NAMED MODELSpecial · Low volume runsUnited Kingdom
Tropical Roof Station Wagon.
Factory metal-bodied Series I 107-inch station wagon from 1955 with the double-skinned Tropical Roof — a second aluminium roof panel carried on spacers over the main roof with ventilators at its edges, to keep the interior cool in hot climates.
BASE VEHICLESeries IBUILT BYLand Rover (Series I 107-inch station wagon)IN SERVICE1955–58OPERATED INUnited KingdomPRODUCTIONProduction variantLAYOUT4 wheels · 107″
The record
When Land Rover replaced the coachbuilt Tickford station wagon with its own metal-bodied 107-inch station wagon in 1955 — a ten-seater aimed at the export markets of Africa, Australia and the Middle East — it offered the Tropical Roof: a second skin of aluminium mounted on spacers above the main roof so that air drawn through ventilators along the roof edges flowed between the two panels and carried away the sun's heat, an arrangement that became standard on later Safari station wagons. The Wikimedia Commons photograph shows a 1957 example in red with bare aluminium door frames and cappings and the roof's ventilator slots visible along its side. Wikipedia's Land Rover Series history records the wagon and its roof among the factory variants.
The registry's model is a Series I long-wheelbase station wagon in red with the spaced second roof skin, ventilator slots and aluminium door frames; the game's Series I long chassis stands in for the 107.
Specification
MANUFACTURERLand Rover (Series I 107-inch station wagon)
MANUFACTUREDSeries I 107 station wagon
ENGINERover 2.0 L four-cylinder petrol
PRODUCTION RUNProduction variant; count unknown
COUNTRY OF ORIGINUnited Kingdom
OPERATED INUnited Kingdom
STATUSpreserved
ROOFDouble-skinned Tropical Roof with edge ventilators
SEATINGTen seats
RECORD KINDNamed model
MODEL LINESeries I
WHEELS4
NOMINAL WHEELBASE107″
CATEGORYSpecial · Low volume runs
Catalogue fields describe the vehicle's structure and body as this registry records it. They are not certified factory measurements, and no performance figures are published here.
Renders & references
Front three-quarterRegistry renderThree-quarterRegistry renderSideRegistry renderRearRegistry renderFrontRegistry renderA 1957 Series I 107 station wagon with Tropical Roof — the reference for this model; linked only.Harald Hansen · Public domain ↗