When my brother first suggested Land Rover for this, I thought it was a bit of a cheat – after all, the thing hasn’t changed in 60 years. But then… isn’t that the point…?

The first version of the Land Rover was designed to replace an ageing Jeep that Rover’s chief designer Maurice Wilks used on his farm in Wales. It was a utilitarian affair designed to use parts that were already lying around the Rover factory. The doors could be removed or halved in height, the roof could come off and the windscreen could be collapsed down…

Land Rover Series I (1948-1958)

[ creative commons picture from flickr user Ian Fuller]
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