When Richard Hammond approached us in June 2002, he had been requested by a TV company to locate a Land Rover suitable for a castaway-style satellite TV show. There was only a couple of problems - it had to be a 110, it had to be Black, it had to be a V8, it had to be a soft top, and it had to be in Scotland in 7 days time !
Not too much to ask then !
Obviously no such vehicle existed, so he approached us with a request to "build" the required machine.
The Land Rover Centre team accepted the challenge and set about locating a suitable donor vehicle and "altering" it as necessary to meet the required specification. Richard pulled out all the stops at his end and managed to get suppliers to send us some of the parts that would be needed along the way.
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DAY 1
An X-Fire engine was located (note the "999" number plate!) - which was as close to the specification as we could muster. It was a 110 and it was a V8 - the rest would have to be "adapted".
Above you can see the Land Rover in its original form, and then with the hard top, shutters and internal tanks and pumps removed - a days work in itself !
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