HM Coastguard Cliff Rescue Series III 88
Preserved HM Coastguard cliff-rescue Land Rover Series III 88 TYO 286S in navy with a yellow roof and bonnet, yellow-and-black chequer along the body, a blue light bar and spot lamps on the roof and a covered spare on the bonnet, shown among classic emergency vehicles at the Alton Bus Rally in July 2014.
History
HM Coastguard's cliff-rescue companies of the late 1970s ran short-wheelbase Series III Land Rovers to carry their cliff ladders, lines and stretcher to the cliff top, and TYO 286S — an S-registration of 1977–78 — is one of them, now preserved in its service livery and shown on the rally circuit. The scheme is the Coastguard's of the period: dark navy with a yellow roof and bonnet top so the vehicle could be picked out from a helicopter, a chequer band along the body, HM COASTGUARD on the sides and across the bonnet, a blue light bar and spot lamps for night work on the cliff edge.
The Flickr photograph shows it at the Alton Bus Rally in July 2014 with a 'Preserved Vehicle – Not in Service' notice on the roof: navy 88-inch hard top with a side window, yellow roof and bonnet with mirror-written HM COASTGUARD, two rows of yellow and black chequer along the doors and rear body, HM COASTGUARD in yellow on the hard-top sides, a blue light bar with two chrome spot lamps on the roof front, a spare in a black cover and a spot lamp on the bonnet, chrome bumper, white TYO 286S plate and black steel wheels. The registry model reproduces that vehicle in the Marine group; the station it originally served is not recorded in the source.
Imagery
Registry record
- Manufacturer
- Land Rover (Series III 88-inch hard top)
- Manufactured
- S registration (Aug 1977–Jul 1978); photographed preserved, July 2014
- Modifier / coachbuilder
- HM Coastguard (cliff-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
- preserved
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
- HM Coastguard Land Rover TYO 286S at the Alton Bus Rally (Flickr, 24116613@N06) ↗ — Flickr (accessed 2026-09-12)
Catalogue references
- https://www.flickr.com/photos/24116613@N06/14561656849/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/24116613@N06/14561656849/ ↗
Registry record updated 2026-09-12T08:29:18.302Z · status: researched