An unusual motorhome...

#11

Dave Plowman (News) wrote:

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In article <4ac27fa9_3 (AT) news (DOT) peopletelecom.com.au>,
Rob <mesa (AT) mine (DOT) com> wrote:
I wonder what they did for rear springs though. The standard leaf
springs certainly wouldn't be up to it.

Did you get a photo?

Jim

Ah thats good just put another leaf in the spring.

Do these cars have a chassis?

Almost. IIRC two subframes that just about meet.

be interesting to see if they were joined for this conversion.

r

#12

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Jim Warren
<jimwarren (AT) OMITblueyonder (DOT) co.uk> saying something like:

Quote:

Found it!
http://classic-carshow.com/full/Sandwell_2008_Rover_p5_Motorhome.jpg

I bet the drag on that is fearsome.

#13

Grimly Curmudgeon wrote:

Quote:

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the
drugs began to take hold. I remember Jim Warren
jimwarren (AT) OMITblueyonder (DOT) co.uk> saying something like:

Found it!
http://classic-carshow.com/full/Sandwell_2008_Rover_p5_Motorhome.jpg

I bet the drag on that is fearsome.

The P5 itself has the aerodynamics of a brick. Once you get above 80MPH
you can watch the fuel gauge gradually going down. But it is all wind
resistance - carrying extra weight or more passengers seems to have
little or no effect on the fuel consumption.

All the motorhome will do is drop the speed at which that effect is visible.

Jim

#14

Wow, you're obviously a very interesting person dave, have you any tales of
crack in your private parts?

"Dave Plowman (News)" <dave (AT) davenoise (DOT) co.uk> wrote

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Went to the SD1 club spares day at Gaydon yesterday, and there were other
clubs there too. Classic taxis was one - and another sort of general one.
Which had a Rover P5 motorhome among the more usual cars. Looked not too
bad. No worse than any other similar conversion on a truck chassis.

--
*Never underestimate the power of very stupid people in large groups *

Dave Plowman dave (AT) davenoise (DOT) co.uk London SW
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