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Press, Volume XCIII, Issue 27962, 8 May 1956, Page 9

FARM and factory HAVE A ' HUNDRED USES FOR THE . . . ’ '* ¥ A kin ~ I- \ Mud, sand, scrub, steep rocky slopes the ' **” the Land-Rover is the master of them all. 4-WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLE I ' Artr' r ~’ L ~~ Here the Land-Rover is shown x '• \ operating a threshing machine 11 through the rear power take-off. W a LA 16 E R LARO-ROEER-MORE CARRYING CAFACITY i lorger wheei-base - ircreased driving comfort A / \ power take-off. JjJJKSi (X y - * Since its introduction in 1948 the Land-Rover has taken the world as its proving ground and successfully accomplished every task set Rk I ; for it. Now this all purpose, go-anywhere, four-wheel drive vehicle takes another step forward with a longer wheelbase and a I 1 JflW' W |\l /b longer body giving 25% more carrying capacity and a steadier ride, and a more comfortable driving compartment in which partic. -X!TL-1 ular attention has been paid to thorough weather-proofing and adequate ventilation. The control pedals QL] <~nm' {-g-p-j -1 UaRPS ‘P* ll and gear leVer re P ositioned for easier °P eration - Other new features include a new carrying bracket for j J X / the s P are wheel that leaves the body floor com P lete, y flat > flush-fitting exterior door handles, and a new j ' ’ !- v instrument panel with easily read instruments and extremely handy parcel shelves. --- lond-Rover h« « 4-cyllnd.r, 2-Htre engine, two power take-off points (centre and rear), eight forward tpeedt and two reverse, and con be dk jl either In four-wheel or In two-wheel drive In high tranrfer gear, but Is permanently In four-wheel drive when In low transfer. The rear power " take-off Is suitable for shoft-drlven or belt-driven machinery, farm Implements, etc., and the centre power take-off will operate, via vee belts, goner. . VZAstors, compressors, crop-.prayer. and other equipment mounted In th. body of th. vehicle. A front winch I. available, designed for a 2,500 lb. (1,135 Kg.) '- . V ’ XpuU, and th. vebide will haul loads many time. It. own weight. Body panels are In n.n-c.rrodlbl. light alloy, and all exterior steel fitting, are heavily gdvanlsed. Lk. wlf.rriJm.nr.u'vr.bility I. \ - J/Ak In standard form the Land-Rover is supplied with a waterproof canvas hood covering the driving compartment and body. As an alternative a strong, invaluable. Building, contracting, surveying Mjj|y detach . b | e | igh tweight metal top can be supplied. This metal top can be fitted or removed in a matter of minutes. Also available wherever there’s a job \ U „ an optional extra is a metal truck cab which fits over the driving compartment, giving the driver and the front-seat passengers perfect prodone the Land tection. Both the meta! detachable top and the truck cab can also be fitted with a double-skin tropical roof. I 01 \\ The Land-Rover can also be supplied as a fire-fighting vehicle, where Its four-wheel drive and compactness enable It to tackle the ' yikk most difficult going and to approach much nearer to the seat of an outbreak than a larger appliance. { ! Iw.mM.7 ~- - Th * Land-Rover Is Justifiably claimed to be "the world's most versatile vehicle". Comfortable, fast and economical on the road Y \ - and equally at home across the roughest country - infinitely adaptable for agricultural uses or In Industry, tremend- . J • 1 I V X ausly tough and a positive glutton for work, this amailng vehicle will go rnywhere and take almost any job In Its stride. gffl ‘ CARTHY MOTORS LIMITED IMWr ; 190 ST. ASAPH STREET, CHRISTCHURCH ■ ,B-1 DEALERS: South Canterbury: Timaru Car Exchange Ltd. The L -<<- aov ' r »p*" tr ""’ Westland: Baillie Neville & Co. Ltd.. Greymouth. canvas hood, hood-sticks and s.deMarlborough: Marlborough Motors Ltd.. Blenheim. ‘"«n« removed. Th. windscreen . u . 5..5.1. r nn a Mid-Canterbury: Drummond and Hurley Ltd., Ashburton. can be folded flat. The lightweig t meta eac , MASTER DISTRIOUTORS FOR CANTERBURY. MARLBOROUGH AND WESTLAND. S ng CHRISTCHURCH CAR EXCHANGE LTD. ’Phone 79-019.