Worcestershire Ambulance Service Land Rover 109

History

Before four-wheel-drive vans were common, several county ambulance services kept a coachbuilt Land Rover ambulance for calls off the made-up roads — moorland, farms, race meetings and floods. HUY 944K, registered in Worcestershire in 1971–72, carries the Lomas-type full-width ambulance body on a 109-inch Series chassis with the headlamps in the grille panel: a rounded Luton over the cab with a black AMBULANCE sign, two chrome air horns on the roof front, a blue beacon on the roof, blue lamps on the wing sides, spare on the bonnet, fleet number 53 and the service crest on the body sides. It survives in preservation in Worcestershire Ambulance Service white and was photographed by ukemergency.co.uk on display at the Emergency Services Show.

The registry's model reuses the Lomas coachwork in white with the signs, air horns, beacon and wing lamps, bonnet spare, fleet number and crest, black wheels and black plates; in the game it carries the blue-light boost.

Imagery

Registry record

Manufacturer

Land Rover (Series 109-inch chassis) with Lomas-type ambulance body

Manufactured

K registration

Modifier / coachbuilder

Herbert Lomas Ltd ↗

ambulance coachwork

Engine type

Rover 2.25 L four-cylinder petrol (not stated in the source)

Production run

1

Country of origin

United Kingdom

Operated in

United Kingdom

Status

preserved

Catalogue data

Record kind

Named model

Model line

Series IIA

Wheels

4

Nominal wheelbase

109″

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

• Ambulance > Classic ↗ — UK Emergency Vehicles (accessed 2026-09-11)

Catalogue references

• https://www.ukemergency.co.uk/category/ambulance/ambulance-classic/ https://www.ukemergency.co.uk/category/ambulance/ambulance-classic/ ↗