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A POCKET-SIZED 'PINKIE'

Hats off to a friend of the Collection, Guernseyman, Nigel Dorey, who fills his spare time model making. Having travelled to the West Country to visit us at LRHC he took on the challenge of capturing the aesthetic and spirit of our very own Pink Panther, in miniature! He started off with a regular Tamiya 1:35 […]

The First Group Tour of the Season

Whilst not open to the general public, we at LRHC are very happy to extend an invitation to individuals and groups who have a particular interest in taking a look at our collection. It was therefore a pleasure to welcome the first group tour of the Summer. Members of Taunton Round Table pitched up on […]

Hitching a ride

There are times when even we decide that it is sensible to hitch a lift. Today was the day that one of our more charismatic vehicles joined the growing number of our collection located at our new display barn in Somerset. But it had to travel down from its last outing in Yorkshire, so we […]

HRH Prince Philip, The Duke of Edinburgh. June 1921 - April 2021.

We post these pictures as a mark of deep respect to HRH Prince Phillip on his death today. The team at LRHC mourn with sadness the loss of great servant to our country, a champion of British engineering skills and an enthusiastic lover of the Land Rover in particular. Our thoughts and condolences are with […]

‘Recovered’ … Straight from the workshop

It is always particularly noteworthy when one finds a classic Landy that has been in the same hands since new. Imagine our excitement when we were introduced to ‘VPB’. This sits very comfortably within our collection being every bit a workhorse. Having been fitted from new to carry the famed Harvey Frost 30cwt Recovery Crane, […]

What's cooking at LRHC?

We are pleased to welcome our first ‘joiner’ in 2021. We didn’t hesitate when we were offered this unlikely Landy adaption that certainly comes with ‘attitude’ and will appeal to the ‘foodies’ amongst our friends. Although you will recognise her as a 60’s Series II 109”, ‘HEB’ was adapted as we see her today to take […]

Our First Real Home

This may look like an extreme case of Covid self-isolation. It is, however, our 2015 110 Landmark testing out the Collection’s new home. After the Covid-induced frustrations of last year, which delayed us acquiring a fitting home for the Collection, LRHC begins the move to its new Somerset location on 1 February. We’re currently getting […]

An old campaigner

LRHC is strictly non-political in all it does. However, the same cannot be said of it’s latest joiner. This 1977 military Land Rover is no stranger to politics. In September 2019, it acted as a platform for speakers at a demonstration held in Parliament Square in support of ‘Soldier F’, the long retired Para’ under […]

Homecoming

Although we have a number of Series I’s in our collection we were attracted to this sweet example once we took a look at its history file. This 1952 vehicle was purchased new by Somerset County Council and sent on delivery to Somerset Fire Brigade headquarters, which is located in Taunton, just 6 miles from […]

O dros y ffin

We are currently working on this 1963 Series IIA canvas topped pick-up that is likely to join our collection in 2021. We stumbled across it and were struck by the fact that it had been totally unmolested, save the thumps and bumps of a hard life working in the Valleys for one of South Wales’ […]

We couldn't resist ...

“Land Rovers never die … they just sit around in a field waiting to be rescued” One of the boyhood memories of the founder of the Heritage Collection was climbing in, on and around the Land Rover recovery truck at his father’s village garage back in the 60’s. So imagine how he felt when we […]

Mind the Gap

We had a couple of gaps in the collection that were troubling us, those being the lack of a Series III Station Wagon and an exhibit that illustrates the safari roof. Then we got wind of this opportunity to kill these two, proverbial, birds with one stone. We were soon on our way to Norfolk […]