1979 Land-Rover V8 Stage 1

1979 Land-Rover V8 Stage 1 in Le choix des armes, Movie, 1981

Class: Cars, Off-road / SUV — Model origin:

Vehicle used a lot by a main character or for a long time

Author	Message
sixcyl ◊ 2007-04-02 20:28	the house is not bad , as well
sixcyl ◊ 2007-04-02 20:29	Alexander , a little help
Exiv96 ◊ 2007-04-02 21:21	109 V8 ?
Alexander ◊ 2007-04-02 22:05	It is our first clearly identified Land-Rover V8 Stage 1 (1979-85). The 3.5 litre Rover V8 engine and permanent four-wheel-drive was installed in a 109" chassis and made it a very interesting vehicle, albeit quite thirsty! As there was no 88" version, except a prototype, the chassis length was not used in the name. The 'Stage 1' was actually just a first stage in modernising the LR range but stuck as an identifier to the V8 ever since. Thanks for the pictures, Jean-Marc. I had been waiting for the first V8!
sixcyl ◊ 2007-04-03 07:23	Nice to see this long wheel-base LR... my favourite, though I prefer the grill shape of the contemporary 4 Cylinder version
Alexander ◊ 2007-04-04 01:33	sixcyl wrote Nice to see this long wheel-base LR... my favourite, though I prefer the grill shape of the contemporary 4 Cylinder version My favourite, too. I also prefere the Series II with the inverted-T-grille and the lights in the middle.
marklandynut ◊ 2010-07-04 01:13	There were actually a handful of 88" Stage 1 V8s built for one of the Carribean islands (Jamaica I think), but that was a one off. If I remember correctly less than 10 of them were built and the confrimed that even the heavily restricted V8 producing just 91bhp was too much for the 88" chassis.