The White Rose Pothole Club: Name That Caver - 1971 Corchia Expedition

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Deuchar

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A great photo sent to us recently.

Name that caver!

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https://whiterosepotholeclub.com
 
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crickleymal

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Looks like a Jethro Tull convention from the 70s
 

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PeteHall

PeteHall

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Pitlamp said:
Is it a Series 2A or a Series 3? (Pity the headlights aren't in shot.)
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It's a Series 3. The 2/ 2A went straight up at the side. The Series 3 has the "step" out below the windows.

Edit: there is a 2nd Land Rover in the background which is older, might be a Series 1, but I'm not enough of a Land Rover geek to be able to tell from the small amount visible...
 
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Greybeard

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I can add a few.

Top row L to R: John Thomas (Willy), Lugger & Kevin, Bob Cockram (I think), Derek Crossland.
The two bottom left are Jeff Gill and Dave Ramage
 
Laurie

Laurie

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Pitlamp said:
Is it a Series 2A or a Series 3? (Pity the headlights aren't in shot.)
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Series IIa, look at the door hinges and bonnet hinges. Looks rather old for an S.III which would have been brand new then.
 
Simon Beck

Simon Beck

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I go with late production Series 2a. I could never tell the difference between those two anyway, but thought cosmetically there was little between the late 2a and early 3.
 
Laurie

Laurie

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Simon Beck said:
I go with late production Series 2a. I could never tell the difference between those two anyway, but thought cosmetically there was little between the late 2a and early 3.
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Series IIa even had the headlights in the wings for the last couple of years of production but did retain the wire grill.
 
Pitlamp

Pitlamp

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PeteHall said:
Pitlamp said:
Is it a Series 2A or a Series 3? (Pity the headlights aren't in shot.)
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It's a Series 3. The 2/ 2A went straight up at the side. The Series 3 has the "step" out below the windows.

Edit: there is a 2nd Land Rover in the background which is older, might be a Series 1, but I'm not enough of a Land Rover geek to be able to tell from the small amount visible...
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You sure that's right Pete? I owned a Series 2A and that wasn't straight up at the side; I think it was mainly the Series 1 which was parallel sided. My old one is still trundling round the Peak District incidentally, as it went to a very good home.

By the way, I'm sure Greybeard is right about Bob Cockerham and Derek Crossland. (I never met the other two he mentions on the bottom row.)

I also agree with Laurie about the headlights on the wings on the late 2A, just before the 3 came out. Mine was built in 1963 and that had the headlamps closer together, either side of the grille. Still going strong after 55 years - what a tragedy Land Rover stopped making the latest incarnation (the excellent Defender) to focus on expensive electronics-filled poshmobiles.
 
Laurie

Laurie

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As a reckognised authority on Land Rover I can assure you that it is a Series II or IIa.
 
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Ed

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nickwilliams said:
It's a 2 or 2a. The windscreen wipers are the give away.
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As do the door hinges. Series had the flat hinges as per 90 / 110s

But what engine?
 
Roger W

Roger W

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Interesting!  "Name that caver!" said the OP, but an awful lot of effort is going into "Name that Land Rover"!
 
Maj

Maj

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Roger W said:
Interesting!  "Name that caver!" said the OP, but an awful lot of effort is going into "Name that Land Rover"!
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In an attempt to bring it back to "Name that caver" here's a photo from the WSG website.


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Maj.
 
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