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[Larry S.]

Yesterday evening I had the honor of seeing Oxford, in person, as it drove through Oklahome.  At no point did I ever expect to see Oxford in person, especially considering all the shutdowns due to the virus.

When I found out that Oxford was actually going to drive by, less than 50 miles from my house, NOTHING was going to prevent this once in a lifetime chance!

Not only did I get to see this Icon, I was given the privilege to sit behind the steering wheel!

It would of been even better if I could of driven Grover down to Oklahoma and help escort him, but the repair parts for the brake master cylinder STILL have not arrived. 

[Calum]

Given the problems people on here have trying to claim back an original reg even with reasonable proof, I have no idea how they managed to get the reg back for that... how do you categorically prove that a selection of body panels were once attached to a certain vehicle? Or has the reg simply been bought as a 'cherished reg' (if it has, I'm surprised no one did it sooner).

[Worf]

DVLA do not "reissue" cherished regs that have previously been issued. It just got its original number back. Its history overseas is petty well documented.
https://www.lastoverland.com/the-vehicle-oxford

[58paul]

A factory registered vehicle has the advantage that rover kept a record of it when they sold it off, which shows the reg, chassis and engine number. 

A similar story would have been with series 1 number 1, JUE 477. 

[Calum]

A factory registered vehicle has the advantage that rover kept a record of it when they sold it off, which shows the reg, chassis and engine number. 

A similar story would have been with series 1 number 1, JUE 477.

That's a good point redarding factory records, I suppose that's how it was done. I wonder many of those factory stamped components are still attached 

DVLA do not "reissue" cherished regs that have previously been issued. It just got its original number back. Its history overseas is petty well documented.
https://www.lastoverland.com/the-vehicle-oxford

All 'cherished registrations' are standard issue numbers. I know what you mean though - any that fall off the system are not brought back unless applied for to go with the original vehicle, which is what I wondered must have happened but I wasn't really sure how. There wasn't really much vehicle left...

[Bronze Green]

There is a big debate in the Series 1 World at the moment regarding JUE 477 the first production Land Rover which dragged in the Oxford vehicle and Pre Pro 23 all of which had very few original parts extant in fact IIRC Pre Pro 23 was just a chassis when found in Derbyshire. Pre Pro 9 was a chassis and 2 axles when I saw it at Gaydon but was fully rebuilt using mainly period and all new bodywork. Anything can be rebuilt given the time and a good budget but it’s nice to see how JUE was rebuilt very sympathetically.

[Genem]

Yesterday evening I had the honor of seeing Oxford, in person, as it drove through Oklahome.  .

Superb ! 

[58paul]

There is a big debate in the Series 1 World at the moment regarding JUE 477 the first production Land Rover which dragged in the Oxford vehicle and Pre Pro 23 all of which had very few original parts extant in fact IIRC Pre Pro 23 was just a chassis when found in Derbyshire. Pre Pro 9 was a chassis and 2 axles when I saw it at Gaydon but was fully rebuilt using mainly period and all new bodywork. Anything can be rebuilt given the time and a good budget but it’s nice to see how JUE was rebuilt very sympathetically.

Yes it has caused quite a stir