Land Rover Emergency Vehicles

It’s Land Rover’s 70th anniversary this year, so it follows that there are some new publications. This one covers Solihull’s links with the fire, ambulance and police services, and includes almost every possible permutation - from ‘48 Series One to contemporary Range Rover Sport. Despite the impressive picture count, it’s not short on detail - and the info s of the quality expected from a marque specialist. It’s also nice to see plenty of photos that have not previously appeared. - Classic & Sports Car. It contains a goldmine of rare Land Rover images and it’s authored by James Taylor, who is perhaps the pre-eminent historian of the marque. The format is simple: a chronological picture gallery, with extended captions, of the numerous conversions carried out on Land Rovers through the decades, tight up to the L322 Range Rover and Discovery 4. It’s the period images of Series vehicles that captivate. Naturally, fire, police and ambulance vehicles dominate, but there’s a huge variety of more specialist applications pictured here too. - Octane. In his latest book, Land Rover historian, James Taylor, offers a nostalgic look at the role of the Land Rover in the emergency services over the last 70 years. Land Rover products have been used by the emergency derives almost from the moment the first model left the factory in 1948. The vehicles featured in this book illustrate the versatility and adaptability of Land Rovers and their more modern SUV siblings. This book will interest Land Rover enthusiasts and emergency-vehicles enthusiasts alike, with evocative photographs that illustrate both historic vehicles and more recent vehicles in action. – Driversinsight.com. A nostalgic look back at the role of LandRover in the various emergency services and the numerous conversions and adaptations they adopted to make the vehicle most fit their purposes. Major examples from the firs, police and ambulance services are featured in detail – this really is an authoritative study and a fantastic guide to anyone considering an ex-emergency services restoration. It’s a lovely coffee table edition, beautifully illustrated with lots of fantastic photos. – Classic Land Rover.

James Taylor graduated from Oxford and pursued further academic studies at Reading. He spent 12 years working in central government before turning his passion for writing about cars into a full-time career. James has written well over 100 books and spent ten years as the editor of Land Rover Enthusiast magazine. He has written extensively for magazines and books on motoring subjects, specializing in the history of Rover cars and Land Rovers. He continues to write for the motoring press both at home and abroad. He has several automotive books published by Veloce, including: Rover V8 – The Story of the Engine; Land Rovers in British Military Service; Land Rover Emergency Vehicles; Rover Cars - A Pictorial History; and some Essential Buyer’s Guides for the Range Rover and Land Rover Discovery.