrewsbury. We can also arrange UK delivery by trailer if you so require.

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