Keithr

I removed the radiator today as it’s weeping a little, and found this label - I guess the warranty expired.

Very interesting. The odometer of my lr shows 63000 km, which I am told is genuine - having been used on an island with 30km of road keeps the mileage down! my lr was owned by nte from 1955 to 1967, Trondheim district. keith

Has anyone got any photos of V17969, a 1955 Land Rover series 1 used by NTE up to 1967 on the island of Ytterøy? I own this vehicle which was re registered as U5586. Has as anyone got a high resolution image of the 1950s NTE logo fitted to their vehicles? Thank you Keith

Yes the picture is from the 70th anniversary rally last weekend. In 1947 Wilks drew the sketch of the Land Rover in the beach at red wharf bay on Anglesey, north wales, and it is to this spiritual home of the birth of the Land Rover that people descend. Over 400 Land Rover series 1s attended the rally, from across Europe including Norway. Wild rover, was your vehicle a NTE vehicle? Does anyone know if they were sign written with a logo in the 1950s, and if so what it was? keith

Hi wild Rover, that’s an amazing coincidence regarding the registration dates. When I got the Land Rover it had had some renovation and was pretty much in the condition it’s in today. I’ve just done usual maintenance things like getting the brakes to work, propshaft, oil leaks, tuning, replacement wheels and tyres etc. Here are some pictures of the Land Rover in the U.K. The aerial shot of the beach is from this weekends 70th birthday celebration on Anglesey in north wales, the birth place of the Land Rover in 1948. I’m making up the floor under the front wheel! No plans to sell, but I’ll give you first option I’m thinking of restoring it to its HTE colours, an orange Land Rover would be fun! There are traces of the colour on the tailgate and door seal rubbers. It would be a good connection to Norway. Perhaps I should drive it to Ytterøya one day on a pilgrimage - that would be fun. Are you a member of the Land Rover series one club? Www.lrsoc.com.

Hi wild rover. The last two digits were 69. keith

Thank you For the heads up regarding the museum, I have written to them to ask for any information they may have. And i I must be a little slow - I hadn’t realised u5586 was the year and wheelbase! keith

Thank you Jon, I have a copy of the Norwegian registration document, but this is useful, thank you. Does the registration number stay with the vehicle in Norway - would the Landy have had the same registration number since 1955? keith

Hallo, I am writing to you from the U.K! I have owned a1955 series 1 since 2015, which I bought from Trondheim. The vehicle was exported in 1955 as an export model to Autoindustri, who were the importers of Land Rover in the 50s. I am trying to find any history or photographs of the vehicle, and the Land Rover series ones club here drew a blank. It was registered U5586 when I bought it, but I don’t know if the registration belongs to the vehicle like in the U.K., or if it gets a new number when registered with each new owner. The car was owned from new by the electricity board (Nord-Trøndelag) in Trondheim and it spent it's first 10 years on an island called Ytterøya - I guess that explains the low mileage! It was then bought by a man called Rolf Kvarner and driven 150km (the longest journey of it's entire life) to his family cabin where it has been stood ever since. It has spent 49 years in a garage at the cabin and been used occasionally for collecting wood when the family were there on holiday. it underwent some renovation by the guy who bought it from Rolf, however he sold it within a year and it moved to Yorkshire, England. I’d really appreciate any history and photos of the vehicle, or land rovers being used by the Trondheim electricity board, especially on the island. Thank you in anticipation, Takk skal du ha Keith