J.W. Burleson photo / Boquillas del Carmen, Coah.

Saturday, November 10, 2012

Is that a Land Rover?

Can it be? I think it must be. Anyone know for sure? The nameplate says Austin. Photo, from Iceland, courtesy Guido Goluke.


2 comments:

  1. It's an Austin Gypsy or Austn Champ, Austin's effort at displacing the Land Rover. It was aimed first and foremost at the growing military market but they were more complex and expensive than Land Rovers.

    Classic and Sports Car wrote a fine article on these rare models.

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  2. ...and the one next to it looks like a Yak, a Chinese miniature of the Dodge Powerwagon [sort of] from, well, I saw them in Nepal in the late '70s...ran a simple four cylinder flathead and seemed like you could keep it repaired with baling wire and imagination.

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