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Chassis # 24103311A
Year: 1963
Model: 88" Station Wagon
Todd Rueppel purchased this Series IIA 88" in 1993 ....
Note: As of November 2005 we're fitting a
200TDi engine to this 88" LR... and are undertaking a full restoration of
this vehicle. Up-Date: 1/31/06; This vehicle is now in a thousand
pieces, the chassis is en-route to the powder coater. More later.
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Left: In 1997 Todd entered the 88" in the Desert Pro-Challenge, a navigational competition in Northern Nevada, this picture is from the Trophy Course portion of the event.
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| Above: "As seen in Playboy, June 2000" Todd & Lorie Rueppel head their 88" north across the Black Rock Desert (Nevada) while re-tracing the Applegate-Lassen Trail during the summer of 1999 (silver 88" at the left). |
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Left: Lorie & Todd with their Land Rover in Lovelock, NV., during NVTR2001… this year they volunteered as workers. The 88" was used for course layout, though when at home Lorie uses it on the ranch daily. |
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Left: The 88" at speed on the Black Rock Desert, the home of the Worlds Land Speed Record, though no record was set on this run, this 88" is fast for a 2.25L rig. |
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Left: NVTR99, Todd & Lorie compete on the Trophy Course and West Coast British sponsored them. |
Accessories & Modifications:
34/38 DGV Weber carb on polished intake manifold with K&N air filter.
Nickel-plated 4-branch header with free-flow 2.5" exhaust system.
Port-polished cylinder head by WCBR.
2.5L Camshaft.
Fairey overdrive.
Dual-matic locking hubs.
Twin 12-gallon fuel tanks with back-up electric pump in addition to stock pump.
ARB Air Locking diff x2.
4 point roll bar.
Hella Rally 4000 driving lights
TIC Parabolic leaf springs with Santana shocks.
DUNLOP LT245/75R16 Radial Rover R/T tires.
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