A Land Rover normally makes you think of mud, slopes and the odd river crossing. This one has a different challenge: a speed bump. The custom “Slamd-Rover” sits so low that the familiar upright body looks as if someone pressed a classic off-roader down onto the pavement.
Under that green Land Rover Series III shape is a shortened Volkswagen Beetle chassis. Carscoops reports that the owner bought the project unfinished in 2020 and completed it with British custom builders. A remotely controlled four-way air suspension provides the dramatic low stance; Porsche wheels add another unexpected family connection.
The engine is not a Land Rover unit either. It is a 1.6-litre air-cooled flat-four from a Volkswagen Type 2 Bus, mounted at the back. Inside are a custom bench seat, a wooden steering wheel and only three main dials. The usual storage space at the rear now makes room for the engine.
The seller has placed the one-off on eBay as a classified advertisement at £15,000. That is an asking price, not evidence that anyone has bought it for that amount. The listing identifies it as a Volkswagen-based vehicle, which is worth remembering if the styling first makes you think it is an ordinary historic Land Rover.
Would you take it off-road? The build’s low body and shortened chassis suggest the opposite. Its appeal is the joke made physical: rugged safari silhouette above an air-cooled custom car built to cruise close to the ground. One look tells you what it resembles; a second look reveals what it actually is.
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