Some time ago I wrote about finding pictures of Katy in a book called Land Rover Military Portfolio by Bob Morrison. On page 90 and 91 there is an article reprinted from a Land Rover Owner International magazine in October 1992 (where it was pages 38-9 if you have an old copy and want to look).
More recently I found one of the pictures in a colour form in Modern Military Land Rovers: In Colour, 1971-1994 by James Taylor and Bob Morrison
I have had recent correspondence with the Photographer (Laurie Manton) and I am extremely pleased to say that I now have permission to share these pictures on-line... So here they are...
This first picture shows Katy side by side with one of the 101's she was replacing. The 101's were excellent vehicles, but starting to show their age
What is clear in this picture is the bonnet mounted spare and the fact that the bull bars are original and with blue lights fitted to them. The UN lettering is clear on the front doors
In this rear view you can see a number of features, but they are better seen in the colour version below.
In this you can see through the rear rood and also through the window on the drivers side that has been removed. The cable on the front window is leading to the radio aerial (the medical commander had insisted all ambulances were FFR - Fitted For Radio)
Once again UN lettering on the rear doors and also the red crosses on the sides and rear.
This last picture is not Katy, but is one of the other 127's in the same markings taken at the same time. In this front view you can clearly see the window mounted spot lamps and the radio aerial. The fog lamps on the front bumpers were fitted to Katy when I got her, but so broken I have to replace them
I clearly thank Laurie for his kind permission to share these pictures here on my blog.
More recently I found one of the pictures in a colour form in Modern Military Land Rovers: In Colour, 1971-1994 by James Taylor and Bob Morrison
I have had recent correspondence with the Photographer (Laurie Manton) and I am extremely pleased to say that I now have permission to share these pictures on-line... So here they are...
This first picture shows Katy side by side with one of the 101's she was replacing. The 101's were excellent vehicles, but starting to show their age
What is clear in this picture is the bonnet mounted spare and the fact that the bull bars are original and with blue lights fitted to them. The UN lettering is clear on the front doors
In this rear view you can see a number of features, but they are better seen in the colour version below.
In this you can see through the rear rood and also through the window on the drivers side that has been removed. The cable on the front window is leading to the radio aerial (the medical commander had insisted all ambulances were FFR - Fitted For Radio)
Once again UN lettering on the rear doors and also the red crosses on the sides and rear.
This last picture is not Katy, but is one of the other 127's in the same markings taken at the same time. In this front view you can clearly see the window mounted spot lamps and the radio aerial. The fog lamps on the front bumpers were fitted to Katy when I got her, but so broken I have to replace them
I clearly thank Laurie for his kind permission to share these pictures here on my blog.
