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Old docs - Series 1 tests from 1949 by the IAgrE.
Hopefully the link below will work.
It's a report from the Insuture of Agricultural Engineering who had a pair of Series 1s, one LHD and one RHD for testing.

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B4...sp=sharing

They measured things like drawbar pull, performance when muckspreading, hill climbing with loads, effectiveness at ploughing, use as a car... etc. then had one of them stripped down to check for wear.

It's got some quotes I rather like in it:
"The Land-Rover is draughty... Note - The manufacturers state that... steps have been taken to draught-proof later models" - hmm!
It goes on: "During winter it was found that snow and water were drifting through the hinge gap between the bonnet and the scuttle on to the electrical equipment immediately below" - that sounds very much like a Defender feature to me!
"It was noted that no hooks are provided for roping loads carried in the Land-Rover" - they never fixed that properly either.

Anyway. I think it's probably a fairly rare document, but then some things are rare for good reason!
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Those reports took me back to my dad telling me about the style of testing back in the day. In the reports there was mention of testing with a muck spreader but that had to be curtailed as the rear diff gave out. They had also tested what would happen if there was too much load on the belt pulley, they found out the limit by going untill the belt pulley assembly broke!
My dad worked at Packington Hall and remembered seeing some of the LR testing, the testing included driving members of the press through the lake to demonstrate the wading capabilities, all went well untill one of the drivers "forgot" where the submerged sand tracking had been laid resulting in a dunking! Dad's employer was involved with testing another BMC product on the estate, Nuffield tractors, his fravourite trick to get a replacement was to turn sharply with an implement in the ground which would snap the lower link arms off where they attached to the rear axle, a weak spot that took a long time to rectify.
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""The use of light alloys and the heavy galvanising of the steel components of the body and chassis had prevented any rust or corrosion.""
That quality feature luckily was also fully preserved during the 68 years of subsequent production. Laughing
Great historic document. Thumbs Up
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