Land Rover Series One 107 Recovery Vehicle

This 1956 Land Rover Series One 107 was supplied new by Rice Brothers of Horsham in Sussex and restored in the 1990s as a period recovery truck. It is closer to a recreation than a conventional restoration: a full nut-and-bolt rebuild with mostly new body panels, finished as a 1950s garage wrecker would have looked.

The period equipment includes a Harvey Frost crane, a bumper-mounted winch, trolley jacks and original Esso and Castrol oil cans and bottles. Mechanically it has a rebuilt 2.0-litre petrol engine and a later Series II four-speed gearbox with strengthened bearings, chosen to make it easier to drive.

The truck completed the 1996 London to Brighton run and appeared in Land Rover World magazine. Around 2006 it was sold to an owner in North Carolina, and it returned to a Kent collector in 2017. It has been regularly maintained in a private collection since then. The dealer reports it is mechanically sound and drives well. No mileage is stated.