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Old 07-01-12, 10:26
Richard Coutts-Smith Richard Coutts-Smith is offline
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The Snowy Mountain Authority was well known for their early use of Land Rovers (715 between 1949 and 1966), they also trialled at least one Austin Gypsy in about 1958 for a 6 month evaluation.
"The Gypsy was a failure and was dropped by BMC"
Source: Mud Sweat and Snow, by Noel Gough
Would have been a pretty thorough test I imagine.
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