Land-Rover Series 3 109" Station Wagon
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Land-Rover Series 3 109" Station Wagon |
| This is less a collectable then one of the kids' toys. I had a
little row of model Land Rovers on a shelf in the living room and one of
the boys put this toy there - years ago, ten at least - and it just
seemed to get absorbed into the display, consequently it didn't get
played with that much and remained in this fine condition. However it is
not really a great model by any standards. It is an OK representation of
a 109" Station Wagon by a modeller who has seen one in a photograph.
Most of it is sort of OK and you can see why they have made parts of it
heavier than they should be to get durability as a toy, however if you
turn it over and look at the bottom you will see that the modeller never
really saw one of these - the propshaft and axle detail is very poor. It
is completely wrong, however the spare wheel holder is bang-on for a
very early Series 3 - they were mounted low on the door just as in the
model. All the info I can find on this model mentions 1971 as the date
and this is right for a 1971 model Land Rover. What I cannot discover is anything about the event advertised in the decals. There are a load of references to the event - but all of them lead to models of rally cars. There is nothing I can find about the event itself. It looks like a major global car rally organised from Italy in the early seventies, more than that I do not know. If anyone out there can enlighten me I'd be very pleased.
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