Moy 109 conveyor Land Rover

History

The Moy Conveyor was the idea of Peter Moy, who saw that a Land Rover carrying its own powered conveyor could drive up to an airliner and load or unload baggage without separate ground equipment. The conveyor system was conceived and designed by Moy himself, with the conversion work carried out in association with Precision Engineering Products (Suffolk) Ltd. An earlier prototype had been built on a Series I in 1958; this long-wheelbase version began life as a 1958 Series II 109" press-fleet vehicle (registration YAC 498, chassis 151800020a, 2.25-litre petrol) which was sold to Peter Moy in May 1960 and converted with a heavily altered upper body carrying the conveyor.

Production versions of the Moy Conveyor were built on the shorter Series II 88" chassis and delivered to British European Airways (BEA) and the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) at London's Heathrow Airport, where they were used for baggage handling. The 109" vehicle is believed to be the only one built on the long-wheelbase chassis. It later passed into the care of the REME Museum at Bordon, and from there joined the Dunsfold Collection in 2009 as part of a vehicle swap, where it is preserved today.

Registry record

Manufacturer

Land Rover (The Rover Company) — donor vehicle

Manufactured

1958 donor; 1960 conversion

Modifier / coachbuilder

Peter Moy with Precision Engineering Products (Suffolk) Ltd

Engine type

2.25 L petrol inline-four

Production run

1 known 109" example; 88" production versions supplied to BEA and BOAC

Current owner

The Dunsfold Collection ↗

Country of origin

United Kingdom

Status

preserved

Catalogue data

Record kind

Named model

Model line

Series II

Wheels

4

Base catalogue fields are exported from the Difflocked game. In-game physics values are arcade tuning, not certified historical measurements, and are deliberately not shown as specifications here.

Sources & citations

Researched sources

• 1958 Series II 109" Moy Conveyor (YAC 498; conveyor conceived and designed by Peter Moy; converted with Precision Engineering Products (Suffolk) Ltd; 88" production versions to BEA and BOAC at Heathrow; ex-REME Museum Bordon, to Dunsfold 2009) ↗ — The Dunsfold Collection (accessed 2026-09-10)

Catalogue references

• https://dunsfoldcollection.co.uk/collection/series-ii-109-moy/ https://dunsfoldcollection.co.uk/collection/series-ii-109-moy/ ↗

Development reference notes

• Moy 109 conveyor Land Rover · HERITAGE-FLEET-REFERENCES.md

  A conveyor running along the vehicle; highly altered upper body. Reference: https://dunsfoldcollection.co.uk/collection/series-ii-109-moy/