1. Series II & IIA Fire, Police and Ambulance vehicles, including
Forward Controls and conversions
2. Series I Fire, Police and Ambulance vehicles
3. Series III Fire, Police and Ambulance vehicles, including Stage
1 V8 types
4. One Ten family Fire, Police and Ambulance vehicles (One Ten,
Ninety and One Two Seven)
5. Defender family Fire, Police and Ambulance vehicles (Defender
90, 110 and 130)
6. Range Rover Fire, Police and Ambulance vehicles (all generations
of full-size Range Rover)
7. Discovery Fire, Police and Ambulance vehicles (all generations
of Discovery)
8. Freelander Fire, Police and Ambulance vehicles (both
generations)
9. "Modern" Fire, Police and Ambulance vehicles (mainly Range Rover
Sport; there are far fewer of these)
After graduating from Oxford and pursuing further academic studies
at Reading, James Taylor spent 12 years working in central
government. However, the lure of writing about cars - which he was
doing in his spare time - proved too great, and he decided to turn
it into a career.
James has now written well over 100 books in all, and among them
have been several definitive one-make or one-model titles. He has
also written for enthusiast magazines in several countries, has
translated books from foreign languages, and even delivers
effective writing training in both the public and private sectors.
He spent the best part of ten years as the editor of Land Rover
Enthusiast magazine and has always counted the products of the old
Rover Company and of Land Rover as his favourite subject.
It's Land Rover's 70th anniversary this year, so it follows that there are some new publications. This one covers Solihull's links with the fire, ambulance and police services, and includes almost every possible permutation - from '48 Series One to contemporary Range Rover Sport. Despite the impressive picture count, it's not short on detail - and the info s of the quality expected from a marque specialist. It's also nice to see plenty of photos that have not previously appeared. - Classic & Sports Car. It contains a goldmine of rare Land Rover images and it's authored by James Taylor, who is perhaps the pre-eminent historian of the marque. The format is simple: a chronological picture gallery, with extended captions, of the numerous conversions carried out on Land Rovers through the decades, tight up to the L322 Range Rover and Discovery 4. It's the period images of Series vehicles that captivate. Naturally, fire, police and ambulance vehicles dominate, but there's a huge variety of more specialist applications pictured here too. - Octane. In his latest book, Land Rover historian, James Taylor, offers a nostalgic look at the role of the Land Rover in the emergency services over the last 70 years. Land Rover products have been used by the emergency derives almost from the moment the first model left the factory in 1948. The vehicles featured in this book illustrate the versatility and adaptability of Land Rovers and their more modern SUV siblings. This book will interest Land Rover enthusiasts and emergency-vehicles enthusiasts alike, with evocative photographs that illustrate both historic vehicles and more recent vehicles in action. – Driversinsight.com. A nostalgic look back at the role of LandRover in the various emergency services and the numerous conversions and adaptations they adopted to make the vehicle most fit their purposes. Major examples from the firs, police and ambulance services are featured in detail – this really is an authoritative study and a fantastic guide to anyone considering an ex-emergency services restoration. It's a lovely coffee table edition, beautifully illustrated with lots of fantastic photos. – Classic Land Rover.
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