KYL 88D, a 1957 Land Rover Series I 88 released by the Ministry of Defence in 1966 and re-registered for HM Coastguard, preserved in bronze green with its grey canvas tilt, bumper capstan winch, bonnet spare and original Coastguard crest.
BASE VEHICLESeries I 88″BUILT BYRover Company (Land Rover Series I 88-inch, 1957)IN SERVICE1957OPERATED INUnited KingdomPRODUCTION1LAYOUT4 wheels · 88″
The record
HM Coastguard took many of its rescue Land Rovers second-hand from the services in the 1960s, and this Series I 88 is one: built in 1957 for the Ministry of Defence, released in 1966 and re-registered KYL 88D for Coastguard use. The capstan winch on the front bumper, driven off the engine, was fitted for cliff-rescue work — hauling the breeches-buoy lines and the rescue cradle — and the vehicle kept its military bronze green rather than being repainted.
The Flickr photograph shows it preserved on the road, still carrying its Coastguard identity: bronze green with a grey canvas tilt and door tops, the capstan with its yellow cap on a bracket ahead of the grille, the spare on the bonnet with a coil of rope on it, a yellow disc on the left wing front, small H.M. COASTGUARD lettering and the crest on the doors, and black KYL 88D plates. The queue row's description mentions a blue livery, but the photograph shows the vehicle in green, and the model follows the photograph. The registry model reproduces that vehicle in the Marine group.
Specification
MANUFACTURERRover Company (Land Rover Series I 88-inch, 1957)
MODIFIER / COACHBUILDERHM Coastguard (capstan winch and crest)
MANUFACTURED1957; MoD release and Coastguard registration 1966
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.
Renders & references
Front three-quarterRegistry renderThree-quarterRegistry renderSideRegistry renderRearRegistry renderFrontRegistry renderKYL 88D preserved — the reference for this model; linked only.Flickr user homer----simpson ↗
Where it was
GB United Kingdom1957–2026 · MoD 1957–66, HM Coastguard from 1966; preserved
BuiltLand Rover, Lode Lane, SolihullUnited Kingdom · 1957–196652.43, -1.78