Camel Trophy 1985 — Ninety

Sixteen teams contested the 1985 event in short-wheelbase Land Rover Ninetys. This model follows the period photograph of the Italian entry KT1327XX, identified by a surviving temporary registration and Camel Trophy plaque documented by Ronald Janus. It represents the car in normal expedition configuration, before the equipment and doors were removed for helicopter transport.

The visible fittings include the external windscreen cage, mesh brush guard, high-mount winch, four roof lamps, two roof spares, perforated recovery boards and raised air intake. Its bonnet is bare apart from mounting hardware and tools. The red-on-white registration follows the surviving original plate. Rear spare placement follows another Ninety visible in the same photograph; exact concealed cargo is not established. The operating country records the Italian crew, rather than the Indonesian route. Specific preparation provenance has not been established.