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When the Land
Rover entered production in 1948, its manufacturers had designed it as a
versatile platform - a basically-equipped vehicle that could be adapted in
multiple ways to meet the needs of its owners. The very first example displayed
on a motor show stand, at Amsterdam in April 1948, was not a "standard" vehicle
at all but had been adapted to turn it into a mobile welder.
In the years
that followed, specialist companies flocked to create all kinds of
special-purpose adaptations of the basic vehicle, and before long its makers
were having to make major decisions about whether they could honour the
standard warranty on a Land Rover that had been modified by one of these
aftermarket companies. They solved the problem by introducing a Land Rover
Approval scheme, under which they would examine and test an example of a
conversion and would then agree to honour the vehicle warranty if the
conversion met their standards.
Even then, some
conversions were put on the market without going through the formal approval
scheme, and buyers simply took the associated risk. Between these unauthorised
conversions and the factory-approved ones, a vast array of different types was
created, and for enthusiasts today these have a very special appeal of their
own.
The aim of this
book is to catalogue those conversions, to provide both helpful background
information and to help in their identification. It cannot claim to be
exhaustive, but it is certainly the most complete illustrated catalogue yet
compiled on the subject. Illustrated with pictures from the original
manufacturers and with many others showing modern survivors, it is a colourful
and enjoyable guide to this branch of Land Rover history.
