HM Coastguard Series III 88 Station Wagon
HM Coastguard Land Rover Series III 88 station wagon KYU 893X of 1981/82 in marine blue with a yellow roof lettered HM COASTGUARD, a blue beacon and two spot lamps, silver waist line and MARINE RESCUE on the sides — the vehicle reproduced by Oxford Diecast (43LR3S007).
History
HM Coastguard's auxiliary companies of the early 1980s were issued short-wheelbase Series III Land Rovers as cliff and shoreline rescue vehicles: dark blue with a yellow roof for visibility from the air and the sea, MARINE RESCUE lettering on the body, the coastguard crest on the doors and a blue beacon and spot lamps on the roof for night searches. KYU 893X, an X-registration (1981–82) 88-inch station wagon, is one of them, with the spare on the bonnet and a chrome bumper.
Oxford Diecast's 1:43 model 43LR3S007 is the reference here: marine blue body with a yellow roof carrying HM COASTGUARD across the front and along the sides, a blue beacon behind two chrome spot lamps on the roof front, a silver waist line along the doors and rear body, MARINE RESCUE in red on the rear body sides, the crowned CG crest on the front doors, bonnet spare, black steel wheels and white KYU 893X plates. The registry model reproduces that vehicle in the Marine group; the station it served is not given in the source.
Imagery
Registry record
- Manufacturer
- Land Rover (Series III 88-inch station wagon)
- Manufactured
- X registration (Aug 1981–Jul 1982)
- Modifier / coachbuilder
- HM Coastguard (rescue fit and livery)
- Engine type
- Land Rover 2.25 L petrol
- Production run
- 1
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Operated in
- United Kingdom
- Status
- unknown
Catalogue data
- Record kind
- Named model
- Model line
- Series III
- Wheels
- 4
- Nominal wheelbase
- 88″
Catalogue fields describe the vehicle's structure and body as this registry records it. They are not certified factory measurements, and no performance figures are published here.
Sources & citations
Researched sources
- Land Rover Series 3 SWB Station Wagon HM Coastguard (Oxford Diecast 43LR3S007) ↗ — Oxford Diecast (accessed 2026-09-12)
Catalogue references
- https://www.oxforddiecast.co.uk/products/land-rover-series-3-swb-station-wagon-hm-coastguard-43lr3s007 https://www.oxforddiecast.co.uk/products/land-rover-series-3-swb-station-wagon-hm-coastguard-43lr3s007 ↗
Registry record updated 2026-09-12T08:25:50.105Z · status: researched