CAMEL TROPHY VEHICLES - RANGE ROVER

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Range Rover Gasolina - Petrol - 1981 - 1982

En 1981 el Camel Trophy eligio usar vehículos Range Rovers de 2 puertas con motor de gasolina para su expedición. Esta fue la primera vez que se usaron vehículos Land Rover. En el año 82 volvieron a repetir con el mismo modelo tras los buenos resultados del año 81.  Al final de la página se muestran los resultados de ambas ediciones.

Todos los Range Rover de ambas ediciones fueron destruidos o sufrieron accidentes. Casualmente en el año 2004 fue localizado uno de ellos, actualmente el único superviviente. La persona que lo compró pidio a Land Rover la confirmación de su autenticidad. Dicho Range fue comprado por el padre de un participante del equipo Holandés. Mas tarde él y su hijo, años más tarde lo llevaron a través de Africa y luego lo vendieron a un especialista en el Nordeste de Amsterdam, Hans Hocope, el cual lo ha tenido guardado durante los últimos 15 años.

Los accesorios que llevaba el coche cuando lo encontraron eran los siguientes: Winch Warn 8274,  una baca de expedición con las luces auxiliares y planchas de desatasco y soportes para los Jerry Cans. En esa epoca no llevaban ni snorkel ni barras antivuelco.

In 1981 Camel started using Range Rovers for the events. This was the first Land Rover product that they used. They used the 2 door Range Rover for two years (1981/1982) See result details at the bottom of this page

We found one in August this year (2004), and it is need of repair and and good clean. But is a real Camel Trophy Range Rover, which has been confirmed by Land Rover and Gaydon. There are allot of copy Range Rover Camels , so that was so nice about finding the (as such ) Camel Trophy Holy Grail

We believe (well Know) that this is the oldest Land Rover Camel Trophy truck about. As before the oldest Range Rover was the 1987 ones which are rare as well. All of the Range Rovers from the 1981/2 events were believed to have been crushed. But this one was bought by the father of one of the Holland team. And then him and his son , years later took it around Africa. And then they left it and was bought by a specialist North east of Amsterdam, Hans Hocope . Where he kept hold of it in a shed fort about the past 15 years

It has a Warn 8274 on the front and roof rack with the lights and sand ladders, and places for the jerry cans. But as in those days , does not have a snorkel or roll cage.

This how it was when we got it back to the house, as you can see it does need a bit of TLC  

Range Rover TD 1987

En 1987, durante la edición de Madagascar, se volvieron a usar Range Rovers. En esta ocasión se eligió la nueva versión de 4 puertas motorizada por un motor Turbo Diesel VM de origen italiano. Los vehículos de esta edición iban mejor preparados y equipaban un winch Warn 8274, baca de expedición Brownchurch,  escalera trasera, snorkel, neumáticos Michelin en medida 700 x 16, defensa delantera y barras antivuelco. El resto de los componentes eran totalmente de serie. 

Desgraciadamente tampoco quedan muchos supervivientes de este modelo (unos 2 o 3 en todo el mundo). Uno de los mejor conservados fue comprado a Land Rover en el año 2001 por Mike Robson, propietario del museo del Camel Trophy, quien lo ha restaurado a su estado original y que esta expuesto en la actualidad en su museo. 

Quite a rare beast, you will see plenty of Camel Trophy Discoveries, and Defenders, but when was the last time you saw a genuine Camel Trophy Range Rover ? - probably never !

Only ever used for 3 events, and at a time when the vehicles were usually scrapped after the events, this particular vehicle was used in Equipment fitting and team trials. It differs from the actual event vehicles in slight detail, such as the internal roll cage was moved after it was found to restrict competitors exit from the vehicle.

This one was owned by Land Rover Centre from 1999 to 2001 when it was on display in our showroom.

It was bought in 2001 by Mike Robson who has had it restored back to original condition and it is displayed at the new Camel Trophy Museum on his Shropshire cattle estate

Mark Griffiths, the Sales Manager at Huddersfield Land Rover, has developed a real talent for finding the rarest, unspoilt and most desirable Classic Range Rovers available- first A208 KLL and now this, a 1986 2.4 VM Turbo diesel, used in the 1987 Camel Trophy, and now most importantly, one of no more than five remaining. Camel Trophy Range Rovers are as you now know very rare. They come from the days in Camel Trophy's history when the vehicles that took part in the event were broken up rather than sold on.

The 1987 M.Y Camel Trophy Range Rovers were basically totally standard vehicles, being based around the newly introduced 2.4 VM Turbo diesel engine (first introduced in the Rover SD1 with just 90bhpdue to a smaller Turbo) - a wonderful marketing ploy to prove just how good the Turbo D really was. They were all originally standard R/R colours (This one- C838 WWK, was originally Derwent blue metallic, which coincidentally is not the same as the other blue (Caspian blue) Range Rover in the photo).

The story is that when the Camel Trophy finished that year, most of the cars were scrapped. Mark says "To my knowledge the American team event car (D reg sequence of UK number plates) went to America, and ended up being sold to Africa. The UK event car (D reg again) was bought by one of the drivers (George Bee), and it is rough condition - but he still owns it today".

For the 1987 event the Range Rovers were equipped with a Warn 8274 winch, roof rack, rear ladder, engine snorkel, 700x16 Michelin tyres, a unique to the event bullbar and the compulsory rollcage- but the mechanical components of the vehicle remained totally standard.

Results of the Camel Trophy events the Range Rover was in

1981 Sumatra
Route: Medan to Jambi
Distance: 1,600 km
Teams: 3 from West German
Winner: West Germany (Christian Swoboda & Knuth Mentel

1982 Papua New Guinea
Route: Mont Hagen to Madang
Distace: 1,600 km
Teams: 2 each from: Italy, the Netherlands, West Germany and United States
Winner: Italy (Casare Geruado & Giuliano Giongo
Note: Special Tasks introduced

1987 Madagascar
Route:
Distance:
Teams:
Winner:

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