DIFFLOCKEDTHE REGISTRY NAMED MODEL · 1983
NAMED MODELSpecial · Expedition & Campers

Camel Trophy 1983 — Series III 109 Support

The long-wheelbase Series III station wagon supporting the 1983 Camel Trophy teams in Zaire.

Drive it in the gameSources & evidence
Camel Trophy 1983 — Series III 109 Support — Series III, 1983 — AI rendering impression, not a photograph
BASE VEHICLESeries III 109″BUILT BYLand RoverIN SERVICE1983PRODUCTIONSeveral support and press vehiclesLAYOUT4 wheels · 109″

The record

Series III 109-inch diesel station wagons carried support and press crews behind the short-wheelbase team cars in 1983. Their equipment included racks, winches, recovery ladders and extra lamps. One press vehicle was lost to fire. This representative support configuration uses the five-door 109 body with central turned jerry cans, bonnet and roof spares, pillar mirrors, bridging channels and four roof lamps. The supplied photograph depicts an 88-inch team car and is used only for common expedition fittings; it does not independently verify the requested four-lamp arrangement on a specific 109. No registration or individual crew identity is asserted. Exact conversion origin and operating organisation country remain unconfirmed; Zaire is the event location.

Specification

MANUFACTURERLand Rover
MANUFACTUREDPrepared for the 1983 event
PRODUCTION RUNSeveral support and press vehicles; exact number unconfirmed
RECORD KINDNamed model
MODEL LINESeries III
WHEELS4
NOMINAL WHEELBASE109″
CATEGORYSpecial · Expedition & Campers

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.

AI rendering impression

An AI rendering impression starts from the registry's own 3D model of this vehicle, which an image model then paints into a scene. It is an artist's impression of the type, made to give a feel for the vehicle in its element — not a photograph, and not a record of any particular vehicle.

Proportions, fittings, markings, colours and the setting can all drift from the original in the process. For the vehicle's actual details, rely on the registry's 3D renders, the specification and the cited sources on this page.

Sources

  1. 1Camel Trophy Club — Zaire 1983 ↗accessed 2026-09-16SOURCE
  2. 24xfar_adventures — period Series III 88 photograph ↗accessed 2026-09-16SOURCE
  3. 3LRFAQ — Camel Trophy history ↗accessed 2026-09-16SOURCE
  4. 4Camel Trophy — vehicle list ↗accessed 2026-09-16SOURCE
  5. 5https://www.cameltrophyvehicles.com/history/zaire-1983https://www.cameltrophyvehicles.com/history/zaire-1983 ↗REFERENCE

Registry record updated 2026-09-16T10:49:11.401Z · status: researched