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Land Rover Series II - Dalai Lama's all-purpose car for over 30 years

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Created on August 12, 2019

Reading time 9min

Written by:

Daniel Koch

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Jaguar Land Rover

Theodore W. Pieper - Courtesy RM/Sotheby's

RM/Sotheby's

Theodore W. Pieper - Courtesy RM Sotheby's

RTheodore W. Pieper - Courtesy RM Sotheby's

Land Rover

Jaguar Land Rover

Theodore W. Pieper - Courtesy RM/Sotheby's

RM/Sotheby's

Theodore W. Pieper - Courtesy RM Sotheby's

RTheodore W. Pieper - Courtesy RM Sotheby's

Land Rover

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Land Rover Series IIA 88 (1966) - der kurze Land Rover

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Land Rover Series IIA 88 (1966) - Front mit den innen liegenden Scheinwerfern

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Land Rover Series IIA 88 (1966) - Heckansicht

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Land Rover Series IIA 88 (1966) - 52 PS aus 2 Liter Hubraum

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Land Rover Series IIA 88 (1966) - nicht gemütlich, aber funktionell

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Land Rover Series IIA 88 (1966) - 3 Sitzplätze vorne

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Land Rover Series IIA 88 (1966) - das originale Certificate of Registration

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Land Rover Series IIA 88 (1966) - Zertifikat vom British Motor Heritage Trust

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Land Rover Series IIA 88 (1966) - zusätzliche Armaturen

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Land Rover Series IIA 88 (1966) - Bericht im Land Rover Lifestyle Magazin

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Land Rover Series IIA 88 (1966) - Typenschild am Heck

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Land Rover Series IIA 88 (1966) - Chassis Schild

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Land Rover Series IIA 88 (1966) - Alu-Karosserie

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Land Rover Series IIA 88 (1966) - berühmte Front

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Land Rover Series IIA 88 (1966) - Tacho in Meilen

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Land Rover Series IIA 88 (1966) - Getankt wird Benzin

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Land Rover (1948) - der erste Land Rover

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Land Rover (1948) - Vorproduktions-Exemplar

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Land Rover (1955) - die erste "Overland Expedition

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Land Rover (1976) - verschiedene Generationen beieinander

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Land Rover Series I (1948) - AA Patrol im Schnee

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Land Rover Series I (1948) - Vorproduktion

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Land Rover Series I (1948) - Vorproduktions-Exemplar im Test

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Land Rover 86 Series I (1954) - 86-Zoll-Variante

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Land Rover Series II (1968) - Als 12- und 7-Sitzer-Variante

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Land Rover Defender Limited Edition Autobiography (2015) - bei der Feier des letzten Land Rover Defender in Solihull

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Summary

On September 1, 2019, the Land Rover in which the Dalai traveled in India will be sold in Auburn, USA. The vehicle is fully restored and is expected to fetch a price of USD 100,000-150,000. There are some amazing details about the vehicle and its history!

This article contains the following chapters

For the journey into the unknown
World premiere of the Series I in 1948
Registered as a commercial vehicle
Further variants after the first year of production
All-wheel drive and robust technology
Motorization and driving performance
Body and interior
From Series I to Series II
Modernized to Series III
Into the final series as a Defender
The end of Land Rover production
An "instant classic" with a large fan base
A very special Land Rover Series IIA
Family-owned
Detailed documentation about the history
An old Land Rover for USD 100,000-150,000?

Estimated reading time: 9min

Preview (beginning of the article)

They are both legends in their own right: the Land Rover and the Dalai Lama. The Dalai Lama is the secular and spiritual leader of the Buddhist Tibetans, his title translates as "Ocean of Wisdom". Buddhism is one of the world's great religions and is particularly widespread in Asia. Tenzin Gyatso is the current 14th Dalai Lama and was born on July 6, 1935 in a small farming village in the Tibetan province of Amdo. His parents gave him the name Lhamo Thöndup. After the death of the 13th Dalai Lama, Lhamo was found in 1939 by a search party of high-ranking monks through clues and prophecies and brought to the Tibetan capital Lhasa. There he was given his current name, ascended the Lion Throne at the age of four and a half and became the 14th Dalai Lama.

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