Years: 1971-1985

Numbers Built:

• Data includes Stage Is (SIII, 109", V8) which were built after Feb 1979
  88" Basic & Station Wagon: 155,900
  109" Basic & Station Wagon: 214,000
  109" 1-ton: 450
  

Engine:

Petrol: 2286 cc, 77 bhp @4250 rpm, 124 lb-ft @2500 rpm, 4 cylinder
Petrol: 2625 cc, 83 bhp @4500 rpm, 132 lb-ft @1750 rpm, 6 cylinder (109" only)
Diesel: 2286 cc, 62 bhp @4000 rpm, 103 lb-ft @1800 rpm, 4 cylinder

Weight:

88" Basic: 2953 lbs
88" Station Wagon: 3281 lbs
109" Basic: 3459 lbs
109" Station Wagon: 3752 lbs
109" 1ton: 3886 lbs

Distinguishing Features:

Plastic, plus shaped grill; windscreen attached via spillers on the firewall; instruments located in front of the driver; a dash board; recessed headlights mounted in the wings; grill not flush with wings; bulged sides; square doors; steering arms under the swivel pin housing.

Notes:

• The 109" is a stretched 88".
• The Stage I is technically a SIII, but has always been considered a separate vehicle (and hence treated separately in IDent-A-Rover). Since the Stage I was built after Rover went over to using VIN numbers, no one knows how many Stage Is were built, hence I don't know how many to subtract from the SIII data

Production Data: (based on a production model built by Ben Smith)

• CKD=Complete Knock Down which is an 88" or 109" that was sent out as a kit and assembled in various countries. 1971
  88": 9,300
  US 88": 30
  109": 14,000
  109" 1-ton: 56
  CKD: 6,800
  
  1972
  88": 8,600
  US 88": 1,634
  109": 13,000
  109" 1-ton: 56
  CKD: 28,800
  
  1973
  88": 8,100
  US 88": 1,439
  109": 12,300
  109" 1-ton: 57
  CKD: 27,300
  
  1974
  88": 7,400
  US 88": 469
  109": 11,200
  109" 1-ton: 56
  CKD: 24,800
  
  1975
  88": 8,600
  109": 13,000
  109" 1-ton: 56
  CKD: 29,000
  
  1976
  88": 18,000
  109": 25,100
  109" 1-ton: 57
  CKD: 3,600
  
  1977
  88": 15,400
  109": 21,500
  109" 1-ton: 56
  CKD: 3,100
  
  1978
  88": 46,172
  109": 17,100
  109" 1-ton: 56
  CKD: 3,500
  
• starting now the numbers include Stage Is
  1979
  88": 15,900
  109" & Stage I: 22,200
  CKD: 1,300
  Additional 88" or 109" (built in Nov and Dec): 2353
  
  1980
  88": 14,000
  109" & Stage I: 19,600
  
  1981
  88": 8,800
  109" & Stage I: 12,200
  
  1982
  88": 11,900
  109" & Stage I: 16,500
  
  1983
  88": 5,800
  109" & Stage I: 9,600
  
  1984
  88": 4,000
  
  1985
  88": 3,000

Series III Military Lightweight


Years: 1972-1983

Numbers Built:
Petrol: 10,425 (1972-1979)
Diesel: 1,909 (1972-1979)
Either: ~4,500 (1980-1983)

Engine:
Petrol: 2286 cc, 77 bhp @4250 rpm, 124 lb-ft @2500 rpm, 4 cylinder (all years)
Diesel: 2286 cc, 62 bhp @4000 rpm, 103 lb-ft @1800 rpm, 4 cylinder (after 1975)

Weight: 3514 lbs

Distinguishing Features:
Angular bonnet; flat sides; pillar windscreen mount; wire mesh, rectangular grill; centrally located instruments; flat dash; headlights in wings; recessed breakfast

Notes:: All were built for military use

Production Data:
1972: ~1540
1973: ~1540
1974: ~1540
1975: ~1540
1976: ~1540
1977: ~1540
1978: ~1540
1979: ~1540
1980: ~1110
1981: ~1110
1981: ~1110
1981: ~1110

Stage 1 (SIII, 109", V8)



 

Years: Feb 1979-1985

Numbers Built:
Unknown. An approximate upper bound is 58,000. This number is based upon a model that predicted the number of 109" built for the years in question. So 58,000 includes non-Stage I 109"s. I wouldn't be surprised if the true number is around 40,000

Engine: Petrol: 3528 cc, 91 bhp @3500 rpm, 166 lb-ft @2000 rpm, V8

Weight: 3396 lbs

Distinguishing Features:
Grill flush with wings; wire mesh, rectangular grill, windscreen attached via pillars on the firewall; instruments located in front of the driver; a dash board; recessed headlights mounted in the wings; bulged sides; square doors; steering arms under the swivel pin housing.

Notes:
• The Stage Is were all 109".
• The number of Stage Is built is unknown because Land Rover switched over to VINs. So all Chassis numbers are jumbled together and there there isn't an easy to pull the Stage I data out from the other 109" and 88" data.