The connector on the right with the screw on metal cap is to provide power for a communications trailer. It can handle more power than the normal trailer connector.
I noticed that the connector is the right size to fit a U.S. recessed male mains plug. I bought one, gutted it an replaced the plug inside with a male receptacle. Now I can use a regular extension plug to plug my Land Rover to house current. The receptacle is connected to a 3 stage battery charger which is connected to one or both batteries, my dual voltage refrigerator and a dual outlet inside the truck.
The rear cross member doesn't look mod, not sure if export military rovers had the tapered cross member.
I think the left side looks tapered because it's pushed in. In a different pic, the left side seems tapered, but the right side looks rectangular (plus no PTO hole):
That and the military style bumper overriders in the rear plus the evidence of a round bridge plate on the front right wing along with a pioneer-kit rear tailgate seems to indicate a former military rover, though I doubt the military made the clutch master cylinder access door on the top of the left wing.
--Mark
1973 SIII 109 RHD 2.5NA Diesel
0-54mph in just under 11.5 minutes
(9.7 minutes now that she's a 3-door).
That is absolutely a bridge plate, (used to be there) shadow. I have the original tub for my ex-mod 2a, and the holes for the trailer plug were in a different configuration than yours.
That is absolutely a bridge plate, (used to be there) shadow. I have the original tub for my ex-mod 2a, and the holes for the trailer plug were in a different configuration than yours.
That is absolutely a bridge plate, (used to be there) shadow. I have the original tub for my ex-mod 2a, and the holes for the trailer plug were in a different configuration than yours.
Looks like they'd have been using British issue supplies in the period this was built but I don't know if one can assume that this was made for a MOD contract. It could have come from another foreign military contract and just ended up where it is now.
Anyway here is a pic from the Aden Emergency:
Oman. Sharja to Muscat.
"A" Sqn leaguer, near
Ibri-Oman border.
Photo courtesy of
Lt Richard Jenkins.
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