These beasts don’t come up for sale often, but they’re awfully cool. This could be just right for an eccentric collector.
This one has apparently been re-engined with a modern Rover 3.9L V8. The seller goes out of his or her way to point out how fast this vehicle is, which is a bit odd, considering what it is.
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Charlotte, VT
$7,100 with four bids and reserve not met
07/28/2013 update: Ended at $11,300 with six bids and reserve not met
Bonus points for military regalia in a shot!
I don’t think the driver is properly dressed here, unless this is the White House/Black Market special edition.
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3.9L V8 Range Rover Petrol engine swap, Left-hand drive. 12v – New Fuel Tank – Nokken Winch (needs 9mm cable)-New seats-new off roading/snow chains.
Re-engined with a modern, 3.9L Land Rover V8 Petrol Engine. Tremendous power, will easily do highway speeds in excess of 65 MPH. New top installed.
Truck has been professionally maintained and housed in heated fire station in 2002. Truck has a new intake manifold and 4 barrel carburetor, original 3.9 V8 engine and full canvas top just installe. We just had T Congleton Racing and Restoration go over the 101. They stated it is one of the fastest and nices driving 101’s around. Loads of power. This 101 is also capable of doing over 60+ unlike those sluggish Unimogs you may also be thinking of. Don’t miss this opportunity to buy an exceptional and extremely rare beast!They may look like a Unimog but they drive like a Range Rover. They also make great expedition rigs, beach rigs, farm vehicles, or any other mission you can imagine.
101 info
Only 2,600 where ever produced. Parts are easy to source as its mostly series, and range rover parts.
This vehicle was primarily produced to meet the Army’s requirement for a gun tractor, and was designed to tow a field gun (the L118 Light Gun) with a ton of ammunition and other equipment in the rear load space, giving it the alternative name of the Land Rover One Tonne. The vehicle was designed to be easily transported by air; the positioning of the 3.5 litre Rover V8 engine beneath and to the rear of the cab eliminates the bonnet at the front, making the vehicle more or less cuboid thus reducing unused space in transport aircraft.
The official name of 101 Forward Control is derived from the vehicle’s 101-inch (2,565 mm) wheelbase, and the position of the driver, above and slightly in front of the front wheels which used a fairly large 9.00 inch × 16 inch tyre. To cope with the extra height above the ground, the wheels feature an unusual feature for a Land Rover (but used for many years on the much older and similar Mercedes Unimog S404); a flange around the centre of the wheel has an embossed tread pattern forming a step for the crew when entering the cab, otherwise named a wheel-step. These are the rarest of the Land Rovers. They may look like a Unimog but they drive like a Range Rover. They also make great expedition rigs, beach rigs, farm vehicles, or any other mission you can imagine.