AS the summer of 1966 faded into autumn, England was still basking in the glory of July’s historic 4-2 victory over West Germany in the World Cup Final at Wembley. But Rover engineer Geof Miller had other things to focus his mind on, because he had just taken on a new role and been tasked with organising an event that history would later refer to as the ‘Eastnor Safari’ or the ‘Designer’s Safari’. Unlike England’s World Cup victory, the Safari would lead directly to something that was absolutely not destined to be a flash in the pan: the Range Rover.
We touched on the Safari in last October’s in our feature on the first V8 Land Rovers, one of which participated in the Safari, and a number of readers said they wanted to know more. In particular, several said they were interested in Rover’s evaluation of 4x4s made by other manufacturers. I hesitate to call them Rover’s competitors, because in 1966 I’m
