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| Welcome to "Stuart's Shed". Stuart is REMLR member 209 and has a unique collection of Army Land Rovers. Stuart is lucky enough to own 3 ex SASR, Series 2a Long Range Patrol Vehicles (LRPV). Each of Stuart's vehicles will have a Shed in time, but for now only 174-323 will have a shed. LRPV 174-323 |
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Stuart Purchased this LRPV from fellow REMLR member Brian B in 2007, who in turn purchased the LRPV from his mate Bob early in 2000. Bob had brought the LRPV at an Army auction in the early 1990's. Stuart's unit was refurbished and in comparatively good order when released to auction. It had not seen a patrol since its reconditioning, whereas the other units at the auction had most obviously been on patrol. Since Stuart purchased the LRPV it has undergone a basic clean up, and Stuart has spent a lot of time collecting the relevant equipment that the LRPV would have been kitted out with for patrols. The photos below were taken at Brian B's place before Stuart purchased the LRPV. More up to date photos of the LRPV will appear in this shed soon. |
| Make | Land-Rover (Rover Australia P/L) | Model | LWB 109" Series 2A |
| Manuf. date | January 1969 | Production | CKD RHD export |
| Army Census | 6028 | Engine | Petrol 2286cc |
| Nomenclature | TRUCK, UTILITY, ¾ TON G.S. LAND-ROVER SERIES 2A 109 INCH WB |
Contract | number C106280 |
| Chassis | 25327787D | ARN | 174-323 |
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Brian B's recollections of LRPV's in service Brian remembers seeing the SASR LRPVs being driven in a ceremonial parade in Perth in the late eighties. They are much modified G.S. 109" units. The LRPV has a 2.25 petrol donk like all Series 2A Australian Army Land-Rovers. Brian says the "handyman" welding quality of fittings and the origin of fittings (eg. old wheel hub used as gun mount, etc) indicates that these were unit workshop or in-field mods done as required on a trial and error basis, keeping everything simple. Under the Series 2A bonnet was standard G.S. with added twin Lumenition ignition sets. The spare set was just in case... Bar tread tyres gave way to either Olympic Trak Grips or Goodyear Xtras in 8ply. Spares mounted on the Brush Guard (LHS and RHS) moved to the side behind the seats. PSP, GPMG's, and cam gear were on the CES as per Brit's Pink Panther. Brian B's Series 2A 109" LRPV unit is fully original (not restored) with a unit specific cammo paint job, a ROPS (prototype of the ROPS used later on the Perentie 110 4x4), a 30 gal long-range tank mounted behind the front seats under the ROPS (gravity feed thru a three-way valve into the filler-breather pipes on both the left and right under seat Series 3 16 gal tanks), a GPMG M60 pedestal, and "batwing" spare-tyres, etc. The front machinegun mount couldn't be more simple. All four springs have an extra leaf with rubber mounts at each end, note the bash plate under the front. The photo from above the seat shows the centre box which has the bottom cut out to go into the tool box beneath. The placement of fittings on Brian's LRPV indicate that it was one of the 'intermediate setup' Series 2A LRPVs in-service during the 1980's. |
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 174-323 LRPV in an SAS archive book |
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