AFRICAN REBEL

Isn’t it funny how the anecdotes that accompany a car are often more interesting than the car itself? When we covered “Nekkies” Smit’s fascinating collection (see page 44), it was the Land Rover Series III Lightweight parked halfway into his living room that grabbed my attention. I had never seen one before and Nekkies and I spent quite some time discussing the history of this military-spec 4x4.

These lightweight military vehicles were specially designed for the British Army so they could be helicoptered