SER1 Series One's in Australia.

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Hi Allan and everyone else,

I was wondering if any of our Aussie members might be able to help out with 
this. My other half has a Series one that was owned by the Department of 
Interior in Australia.

Does anyone know what this group did and whether there are any records 
aroundm, about the vehicles that went to this department.

Cheers
Rebekah Lee
2x Series One 1951 ex SMA
2x 1969 Series Two A's
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Allan Harding" <Allan.Harding@xxx.xxx.xx>
To: <series1@xxxxxxxxx.xxx>
Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 3:38 PM
Subject: Re: SER1 Snowy Mountains


>    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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