900 Club Forum

Hi all,

Name is Norm. From Scotland, been in Mallorca since '88. Landie history:-

1966 LWB 109 Camper
1965 SWB Hardtop
1964 109 FC same as this one!
1963 109 FC Fire truck
1977 LWB Pickup (The 'Daktari' model if anyone else is old enuff...)
1984 Santana SWB Lightweight (in Spain)
A few others I can't remember exactly.

Currently: 1976 101 FC Malcolm Whitbread Trials special, currently refurbishing.

Thanks for inclusion.

Hello from the dry bit of the UK ( the south) is the 101 trials vehicle you talk about the coil sprung one, if so I remember seeing that being trialled !!!

Hi Norm, nice to see you made it here. Interested to see pictures of Land Rovers past and present.

Sean, there were at least 3 Whitbread 101's (possibly 5, my memory is a bit lax) of which Norms truck was the first built, and the only V8 powered one of the bunch.
From what I remember the engine and gearbox hang lower in the chassis, and were about a foot further back than standard to help the weight distribution.

At least one of them did some comp events in the mid 90s whilst I've also seen pictures of a pair of them doing team recovery, again in the mid 90's, at an ARC national event.

hello , all sounds very exciting, looking forward to seeing some photos

Didn't know there were more than 1 of them Das, Im pretty sure it was the V8 one that I saw trialling etc in the ninetys, OMG that seems like a lifetime ago