1982 Range Rover In Vogue Four-Door
Limited Edition with just 1,000 reputedly made

Registration No: FHA 513Y
Chassis No: SALLHAMV3AA126400
MOT: Exempt

• Second-edition In Vogue, finished in one of two available colours, Nevada Gold paintwork with Bronze brushed-nylon trim
• Presented as it was specified, other than the addition of Alpinair air-conditioning, which was fitted in 1984 and included instrument relocation!
• Very scarcely seen special edition with only single-digit numbers reputed to have survived
• Offered with original build sheet, driver's handbook, and a collection of invoices

The first-generation Range Rover was produced between 1970 and 1996. The original car was not designed as a luxury 4x4; while certainly up-market compared to preceding Land Rover models, the early Range Rovers had fairly basic, utilitarian interiors with vinyl seats and plastic dashboards designed to be washed down with a hose. Features such as power-assisted steering, carpeted floors, cloth-and-leather seats, and wooden interior trim were fitted later. The Range Rover was a body-on-frame design with a box-section ladder chassis similar to contemporary Land Rovers. The Range Rover utilised coil springs as opposed to leaf springs, permanent four-wheel drive and four-wheel disc brakes and was originally powered by the Rover V8 engine. The In Vogue went on sale in February, 1981; a limited run of 1,000 was produced, all of which were almost replicas of the one-off Range Rover produced for a Vogue photoshoot, minus the special alloy wheels, but with the same coachwork, colour and uprated interior.

The first thousand In Vogues were all two-doors in Vogue Blue. In 1982, a second-series four-door special edition launched, they being the first Range Rovers supplied from the factory with automatic gearboxes, using the three-speed Chrysler A727 Torqueflite and LT230R transfer box. The four-doors were produced only in Nevada Gold and Sierra Silver, and interior specification could include such delights as American walnut trim, a Philips AC 807 radio-cassette player and an insulated coolbox. While the exact number produced is unknown, it is again reputed to be around 1,000 units.

Finished in Nevada Gold with Bronze upholstery, this extraordinary special edition survives largely to factory specification, save for the period addition of Alpinair air-conditioning, which was fitted in 1984 and required the relocation of the instruments. Originally registered ‘FNO 793Y’ in Chelmsford, it has had nine recorded keepers from new, reputedly spending the period 1990 to 2019 with a single owner who kept it in South Africa. Benefiting from a bodywork restoration performed during 2021 by James William Classics Ltd., it included replacing the rear body crossmember, sill body mounts, right-hand sill assembly and the upper tailgate. New A- and B-pillar bases were installed and the footwells were repaired, and the car was undersealed and repainted where necessary. Some light engine work was completed, involving a service and a new exhaust system. Following the work, which totalled £4,145, the Range Rover was MOTed in 2022 and passed with no advisories.

With its enviable specification and extreme scarcity – the only other known survivor in Nevada Gold is reputed to be in the Dunsfold Land Rover Collection – this In Vogue fully deserves a spot in any collection of Range Rovers or other “youngtimers.” It is supplied with the current V5C, its original build card and driver’s handbook, a letter from Alpinair and invoices.

For more information, please contact:
Paul Cheetham
paul.cheetham@handh.co.uk
07538 667452