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Production Data for Land Rovers: Serial Number Prefix 1499

Series II, 1959, 88", Export, Diesel, Left Hand Drive

This table shows details on when specific Land Rovers were built and where they were despatched to. The information is drawn from production data sheets supplied by Land Rover to various individuals who have asked for details on their Land Rover. If anyone has received a similar sheet from Land Rover, it would be appreciated if a copy could be scanned and sent to Dixon Kenner via the email address at the bottom of the page or mailed to Benjamin Smith, 141 Pine Bank Rd., Flemington, NJ 08822, USA. The information will be added to this list. If anyone wishes to obtain this information, write:
    British Motor Museum at Gaydon
    Banbury Road
    Gaydon
    Warkwickshire CV35 0BJ ENGLAND
Allow three to four weeks to get a response. The fee is £43 for this service.

Label
No.
Vehicle
Serial #
In Out Colour Dispatched To
A 1 149900001 19 Aug 1958 21 Sep 1958 Marine Blue H.C.L. Sieberg, Holland
A 2 149900002 28 Aug 1958 18 Sep 1958 Light Grey Automoting Sabater, El Salvador
A 3 149900003 27 Aug 1958 18 Sep 1958 Light Grey Automoting Sabater, El Salvador
A 4 149900004 27 Aug 1958 18 Sep 1958 Light Grey Automoting Sabater, El Salvador
A 5 149900005 29 Aug 1958 18 Sep 1958 Light Grey Automoting Sabater, El Salvador
A 6 149900006 28 Aug 1958 18 Sep 1958 Light Grey Automoting Sabater, El Salvador
7 149900007 19 Aug 1958 27 Feb 1959 Light Grey Fehlmann, Swizerland
B 8 149900008 08 Sep 1958 11 Sep 1958 Green Francs British Autea Ltd., France
B 10 149900009 08 Sep 1958 11 Sep 1958 Green O.J. Aulehla, Austria
B 11 149900010 08 Sep 1958 11 Sep 1958 Green O.J. Aulehla, Austria
B 12 149900011 04 Sep 1958 05 Sep 1958 Green Autoindustri, Norway
13 149900012 16 Sep 1958 09 Sep 1958 Marine Blue Bultanneautos, France
B 9 149900013 18 Sep 1958 15 Oct 1958 Marine Blue Autoindustri, Norway
29 149900014 16 Sep 1958 30 Sep 1958 Red Unias Commerical, P. W. Africa
30 149900015 16 Sep 1958 30 Sep 1958 Red Unias Commerical, P. W. Africa
31 149900016 16 Sep 1958 30 Sep 1958 Red Unias Commerical, P. W. Africa
32 149900017 19 Sep 1958 30 Sep 1958 Red Unias Commerical, P. W. Africa
33 149900018 16 Sep 1958 30 Sep 1958 Red Unias Commerical, P. W. Africa
19 149900019 17 Sep 1958 30 Sep 1958 Light Green Unias Commerical, P. W. Africa
20 149900020 18 Sep 1958 30 Sep 1958 Light Green Unias Commerical, P. W. Africa
21 149900021 18 Sep 1958 30 Sep 1958 Light Green Unias Commerical, P. W. Africa
22 149900022 16 Sep 1958 30 Sep 1958 Light Green Unias Commerical, P. W. Africa
23 149900023 16 Sep 1958 30 Sep 1958 Light Green Unias Commerical, P. W. Africa
24 149900024 16 Sep 1958 30 Sep 1958 Marine Blue Unias Commerical, P. W. Africa
25 149900025 16 Sep 1958 30 Sep 1958 Marine Blue Unias Commerical, P. W. Africa
26 149900026 19 Sep 1958 30 Sep 1958 Marine Blue Unias Commerical, P. W. Africa
27 149900027 18 Sep 1958 30 Sep 1958 Marine Blue Unias Commerical, P. W. Africa
28 149900028 16 Sep 1958 30 Sep 1958 Marine Blue Unias Commerical, P. W. Africa
35 149900029 17 Sep 1958 06 Oct 1958 Marine Blue Rootes, Newfoundland






B 57 149900056 15 Sep 1958 16 Oct 1958 Green Rover Motor Co., Ontario
B 63 149900057 29 Sep 1958 03 Nov 1958 Green Rover Motor Co., Vancouver
B 56 149900058 14 Sep 1958 16 Oct 1958 Light Green Rover Motor Co., Ontario
B 62 149900059 10 Sep 1958 03 Nov 1958 Light Green Rover Motor Co., Vancouver
58 149900060 09 Sep 1958 09 Oct 1958 Marine Blue Rover Motor Co. Ltd., Canada
A 61 149900061 14 Sep 1958 17 Oct 1958 Marine Blue Rover Motor Co. Ltd., Ontario
B 60 149900062 28 Sep 1958 03 Nov 1958 Red Rover Motor Co. Ltd., Vancouver
B 59 149900063 29 Sep 1958 03 Nov 1958 Highway Yellow Rover Motor Co. Ltd., Vancouver






123 149900119 17 Dec 1958 19 Dec 1958 Light Green The Rover Motor Co., Canada
B 122 149900120 31 Dec 1958 01 Jan 1959 Marine Blue The Rover Motor Co., Canada






148 149900148 16 Feb 1959 26 Feb 1959 Green Rover, Newfoundland
153 149900149 29 Jan 1959 13 Feb 1959 Bronze Green Rover Co., San Francisco
154 149900150 10 Feb 1959 13 Feb 1959 Sand Rover Co., San Francisco
151 149900151 10 Feb 1959 13 Feb 1959 light Green Rover Co., San Francisco
A 150 149900152 16 Feb 1959 20 Mar 1959 Marine Blue Rover Co., San Francisco
155 149900153 03 Feb 1959 23 Feb 1959 Marine Blue U.C. Da Automovies, P. West Africa
156 149900154 12 Feb 1959 23 Feb 1959 Marine Blue U.C. Da Automovies, P. West Africa
A 152 149900155 16 Feb 1959 20 Mar 1959 Limestone Rover Co., San Francisco






B 254 149900255 24 Apr 1959 01 May 1959 Light Green Rover, Los Angeles
B 255 149900256 23 Apr 1959 01 May 1959 Light Green Rover, Seattle
B 257 149900257 22 Apr 1959 01 May 1959 Light Green Rover, San Francisco
D 265 149900258 24 Apr 1959 29 Apr 1959 Light Green Rover Co., Montreal
B 256 149900259 23 Apr 1959 01 May 1959 Marine Blue Rover, San Francisco
B 258 149900260 01 May 1959 11 May 1959 Mid Grey Rover, San Francisco
A 259 149900261 24 Apr 1959 04 May 1959 Mid Grey Fehlman, Swizerland
A 260 149900262 27 Apr 1959 04 May 1959 Mid Grey Fehlman, Swizerland
A 261 149900263 28 Apr 1959 04 May 1959 Mid Grey Fehlman, Swizerland
B 262 149900264 24 Apr 1959 04 May 1959 Mid Grey Fehlman, Swizerland
B 263 149900265 24 Apr 1959 04 May 1959 Mid Grey Fehlman, Swizerland
D 267 149900266 30 Apr 1959 (blank) Mid Grey Rover Co., Vancouver
A 268 149900267 01 May 1959 26 May 1959 Green Electro Mec, Lisbon
A 269 149900268 27 Apr 1959 26 May 1959 Green Electro Mec, Lisbon
D 266 149900269 30 Apr 1959 05 May 1959 Highway Yellow Rover Co., Vancouver
D 272 149900270 08 May 1959 02 Jul 1959 Light Green S.S. Morratab, Iran
D 270 149900271 13 May 1959 26 May 1959 Marine Blue Faneagai, Spanish Guinea
D 273 149900272 04 May 1959 02 Jul 1959 Light Green S.S. Morratab, Iran
D 271 149900273 05 May 1959 02 Jul 1959 Light Green S.S. Morratab, Iran
B 290 149900274 04 May 1959 05 May 1959 Green Rover, San Francisco
B 287 149900275 06 May 1959 11 May 1959 Sand Rover, Los Angeles
D 291 149900276 06 May 1959 14 May 1959 Sand Rover, San Francisco
B 281 149900277 08 May 1959 14 May 1959 Light Green Rover, Los Angeles
B 282 149900278 11 May 1959 14 May 1959 Light Green Rover, Seattle
B 283 149900279 20 May 1959 26 May 1959 Light Green Rover, San Francisco
A 274 149900280 06 May 1959 21 May 1959 Light Green Mitchell Cotts, Somalia
A 275 149900281 06 May 1959 21 May 1959 Light Green Mitchell Cotts, Somalia
284 149900282 06 May 1959 15 May 1959 Light Green Rover Montreal
D 285 149900283 01 Jun 1959 04 Jun 1959 Highway Yellow Rover Montreal
B 288 149900284 06 May 1959 11 May 1959 Limestone Rover Seattle
B 276 149900285 07 May 1959 12 May 1959 Mid Grey Shavishnovisk, Switzerland






289 149900290 11 May 1959 14 May 1959 Mid Grey Rover, San Francisco
D 286 149900291 07 May 1959 15 May 1959 Red Rover, Montreal






A 308 14990301 01 Jun 1959 03 Jun 1959 Bronze Green Rover, Vancouver
D 300 14990302 01 Jun 1959 03 Jun 1959 Marine Blue Rover, Canada
B 301 14990303 01 Jun 1959 22 Jun 1959 Marine Blue Fervega Fernando
D 207 14990304 02 Jun 1959 25 Jun 1959 Highway Yellow Rover, Vancouver
D 303 14990305 09 Jun 1959 11 Jun 1959 Marine Blue Rover, San Francisco
B 302 14990306 15 Jun 1959 22 Jun 1959 Limestone Rover, Montreal






D 312 149900312 23 Jun 1959 08 Jul 1959 Marine BLue Rover, Seattle
D 313 149900313 02 Jul 1959 08 Jul 1959 D. K. Grey Rover, Seattle
D 317 149900314 02 Jul 1959 09 Jul 1959 Marine BLue Rover, Montreal






D 343 14990338 10 Aug 1959 21 Aug 1959 Light Green Rover, Montreal
B 346 14990339 10 Aug 1959 14 Aug 1959 Light Green Rover, San Francisco
D 331 14990340 11 Aug 1959 17 Aug 1959 Red Unico Com., P.W. Africa
D 350 14990341 19 Aug 1959 01 Sep 1959 Bronze Green Mr. Wennick (Pres Mission), Korea
347 14990342 21 Aug 1959 28 Aug 1959 Bronze Green Rocar Sdad, Canary Islands
B 344 14990343 11 Aug 1959 14 Aug 1959 Bronze Green Rover, San Francisco
B 345 14990344 14 Aug 1959 18 Aug 1959 Marine Blue Rover, San Francisco
D 338 14990345 14 Aug 1959 18 Aug 1959 Mid Grey Fehlman, Swizerland
D 339 14990346 14 Aug 1959 18 Aug 1959 Mid Grey Fehlman, Swizerland
B 340 14990347 17 Aug 1959 25 Aug 1959 Mid Grey Fehlman, Swizerland
D 341 14990348 28 Aug 1959 02 Sep 1959 Mid Grey Fehlman, Swizerland
D 342 14990349 14 Aug 1959 18 Aug 1959 Mid Grey Fehlman, Swizerland
B 334 14990350 14 Aug 1959 18 Aug 1959 Mid Grey Rover, Los Angeles
335 14990351 14 Aug 1959 28 Aug 1959 Mid Grey Hermanos, Canary Islands
B 336 14990352 18 Aug 1959 14 Sep 1959 Mid Grey Hermanos, Canary Islands
D 337 14990353 26 Aug 1959 14 Oct 1959 Mid Grey Hermanos, Canary Islands
B 348 14990354 28 Aug 1959 14 Sep 1959 Mid Grey Hermanos, Canary Islands
D 349 14990355 28 Aug 1959 14 Oct 1959 Mid Grey Hermanos, Canary Islands







00355 is the last of  this type built



Thanks to: Lynn Helm and unknown for supplying this information

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