2000 Forward Control

Santana 2000 Forward Control

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Santana 2000 Forward Control

The Santana 1300 was replaced in 1978, by the Santana Modelo 2000. This vehicle was based on the Land Rover one tonne 101" forward control chassis and used similar mechanicals to the Land Rover 101 FC's. The vehicles were fitted with Santana 6 cylinder petrol or diesel engines. Payload was 2000kg (2 tonnes). 2000 model production ended in 1986.

Prototype Santana '2000' Forward Control.

As can be seen from the prototype above, the original target market was going to be military (the prototype is a soft top), as with Land Rover's 101. Note the position of the windscreen wipers, lights, and the nose features compared to the civilian production version. The S2000 Militar was listed in the DEFEX catalogue as the military version of the 2000. They described the vehicle as follows:

LAND ROVER SANTANA vehicles are designed to develop their work and services in the hardest and unfavourable conditions. They can be driven with security and agility in all grounds: Sand, marsh, stone, mountain, snow, etc. The used materials in their manufacture and protection allow them to support all climatologic circumstances, even if they are so hard as desserts, tropical, seas, glaciers, etc... and by their watertightness of the electric system, fuel, brakes and clutches and the pressurizing of the engine, gear boxes and axles, they can ford to deepness up to 1,90 metres without any problem."

DEFEX catalogue picture

DEFEX catalogue picture showing a production S200 Militar - supplied by Juan Sosa.

Several different military conversions were built, according to Janes, including command post and fire appliance vehicles.

Santana 2000 fire appliance
Santana 2000 Militar fire appliance.

The civillian 'Modelo 2000' version gained favour with truck conversion specialists, and as such saw many more adaptations than the Land Rover 101 did.

Santana '2000' Forward Control.