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1969 Land Rover Series IIa “Bugeye”

Sale price: $1,500.90 make an offer

Car location: Edgartown, Massachusetts, United States

Sale type: Fixed price listing

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1969 Land Rover Series IIa “Bugeye” for sale

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About this vehicleThis 1969 Land Rover Series IIa “Bugeye” is a project vehicle. The owner has had it for 5+ years. The vehicle needs work and is not regularly driven.Vehicle Details

Rare chance to own a 1969 Series 2a “Bug Eye” project. Great candidate for a parts truck or potentially a restoration as all original body panels are there. It was a Nantucket beach truck in the 80s and potentially earlier based off the beach permits stickers on the bumper. Includes an extra set of wings, an extra hood, an extra driver and passenger doors, and an extra rear barn door.

Obviously needs a lot of work but figured we'd let somebody save it rather than letting it rot away. Located on Martha's Vineyard, Mass which is an island but delivery to cape cod will be included in the purchase price.

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From a Rovers North article about this one year only model:

Political events in Europe in 2018 had pundits reflecting on the political upheavals of 1968. Hidden from view amidst the waves of worldwide protests were transportation laws in the Netherlands and the USA. Suddenly, safety bureaucrats in those countries mandated a minimum distance between the headlights, a distance that Land Rover could not meet with its existing Series IIA's headlights recessed into the grill. The logic of that placement, which harkened back to the first Land Rovers of 1948, made sense. If you hit an obstacle with a fender, you would not take out your headlights as they sat back, protected by the front bumper.

The lighting requirements joined nascent emissions and safety regulations for all vehicles sold in the US, and by proxy, Canada. They became effective on January 1, 1969. For Land Rover, it meant that they had to quickly come up with a solution for Series IIA sold in this market. Their short-term answer was to retain the recessed grill and radiator location, but drill a big hole in the front fenders through which the headlights would protrude. While not as striking sight as the first “Bugeye” Austin-Healy Sprites, their awkward placement garnered the model the same nickname — “Bugeye.” Those same regulations also required different diameter parking lights and taillights, which looked odd against the much smaller front and rear directional lamps.

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