1981 Range Rover Classic

• A very late-production two-door first registered on 25/06/1981
• Comprehensive body restoration and rebuilt overdrive about 10 years ago
• Attractively presented in, period-correct, Tuscan Blue
• Re-trimmed in the EXACT period correct ‘teddy bear’ velour (now completely unobtainable) and most of the carpet replaced with new/old stock resulting in an 'almost new' appearance
• From 5-years ownership and we understand has covered a genuine mileage of c68,000
• The car featured extensively in the JLR 70th Anniversary celebrations at their experience centre in Spain and was part of the after-dinner parade and presentation
• It was also invited to the Goodwood Speedweek Range Rover 50th celebration in 2020 and has been featured in many significant magazine articles, including Octane, Car etc.
• Good history file including invoices totalling £8,729 for restoration work in 2011.
• Fresh MOT valid until 22/10/2022 with 'No Advisories'. 
• 2-door Classic Range Rovers are wholly endearing and always seem in fashion, blending in effortlessly whether at Goodwood or a local country show.

NB: The cherished Registration Number HEG 8E does not form part of the sale.

The no-nonsense Land Rover was an unashamed agricultural workhorse and, though fully roadable, was never intended to cosset its occupants. From day one, there therefore lay scope for the production of a sibling that combined the Landie’s much vaunted off-road prowess with a greater degree of on-road chic and comfort. Though various such plans were mooted in the 1950s, it was the emergence of the SUV market in America a decade later that finally convinced Rover to create such a model. Spen King famously oversaw the ‘100 inch Station Wagon’ project that was finally revealed to the world as the Range Rover in 1970 - a David Bache design that created a whole new genre of go-anywhere vehicles, which remains in full bloom today.

Production of the first generation, two-door cars finished in 1981 and this is one of the last off the line, being first registered on 25/06/1981. It had a comprehensive body restoration and some mechanical work including a rebuilt overdrive about 10 years ago and today it's attractively presented in, period-correct, Tuscan Blue. What makes it really special however, is the fact that it was re-trimmed in the EXACT period-correct ‘teddy bear’ velours, now completely unobtainable and, even when our vendor was at JLR, it proved impossible to source any of this trim. The carpet has also been replaced with new old stock and the interior, consequently, has an almost new feel.

This rather smart, early RR is on offer from five-years ownership and we understand has covered a genuine 68,000 miles. It featured extensively in the JLR 70th Anniversary celebrations at their experience centre in Spain and was part of the after-dinner parade and presentation. It was also invited to the Goodwood Speedweek Range Rover 50th celebration in 2020 and has been featured in many significant magazine articles, including Octane', Car and Land Rover Owner. It has a good history file including invoices totalling £8,729 for restoration work in 2011 and has a fresh MOT valid until 22/10/2022 with 'No Advisories'. 

2-door Classic Range Rovers are wholly endearing and always seem in fashion, blending in effortlessly whether at Goodwood or a local country show.