Went to The Heritage Motor Centre in Gaydon yesterday, and saw this famous old timer........

at least that was what I thought it said on the plaque. Looks like it could be the 3rd made.......see here

http://www.landrovercentre.com/listings/yv...ssis-no-1/

(Thanks to 2ndRower)

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No interior pictures?

The motor looks fantastic , so who's the famous old timer in the picture then ….

Lovely. 2003 Vogue TD6/1992 Classic 300TDi/2x 1991 Golf GTI/1966 Volkswagen Kombi/2x 1968 Volkswagen Kombi/Probably something I've forgotten...

I knew someone would ask who the old timer was - its my Uncle. He used to get mistaken for Noel Edmonds when he had a beard........!!

Sorry, didn't take interior pictures as it was locked and I thought the reflection from the glass would spoil it. Sounds weird I know, but you had to see the sun streaming in from outside....... 2011 Range Rover Vogue SE 4.4 TDV8

Previous cars :
2003 Range Rover Vogue TD6
1999 Discovery Td5 ES
1995 BMW M5 3.8 6 speed
1992 Range Rover 3.9 Efi Vogue
1992 BMW M5 3.8
1988 BMW 735i SE
1989 Ford Sierra XR4x4 2.9i
1981 Ford Fiesta Supersport

JOKER wrote:

so who's the famous old timer in the picture then ….

It's Noel Edmonds Grandad

 2011 Range Rover Vogue SE 4.4 TDV8

Previous cars :
2003 Range Rover Vogue TD6
1999 Discovery Td5 ES
1995 BMW M5 3.8 6 speed
1992 Range Rover 3.9 Efi Vogue
1992 BMW M5 3.8
1988 BMW 735i SE
1989 Ford Sierra XR4x4 2.9i
1981 Ford Fiesta Supersport

There's no shifty looking bloke asleep in that one

YVB 151H is actually the first production Range Rover - Chassis Number 1. Its owned by the land Rover Centre in Huddersfield:

http://www.landrovercentre.com/listings/yv...ssis-no-1/

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Thats not what the plaque said for it. Sure it was something like "first one off the production line" ? Were the others "hand assembled" perhaps ?

Have edited the first post to put your link in. Cheers.

Were the chassis numbered consecutively ?

It was def the first of something.....

 2011 Range Rover Vogue SE 4.4 TDV8

Previous cars :
2003 Range Rover Vogue TD6
1999 Discovery Td5 ES
1995 BMW M5 3.8 6 speed
1992 Range Rover 3.9 Efi Vogue
1992 BMW M5 3.8
1988 BMW 735i SE
1989 Ford Sierra XR4x4 2.9i
1981 Ford Fiesta Supersport

Last edited by mjdronfield on 11th Aug 2012 8:05pm. Edited 1 time in total

Looks like a good day out.
Would you say it would be worth a 5 hour journey to see it ?

I went from Chesterfield, which I think is about 100 motorway miles each way.

There is the Land Rover Experience there as well, and we didn't have time to see that, so if you spend even more time travelling, you're probably only going to get to see the cars in the "museum" bit.

You can see pics of some other cars in my other threads.

Highlights for me were ;

The first of "something" Range Rover (in this thread),
The Range Stormer
The Tomb Raider Defender
The last Rover ever made,
Worlds Fastest Jaguar
An Austin Maxi rally car
The last Triumph Spitfire and MG Midget made.
The first Land Rover made.
Paddy Hopkirks rally Mini
Worlds oldest Mini (1959)
Rover prototypes,
Metro 6R4 rally car
Tony Pond's Triumph TR8
A pre-production mini metro from the 1980 motor show
Cortina 1600E, Triumph Stag
Lady Penelope's car from the Thunderbirds film.

Plus tons of vintage cars and stuff I didn't really read too much about.

There is a cafe and a cinema, which shows old films about the mini being made and stuff about old Austins etc.

Its £11 per adult to get in, but you can then get in for free with your ticket for 12 months.........

There is stuff for the kids to do and a little car track outside for them to have a go on.

Its smaller than you may think, but if you look at everything, I'm sure you will fill the day up.

There is also a reference library and a reading room, where you can look at archives of car tests and Autocar magazines etc from 1950 odd..........

We got there around 12 I think, and we were the last to leave at 5pm.......

The web site is here ;

http://www.heritage-motor-centre.co.uk/

Its spread over a circle building with 2 floors, of which you can see prob less than a quarter of the ground floor here ;

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Alternatively, join a Land Rover club and get in for free everytime there's a club event

Think I have been there about 50 times  Land Rover Addict
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