LOT 467

1976 Land Rover Forward Control 4x4 Military Vehicle Registration no. 0JT 110P Chassis no. 96400156A

Sold for £13,225 inc. premium

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Lot 467

Offered on behalf of a British Army Charity
1976 Land Rover Forward Control 4x4 Military Vehicle

The Beaulieu Sale: Collectors' Motor Cars & Automobilia|6 September 2025, 13:00 BST|Beaulieu, National Motor Museum

1976 Land Rover Forward Control 4x4 Military Vehicle
Registration no. 0JT 110P
Chassis no. 96400156A

• Purpose built military Land Rover for the British Army
• 'Desert' livery
• Civilian registered in 2007

"There is a certain irony that the Land Rover, having been conceived as a civilian version of the military Jeep, would score some of its greatest successes with the military. The company once estimated that military forces bought 40 per cent of all the utility models it ever built, and by the 1960s it was sparing no effort to meet military requirements." - Eric Dymock, Land Rover File.

The forward control Land Rover arrived in 1972 and went into front line service in 1975; this was the purpose built, military only One-Tonne or 101" model, designed to tow the British Army's 105mm howitzer. The 101" was powered by Rover's 3.5-litre V8 petrol engine and used the transmission from the Range Rover configured for permanent four-wheel drive. There was a separate box-section chassis with beam axles front and rear, while the bodyshell was panelled in steel and aluminium. Its forward control layout made for short overhangs, which coupled with ample ground clearance endowed the 101" with exceptional off-road capability, and with a top speed of 75mph the 101" was fast for a military vehicle. Both right- and left-hand drive models were built, and there were versions to suit all manner of military applications. The bulk of production went to the British Army, while many found customers in the Middle East and elsewhere. Production ceased in 1978, by which time 2,669 examples had been built.

The example offered here is finished in a sand-coloured livery, likely intended to see service in the Middle East or Africa. The date of first (civilian) registration is 21st August 2007. The vehicle is understood to have been used in the first Gulf War for NBC duties.

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