Re: SER1 Snowy Mountains

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    G'Day Mark,
    Same colours as for normal buyers, ie. bronze green (except for a 
possible couple of '49s which of course would have been sage green) and 
later long wheelbase models were grey. all had the SMA logo on the door, 
there were a number of variations to the logo over the years.
    Of interest, the Bureau of Mineral Recources (BMR), nowadays 
Geoscience Australia had Land Rovers form the beginning and I have 
pictures of an early one in the Northern Territory in sage green. After 
that they were painted orange and by late in the Series I era, a bright 
yellow. I do not know at what stage they were painted, ie. by the state 
importer/distributors or when acquired by the BMR. Certainly later 
models (Series II onwards) were painted yellow at manufacture in Sydney.
    Incidentally, if any of the Australians on the list know of the 
whearabouts of an ex BMR Series II or IIa, one of the Land Rover club 
members here would be happy to know about it. He used to work for the 
BMR and did a lot of field work in these vehicles.
    Cheers
    Allan
    Canberra, Australia


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