1976 Land Rover 101GS fully restored

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1976 101GS Forward Control LHD fully restored! – Less than 13,000 km – $24,000
This is a concourse level 101. Fully restored last year by a senior member of the 101 club I'm the UK In chassis and bulk head in amazing shape. 3.5 V8 sounds and drives lovely. Shifts super smooth. New canvaes, seats, new military tires (much better then the bar grips) everthing has been done. Less then 13,000km! Spent its whole military life in the sun in Gibraltar. Wish I spent my miltary carrier in Gibralter. You will not find more original/better condition 101.

she is on the boat right now and will be in VT early April.


Some basic 101 info.
The 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.

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