Winston Churchill’s Land Rover sells for £129,000 !
For those of you who may not follow “classic Car” auctions – It was with great interest today that we noted the price acheived for Winston Churchill’s Land Rover.
Sold through Cheffins Auctions – The Land Rover was originally built for the former British Prime Minister on his 80th birthday – It fetched over twice the estimate of £60,000.
The Land Rover, which had been modified to enable him to be chauffeur-driven around his Chartwell estate in Kent.
It was sold with the original logbook registering it to Churchill to a bidder who wished to remain anonymous.
The previous owner had kept it in a shed in Kent since 1977.
The 1954 Series 1 Land Rover was registered as UKE 80 in the name of the “Rt Hon Sir Winston Spencer Churchill KG. OM.CH. MP. Chartwell, Westerham, Kent“.
It was especially modified for him with an extra-wide passenger seat and heated footwell.
Cheffins auctioneers said the vehicle, which had 20,812 km on the clock, was the most expensive item in its auction of more than 2,000 vintage vehicles.
IO believe this is a record price for a Series I Land Rover.
