Lovingly referred to as "Landy," this 1951 Land Rover Series One is one of the most original examples of this model in the US.

Landy is one of the very few North American Dollar Area (NADA) models built for the US market. Note the placement of the forward marking lights, the rear license plate, the plate light, as well as the stop/tail lights. It is powered by the original 1.6L four-cylinder petrol engine, driving a four-speed gearbox and dual-speed transfer case. The transfer case is selectable between two and four-wheel drive, with four-wheel drive engaging automatically when in low range.

It is painted in the original bronze green, said to be selected for most Series One Land Rovers as it was the standard color for the Ministry of Defense in the UK, a major purchaser of the original Land Rover. The simple build has no exterior door handles. Instead, a simple canvas flap gives access to the interior door handle.

Landy is fitted with a Power Take Off unit (PTO) that allows the power from the engine and transmission to be used to drive outboard equipment as simple as a table saw and as complicated as a seeding machine. Because of the PTO, Landy is also fitted with a mechanical governor that allows engine RPM to stay constant even when under load from PTO equipment.

Landy was purchased in early 1951 from the Rootes Inc. car company in New York. It was built on the 25th of May, 1951 and dispatched to the U.S. on the 15th of June, 1951. Later that summer, it finally arrived at its home in Northern California's wine country where it spent most of its life working on a vineyard. In the late 80's, it was sold and moved to Simi Valley, in Southern California, before finding its way back to Sacramento, Northern California, where Jeff Lion performed the bulk of the restoration work to exacting detail.

Landy became a part of The Beres Collection in July of 2015 and underwent the final restoration to bring it to the collection standard "First Year of Service" condition. The replacements and refurbishments were done using the same craftspeople as Land Rover's Classics division; this included new door tops, a new canvas hood, and several new old stock (NOS) parts from around the world.

Landy has spent its entire life in California, and as such, it is a member of the Beres Collections’ "California Trio," which collects examples of each Land Rover series car from I to III, all first registered in California.