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SOLVED: FW #388: Land Rover Ambulance by Reeve & Kenning, 1949
« on: October 24, 2022, 04:10:17 PM »
Please be so kind and identify this car: Make? Coachbuilder? Purpose? Year?
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Re: FW #388
« Reply #1 on: October 26, 2022, 07:32:42 AM »
Base looks like an SWB Land Rover.

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Re: FW #388
« Reply #2 on: October 26, 2022, 11:22:06 AM »
Yes, indeed. It is

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Re: FW #388
« Reply #3 on: October 26, 2022, 12:32:58 PM »
Modification done outside Europe?

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Re: FW #388
« Reply #4 on: October 26, 2022, 02:49:57 PM »
No

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Re: FW #388
« Reply #5 on: October 26, 2022, 03:49:19 PM »
Modified in Great Britain?

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Re: FW #388
« Reply #6 on: October 26, 2022, 03:53:57 PM »
Yes

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Re: FW #388
« Reply #7 on: November 05, 2022, 04:31:01 AM »
Experts?

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Re: FW #388
« Reply #8 on: November 05, 2022, 06:57:39 AM »
Is that a motorhome?
Comin' in on a Wing and a Prayer.

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Re: FW #388
« Reply #9 on: November 05, 2022, 07:07:37 AM »
Not a motorhome

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Re: FW #388
« Reply #10 on: November 05, 2022, 07:19:09 AM »
Radio equipment?
Comin' in on a Wing and a Prayer.

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Re: FW #388
« Reply #11 on: November 05, 2022, 07:48:41 AM »
No

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Re: FW #388
« Reply #12 on: November 05, 2022, 07:55:40 AM »
Ambulance?
Comin' in on a Wing and a Prayer.

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Re: FW #388
« Reply #13 on: November 05, 2022, 09:42:54 AM »
Yes

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Re: FW #388
« Reply #14 on: November 05, 2022, 03:34:51 PM »
Conversion by Lomas?

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Re: FW #388
« Reply #15 on: November 05, 2022, 05:17:06 PM »
No

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Re: FW #388
« Reply #16 on: November 06, 2022, 04:46:40 AM »
Early 80"?
Comin' in on a Wing and a Prayer.

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Re: FW #388
« Reply #17 on: November 06, 2022, 06:33:51 AM »
Yes

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Re: FW #388
« Reply #18 on: November 06, 2022, 08:50:20 AM »
Conversion by Pilcher?
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Re: FW #388
« Reply #19 on: November 06, 2022, 08:54:01 AM »
No

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Re: FW #388
« Reply #20 on: November 06, 2022, 02:27:22 PM »
Reeve & Kenning, 1949
Ein Henschel zieht am Berg und ein Mercedes
an den Türen. (and an attempt of a translation):
A Henschel in rushing up the hill, wheras in a Mercedes wind is rushing through the doors. c/o norberthanke

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Re: FW #388
« Reply #21 on: November 06, 2022, 02:50:04 PM »
And the point goes to 'sichel'. Congratulation
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Re: SOLVED: FW #388: Land Rover Ambulance by Reeve & Kenning, 1949
« Reply #22 on: November 06, 2022, 03:18:47 PM »
Thanks fpr the point.
Ein Henschel zieht am Berg und ein Mercedes
an den Türen. (and an attempt of a translation):
A Henschel in rushing up the hill, wheras in a Mercedes wind is rushing through the doors. c/o norberthanke