Tommy
Have you ever seen a buggy or other in-service SII or SIIa with an ign key?
You may have seen the comment about my buggy having a key with a an aluminium key tag and the letters SW5 stamped in. I can't see a post-service civilian tag being given the military vehicle ID "SW5".
I would be interested in your opinion.
Diana
Diana
Do you know the ownership history of your Gunbuggy 112-723 and it's 'civilian sister' 112-372. Both were recently bought from the same owner. Did he/she own them since release from army? Did 112-372 have a similar key tag?
Do you know when your Gunbuggy was released from service as there in no notation on REMLR ARN page?
I can think of two scenarios for the tags.
1. The tags were attached to a retro fitted ignition by the first civilian owner who gave your vehicle it's own ID of (SW2) after seeing this identification number SW2 on your vehicle. This would seem logical if there were more than one of the same type of Land Rover in use by same owner. No point getting single keys mixed up. Tag them and you solve that problem. If the vehicles weren't licenced, then they could not use the licence plate as identification.
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2. If 723 was released in the late 80s or early 90s, it may have been retro fitted with a key ignition for safety or security reasons. Maybe 723 was relegated to 'unit/barrack hack' and could only be used by signing it in and out. This would prevent an 'old' vehicle from venturing onto 'modern' streets.
These are the only logical conclusions I can come to. There may be others that members could post up.
