Mummy Pig

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sparky
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Mummy Pig

Post by sparky » Tue May 28, 2013 11:13 am

HI All,

I purchased "Mummy Pig" in 2010 and went to work sorting out the chassis and bulkhead just to get through the MOT which she did with suprising ease considering she had sat for at least 10 years prior to sale apparently! I purchased her from Pa Blanchards.
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I drove her like this with the original engine which ran beautifully but only managed about 13mpg with a top speed of 50mph (ish). Being overtaken by lorries on the moterway and hoping we would get to the top of a steep hills made my mind up and I went for the 200TDI conversion.
I also had a little problem of forgetting to take the handbrake off fully nearly resulting in burning the whole thing to the ground!
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oops, fortunately it was snowing at the time, so pleanty of coolant on hand....

Now I would have loved to do the convesion myself but due to my limited experience for such a big job and lack of time I had a superb chap do the conversion for me and what a top job he did! she now does about 24mpg and cruses at 65 which is pretty good considering her weight! I also had in mind when deciding to have this job done for me the safty of me having a go over the professional job as I would be dragging my young children with me on camping trips.
Job done!
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more to follow :cheers:
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RMS
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Re: Mummy Pig

Post by RMS » Tue May 28, 2013 12:14 pm

Fantastic :cheers:

It's great to see another ambulance camper on here - we're a bit overrun with Carawagons (not my fault guv! :whistle: ) and Dormobiles so it's good to see some home brew stuff as well :tiphat:

Looking forward to seeing some inside pics as well.

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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Ian
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Re: Mummy Pig

Post by Ian » Tue May 28, 2013 4:10 pm

When you upgraded to the 200TDI, did you change anything in the transmision or did you stay with the original gearbox/transfer case/rear axle?

Ian
sparky
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Re: Mummy Pig

Post by sparky » Tue May 28, 2013 4:52 pm

HI Ian,

I have uprated the diffs to 3.54 from a range rover but everything else is standard. I would probably add a 5 speed box one day rather than an overdrive but to be honest I don't really think it needs one, I just have to careful not to go crazy and rev the nuts out of her..

Regards,
Mark
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Rangie
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Re: Mummy Pig

Post by Rangie » Tue May 28, 2013 11:12 pm

I don't suppose you still have the old engine that came out of it.......? :whistle:

Alec.
1972 109 Rover 11 Marshall Ambulance (Camper conversion)
1972 109 LD28 (Quick-change camper and Bothying vehicle!)
1988 RRC 4JB1T (Daily Driver)

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Re: Mummy Pig

Post by sparky » Thu May 30, 2013 8:19 am

HI Alec,

Sorry but that particular engine is currently whizzing around the country lanes in an 88".

regards Mark
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Re: Mummy Pig

Post by DanC » Thu May 30, 2013 5:26 pm

It is a strange thing, I have a friend with an Ambi and they can get up to 24mpg with the original engine???
'The Wagon' 1962 Martin Walters Dormobile, 2.25 Petrol
'Bessy' 1965 2.25 88" diesel
'Daisy' 1958 2.25 88" diesel
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Rangie
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Re: Mummy Pig

Post by Rangie » Thu May 30, 2013 5:31 pm

DanC wrote:It is a strange thing, I have a friend with an Ambi and they can get up to 24mpg with the original engine???
Yup, 23mpg taking it easy, 19mpg giving it welly. 7:1 CR, amazing! I have been quite anal about keeping the engine in good fettle though...... :cheers:

Alec.
1972 109 Rover 11 Marshall Ambulance (Camper conversion)
1972 109 LD28 (Quick-change camper and Bothying vehicle!)
1988 RRC 4JB1T (Daily Driver)

Pressure Stove and Lamp fanatic also.
sparky
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Re: Mummy Pig

Post by sparky » Fri May 31, 2013 7:41 pm

24mpg from the original engine is amazing considering how heavy these ambulances are.

My reason for the change was to allow me to use the motorway system without flogging the engine to bits just to get to 50mph. As said these are pretty heavy then add the kids and camping gear, the old engine just was not up to the job for me.
Having said that it was wonderfully quiet (compared to the tractor engine I have now) and smooth, if I was not humping so much stuff about when we go away I would have stuck with it.

Mark
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Info: 1972 109 LR Marshall Ambulance Camper
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Re: Mummy Pig

Post by Flo109 » Tue Jun 04, 2013 9:48 pm

Hi Mark

I've got a 2a, marshall ambulance has well, I'm running it with a 300tdi, range rover diffs and overdrive, it fly's..
We came back from the spring land rover shoe in harrogate and it cruised down the motorway at 65 according to tomtom.
We got a few funny looks, thats with 2 kids and 2 dogs..

kind regards
mark
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