1972' Land Rover SIII half ton lightweight

aZa · 27th June 2008, 01:14

SirAlec : are these photos from darjeeling ?

SirAlec · 27th June 2008, 18:46

yeah! my home in darjeeling!

Dussey · 27th June 2008, 20:48

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thanks for sharing!

This is the military only version!

Very interesting. Any idea how it came to India?
There must be some history behind it.

SirAlec · 28th June 2008, 01:00

It was one of two owned by british gorkha recruitment centre at dharan, nepal.

SirAlec · 29th June 2008, 01:42

Few more LR in great shape from Darjeeling!

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Dussey · 29th June 2008, 11:43

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It was one of two owned by british gorkha recruitment centre at dharan, nepal.

Great !! You have a very rare Landy, Maybe only one of its kind in the country! Great pictures of the two LRs you have posted. Is it taken in some kind of rally or show, as they seem to have some numbers ?.

SirAlec · 30th June 2008, 00:26

its a rally commemorating everest climbers, its a recent event.!!

no both are owned by different owners! they lend their vehcile for such processions, but i don't. i dunno if they charge or not!!

and yeah its one of a kind, that military version!! i have never seen any other example. amit, a fren who works for car/bike india wanted to do the story on it. but its that we never came to a fixed schedule. when he is free, i am on tour and vice-versa.
I will certainly look for it, that green SII has many years tax pending and a diesel version! i guess you had petrol in mind. and also if you wan't to convert it to private regn. you have to pay heavily to rto in this case.

aZa · 30th June 2008, 01:02

SirAlec aren't the landrovers a common sight in darjeeling? i do not know about the Special Versions, but when i went to darj, i had seen a lot of LR's being used as taxis.

SirAlec · 30th June 2008, 21:53

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SirAlec aren't the landrovers a common sight in darjeeling? i do not know about the Special Versions, but when i went to darj, i had seen a lot of LR's being used as taxis.

yeah! but very handfull are in original state.

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30th June 2008, 00:26	#52
SirAlec Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: zxc Posts: 3,393 Thanked: 726 Times	its a rally commemorating everest climbers, its a recent event.!! no both are owned by different owners! they lend their vehcile for such processions, but i don't. i dunno if they charge or not!! and yeah its one of a kind, that military version!! i have never seen any other example. amit, a fren who works for car/bike india wanted to do the story on it. but its that we never came to a fixed schedule. when he is free, i am on tour and vice-versa. I will certainly look for it, that green SII has many years tax pending and a diesel version! i guess you had petrol in mind. and also if you wan't to convert it to private regn. you have to pay heavily to rto in this case.
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30th June 2008, 01:02	#53
aZa Senior - BHPian Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Noida / Delhi Posts: 1,595 Thanked: 21 Times View My Garage	SirAlec aren't the landrovers a common sight in darjeeling? i do not know about the Special Versions, but when i went to darj, i had seen a lot of LR's being used as taxis.
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