First post and question

[Rich Lambert]

Thanks for accepting me!

I've got a '58 S2 88" that was originally sold out of Rootes Motors Inc. in Vancouver. It looks like it was part of a fleet of 5 like vehicles. They were all Himpey Yellow and had consecutive VIN numbers. I have 144801176. Does anybody know the whereabouts of 144801177-1180? I'd like to find out more of the history of these.

Here's what mine looks like now.
https://photos.smugmug.com/Trucks/1958- ... ront-L.jpg
https://photos.smugmug.com/Trucks/1958- ... rear-L.jpg

Thanks,
Rich

[harv]

Very nice looking Series 2.

[ANDYD]

Welcome to the forum :occasion5:

Very tidy looking Land Rover, thanks for sharing the photos.
I have a 1956 that came through Rootes Motors, Vancouver, a couple of years before yours did. I often wonder how many have survived.

Cheers
Andy

[dkenner]

I have a 1956 that came through Rootes Motors, Vancouver, a couple of years before yours did. I often wonder how many have survived.

Series Ones? Not the seventy percent that Land Rover claims. But over fifteen percent have been located that were exported to North America. For the past couple of years, there is an initiative over at www.NASOR.org to try and gather up as many sightings and serial numbers as possible, whether the vehicle is scrap or concours, to determine a survival rate. As for the number of them exported to the North American Dollar Area -

Series I Series II
Total 80" 86" 88" 107" 107"SW 109" 88" or 109"

1948 5 5 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
1949 2 2 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
1950 89 89 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
1951 673 673 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
1952 237 237 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
1953 343 343 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
1954 165 N/A 54 N/A 111 N/A N/A N/A
1955 445 N/A 299 N/A 146 N/A N/A N/A
1956 800 N/A 436 35 175 85 69 N/A
1957 475 N/A N/A 320 N/A 57 98 N/A
1958 226 * N/A N/A 107 N/A 25 28 66

or - https://www.lrfaq.org/FAQ.3.LR_sales_US.html