CLASSICS CHATTER AUCTION UPDATES: 1991 LAND ROVER DEFENDER 90 'THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E - HISTORICS @ BROOKLANDS AUCTIONS SATURDAY 7th JULY 2018 Brooklands Motor Museum, Brooklands Rd, Weybridge KT13 0SL

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HISTORICS @ BROOKLANDS AUCTIONS

SATURDAY 7th JULY 2018

Brooklands Motor Museum, Brooklands Rd, Weybridge KT13 0SL

1991 LAND ROVER DEFENDER 90

'THE MAN FROM U.N.C.L.E'

Registration No: H989 LJO

Chassis No: SALLDVAC7HA904145

Engine No: N/A

Estimate: £11,000 - £16,000

Modified by Alex King for film use
Recently recommissioned for road use

In a modern take on the classic television serial in the 1960s, CIA agent Solo and KGB agent Kuryakin are forced to put aside longstanding hostilities and team up on a joint mission to stop a mysterious international criminal organisation that is bent on destabilising the fragile balance of power through the proliferation of nuclear weapons and technology. The duo's only lead is the daughter of a vanished German scientist who is the key to infiltrating the criminal organization, and they must race against time to find him and prevent a worldwide catastrophe. The action sequences are superb and this Guy Ritchie directed action extravaganza represents, as you would expect, a relentless parade of cars, helicopters, motorbikes and planes in superbly choreographed stunts.

One such vehicle is the petrol V8 powered Land Rover Defender 90 presented here. During the film, it is disguised with an earlier Series III front but the underpinnings are definitely 1991. It also benefits from a full exterior roll cage and 'Old Man Emu Suspension', specially designed in Australia for superior performance across all terrain. We are informed that this ex-MoD Land Rover was initially acquired by Warner Brothers in 2012 and modified by Alex King, the picture vehicle coordinator of Dena Films, for a number of sequences in the 2015 film, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. Presented in great condition with a MoT test certificate valid until January 2019, this is, quite simply, great fun and a fabulous collector’s car for fans of the film or indeed Land Rovers.