South African Sabre

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South African Sabre

Postby gerald112 » Sun Apr 13, 2014 7:15 pm

A friend of mine showed me an article from the Military Machines Int'l Magazine about a Land Rover called "Sabre".

The article says:

Blablabla... At heart, the Sabre was a Series III 109-inch Land Rover with the 2.6-litre six-cylinder petrol engine. The basic vehicles were actually built in South Africa at Blackheath, in Cape Province, from CKD kits shipped out of the UK, but how much of th special configuration was built at Blackheath and how much by military workshops remains open to Question.
The chassis was a special type also supplied to the SADF for other 109s with a rear overhang extended by two feet to accommodate a longer body. However, the standart SADF 109s did not have six-cylinder engines, or heavy-duty Salisbury axles front and rear, or the low-geared main and transfer gearboxes from the Forward Control models. Nor did they have extended spring shackles and big 9.00x16 tyres on special split-rim wheels. The sabre did.
Blablabla...

Does anybody know it?? And, does anybody know the rear overhang? An extension by 2 feet sounds very long...

Sorry, I found no pics of it :cry: .

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Re: South African Sabre

Postby JPC » Tue Apr 15, 2014 5:51 am

The 2' overhang and other info in the article you quoted seems inaccurate. One of my Landies has the extended chassis and it only measures 1' longer. According to James Tailor this extended chassis was unique to SADF and probably the first production Hi-Cap loadbin on LRs.

I do have some pics of a Sabre and will post them when I can find them.

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Re: South African Sabre

Postby 22900013A » Tue Apr 15, 2014 7:19 am

I know I have seen photo of Sabres before. They had a big lorry-like front bumper with square headlights in, big bull bar, winch...and a very long body. If I can find the photos I will post them. They are kind of Pink Pantherish as well.
http://sebvehicles.blogspot.co.uk/
http://eblrs.org/
1966 IIA Swb 24125067C ex-SEB managers vehicle HMO968D
1969 IIA 1-Ton 22900013A ex-SEB NBK148G
1972 III 1-Ton 26600078A ex-SEB Cherrypicker VJT440L
1973 III 1-Ton 26600082B ex-SEB MRX287L

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Re: South African Sabre

Postby JPC » Thu Apr 24, 2014 6:26 pm

22900013A wrote: If I can find the photos I will post them.
I have found some of mine. These 2 Sabres were waiting for restoration some 3 years ago. I have some pics of them restored, if only I can find them :x

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Re: South African Sabre

Postby 22900013A » Sat Feb 14, 2015 9:59 pm

Found on facebook...
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sabre.jpg
sabre.jpg (393.65 KiB) Viewed 69857 times
http://sebvehicles.blogspot.co.uk/
http://eblrs.org/
1966 IIA Swb 24125067C ex-SEB managers vehicle HMO968D
1969 IIA 1-Ton 22900013A ex-SEB NBK148G
1972 III 1-Ton 26600078A ex-SEB Cherrypicker VJT440L
1973 III 1-Ton 26600082B ex-SEB MRX287L

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Re: South African Sabre

Postby 22900013A » Sat Feb 14, 2015 10:04 pm

And another...
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Sabre2.jpg
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http://sebvehicles.blogspot.co.uk/
http://eblrs.org/
1966 IIA Swb 24125067C ex-SEB managers vehicle HMO968D
1969 IIA 1-Ton 22900013A ex-SEB NBK148G
1972 III 1-Ton 26600078A ex-SEB Cherrypicker VJT440L
1973 III 1-Ton 26600082B ex-SEB MRX287L

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Re: South African Sabre

Postby 22900013A » Sun Feb 15, 2015 8:45 am

Another...
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Sabre3.jpg (109.87 KiB) Viewed 69849 times
http://sebvehicles.blogspot.co.uk/
http://eblrs.org/
1966 IIA Swb 24125067C ex-SEB managers vehicle HMO968D
1969 IIA 1-Ton 22900013A ex-SEB NBK148G
1972 III 1-Ton 26600078A ex-SEB Cherrypicker VJT440L
1973 III 1-Ton 26600082B ex-SEB MRX287L

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Re: South African Sabre

Postby 22900013A » Sun Feb 15, 2015 12:29 pm

One more.
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sabre4.jpg
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http://sebvehicles.blogspot.co.uk/
http://eblrs.org/
1966 IIA Swb 24125067C ex-SEB managers vehicle HMO968D
1969 IIA 1-Ton 22900013A ex-SEB NBK148G
1972 III 1-Ton 26600078A ex-SEB Cherrypicker VJT440L
1973 III 1-Ton 26600082B ex-SEB MRX287L

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Re: South African Sabre

Postby JPC » Mon Feb 16, 2015 5:25 pm

A good find! I had forgotten about this thread.

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Re: South African Sabre

Postby gerald112 » Mon Feb 16, 2015 6:12 pm

Wow!! Thanks for the pictures!! The last pic shows how big that vehicles were :o . Maybe a new project... :roll: .


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