Registry of Ex Military Land Rovers

REMLR General => Spotted Vehicles => Topic started by: fc101 on July 15, 2019, 06:38:53 PM

Title: Ex Navy Series 3 109 Station Wagon
Post by: fc101 on July 15, 2019, 06:38:53 PM

Spotted this ex Navy Series 3 Station Wagon

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/1979-Series-3-Landrover-10-seater-wagon/192991366036?hash=item2cef2e8b94:g:f4AAAOSwU1NdKsxY

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48288305112_2f742e8f6f_b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2gz5bLG)s-l1600 (https://flic.kr/p/2gz5bLG)

Garry

Title: Re: Ex Navy Series 3 109 Station Wagon
Post by: Carzee on July 16, 2019, 09:27:08 PM

Original LR 4cyl engine too. Nice.

Actually we should archive the photos which are way better in comparison to what we have on the REMLR page:
http://www.remlr.com/S3_RANwagon.html

Title: Re: Ex Navy Series 3 109 Station Wagon
Post by: Stoker on July 17, 2019, 07:28:51 PM

How do you tell its navy? ???

Title: Re: Ex Navy Series 3 109 Station Wagon
Post by: fc101 on July 17, 2019, 08:04:03 PM

Primarily from its colour - also note its wheels are also body coloured not limestone or silver.

Title: Re: Ex Navy Series 3 109 Station Wagon
Post by: AGAS 5 on July 18, 2019, 09:03:09 PM

It also has the same second hole in the front bumper as the in-service pic on REMLR.

Title: Re: Ex Navy Series 3 109 Station Wagon
Post by: armyjeep52 on July 20, 2019, 08:38:42 AM

I think it is interesting that Land Rover call it an omnibus on the VIN plate. Are all 10 seaters named that way?

Ken

Title: Re: Ex Navy Series 3 109 Station Wagon
Post by: fc101 on July 20, 2019, 10:32:15 AM

Yes

Title: Re: Ex Navy Series 3 109 Station Wagon
Post by: pop058 on July 20, 2019, 02:06:35 PM

Not military but my 9 seater County has Omnibus on the VIN plate.

Title: Re: Ex Navy Series 3 109 Station Wagon
Post by: Stoker on July 20, 2019, 03:12:35 PM

I think it's 50/50 chance it's Navy vehicle

Anyone found any chassis numbers of series 3 vehicles kept by the Navy?

Title: Re: Ex Navy Series 3 109 Station Wagon
Post by: fc101 on July 20, 2019, 07:03:01 PM

The colour is not a Landrover colour - specific Navy only. 

They were not navy vehicles as such.  They were Commonwealth plated vehicles (often starting with ZN*-***) and owned by the Dept of Supply/Admin Services on issue to the Navy.  Same with Bedford trucks, buses, mokes, landcruisers etc.

Garry

Title: Re: Ex Navy Series 3 109 Station Wagon
Post by: Dragon Wagon on October 29, 2019, 08:56:37 PM

There are two stage 1 Isuzu currently on gumtree in this unusual light blue. I owned one of them some years ago now. Also, just missed a series 2a lwb soft top in the same colour many years ago now. It had split rims and a capstan winch.

Title: Re: Ex Navy Series 3 109 Station Wagon
Post by: glbest on March 03, 2020, 12:02:38 PM

that is correct  all govt vehicles except army and raaf had z plates