Every single aspect of this build has received extensive attention and care to produce a vehicle even better than when it first left the factory. The late 1950 model year Land Rover is one which points to many changes that were being implemented by the Rover company. These changes result in many unique variations of the series one, each of which was only produced to a certain quantity before being updated to the next design. One of the most attractive features of this Land Rover is the “lights through grill” wire mesh, making it instantly recognisable. In addition to this feature, the vehicle had yet to update to the outside door handles instead incorporating canvas flaps to reach the inner handles. This specific variant of "no outer door handles" and “lights through grill” Land Rover was only in production from May 1950 until July 1951. In the first few years, drivability of the series one increased hugely. In August 1950, weather seals were introduced to the door frames and the front springs were almost doubled in width, both significant upgrades to the existing utilitarian design. Our plan to improve daily driving was to install all possible optional extras that were available in 1950 including period heating system, windscreen demisters, dual wipers, an electronic windscreen washing system and semaphore trafficators. 

To some degree, any original chassis on a series one will have suffered from flexing fatigue and corrosion. There is only one painstaking but absolute remedy to this which we have carried out. Our chassis has been entirely reconstructed from new metal to exacting original standards. Furthermore, the chassis has been galvanised and painted, and this is something not even done originally by the factory. You can rest assured at the quality and longevity of this chassis.

We have also performed in house crankshaft, conrod and piston balancing using the same machines designed for Nascar race engines. It aids in producing an engine that’s more robust and smoother than factory standard’s throughout the complete rev range.