Dormobile on the bay

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Dormobile on the bay

Post by DrivingDutchman » Fri Aug 31, 2018 9:00 pm

1969 109 sw dormobile Dora
1996 overland defender sw 110 Nellie
1962 109 sw safari diesel Hannie (sold)
1973 88 series 3 soft top in various bits on the drive...
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Re: Dormobile on the bay

Post by RMS » Sun Sep 02, 2018 9:18 am

Yes, popped up on my saved search.

It looks pretty complete and the interior looks in good condition, which I suppose it would have to be to command that sort of price. It's also a 6 pot, which, as the seller says, are becoming increasingly rare.

I'm not sure about the statements about an S3 being worth more than an S2, or that Carawagons outnumber Dormobiles by 3:1 :shrug:
Perhaps if he's been browsing at the shows over the last few years it might seem like there are more Carawagons, but that's down to who wants to take their vehicles to the shows - I know quite a few Dormobile owners who never attend shows.

Phil (Bea) used to manage a registry of LR Dormobiles, which I think AlexB has agreed to take over. Perhaps they might be able to give us an idea of how many Dormobiles are on that register?

Cheers,
Robin.
1967 109" Carawagon 200TDi
1972 109" SW Carawagon 2.5NA
1958 109" Carawagon 2.25P (project)
1972 109" Carawagon 200 or 300TDi (project)
1974 Dormobile 2.25D (project)
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Re: Dormobile on the bay

Post by AlexB » Sun Sep 02, 2018 4:05 pm

Still not had any response from Phil unfortunately re the "register"
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Re: Dormobile on the bay

Post by Jabbawocky » Mon Sep 03, 2018 10:53 pm

Hi all

26mpg!!! I had better buy her.

As for how many Dormobiles? Martin Walters built about 900 Land Rover Dormobiles. How many Carawagons were built> I know Philip said Searle only did 2 in 1966.
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Re: Dormobile on the bay

Post by dudley » Tue Sep 04, 2018 9:20 am

Hi,

I spent time at Gaydon Archives,and from 1964 to 1971
they built 295 carawagons(series 2).This does not include
SWB,5 door models,and owners taking their own landrover
for conversion.

If your 900 is only series 2 landrovers.That's 3 to 1 to Dormobiles.
They built more than 2 in 1966 Mick.

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Phillip :tiphat:
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1971 2a 109 petrol carawagon

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Re: Dormobile on the bay

Post by RMS » Tue Sep 04, 2018 9:52 am

Phillip,

I seem to recall you were looking for export chassis sent to Searle, as Carawagons (and Dormobiles, as far as I know) where built on export chassis.

Searle were also LR dealers, so it might be that some of those were re-sold without being converted making the numbers even lower :shrug:

Of course, we don't know how many S3 export chassis were sent to Searle - perhaps there was a massive boom and they made thousands :whistle:

Regards,
Robin.
1967 109" Carawagon 200TDi
1972 109" SW Carawagon 2.5NA
1958 109" Carawagon 2.25P (project)
1972 109" Carawagon 200 or 300TDi (project)
1974 Dormobile 2.25D (project)
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