Sir Jimmy Saville's Range Rover (auction Feb 2012)
Discussion
Sir Jimmy Saville's 'live-in' Range Rover is going to auction in February, and is expected to fetch over five times what he paid for it originally.
The Carawagon conversion enabled Sir Jimmy to live in his Range Rover while travelling between charity fundraising trips.
Carawagon conversions were usually on Land Rover 109s, and were most popular in the '70s and early '80s, made by a company called Searle of Sunbury-on-Thames (later Carawagon International). They were approved by Land Rover, and turned the 109 into an all-conquering caravan; a fleet was ordered by the Army for use in the heat of battle.
A handful of Range Rovers were also converted, though nowhere near as many of these were made as 109s.
Ordered new in 1978, Sir Jimmy's Range Rover features a wash basin between the front seats and rear curtains for privacy.
Has No one a good word for Jimmy Saville ? He's not here to defend himself .
Like many of the 70 DJs ( Inc E. Roscoe , T Blackburn , etc etc ) he was a Big lady's man , Who wouldn't be I'n his position .
He was Also A Huge Petrol head , and Owned 15 E Types apparently ( Google image him , great and amuseing photo of him trying to fit a new Viking Racer into his early Alloy Dash E Type Roadster ( Opal Light Metalic Blue , by the look of it ) outside a Manchester Cycle shop I'n the early 60s . He was apparently a very good cyclist .
He brought a LOT of pleasure to a LOT of peoples lives and raised Vast amounts for charity .
Yes He was an eccentric, and very much enjoyed crashing out in his Rangy and Camper vans , but many English man were and are eccentric !
Re his RR, a midlands dealer advertised it aprox 4 years ago, I tried to buy it then, but it had sold, and I also missed it twice on flea bay .
It is Only a basic Camper conversion, lacking a pop up / elevating roof , which an RR camper desperately needed. And I beleive Dormobile made a better RR conversion . But both sold I'n Very small nos due to their Huge cost and limited interior space . To make a good camper a 2 door rangy needed at the very least a longer wheelbase and a higher roof as STD , like the Discovery one
I think this one is vastly Overestimated price wise, but anything can happen at an auction . Be interesting to see what it fetches .
Like many of the 70 DJs ( Inc E. Roscoe , T Blackburn , etc etc ) he was a Big lady's man , Who wouldn't be I'n his position .
He was Also A Huge Petrol head , and Owned 15 E Types apparently ( Google image him , great and amuseing photo of him trying to fit a new Viking Racer into his early Alloy Dash E Type Roadster ( Opal Light Metalic Blue , by the look of it ) outside a Manchester Cycle shop I'n the early 60s . He was apparently a very good cyclist .
He brought a LOT of pleasure to a LOT of peoples lives and raised Vast amounts for charity .
Yes He was an eccentric, and very much enjoyed crashing out in his Rangy and Camper vans , but many English man were and are eccentric !
Re his RR, a midlands dealer advertised it aprox 4 years ago, I tried to buy it then, but it had sold, and I also missed it twice on flea bay .
It is Only a basic Camper conversion, lacking a pop up / elevating roof , which an RR camper desperately needed. And I beleive Dormobile made a better RR conversion . But both sold I'n Very small nos due to their Huge cost and limited interior space . To make a good camper a 2 door rangy needed at the very least a longer wheelbase and a higher roof as STD , like the Discovery one
I think this one is vastly Overestimated price wise, but anything can happen at an auction . Be interesting to see what it fetches .
neutral 3 said:
He was Also A Huge Petrol head , and Owned 15 E Types apparently ( Google image him , great and amuseing photo of him trying to fit a new Viking Racer into his early Alloy Dash E Type Roadster ( Opal Light Metalic Blue , by the look of it ) outside a Manchester Cycle shop I'n the early 60s . He was apparently a very good cyclist .
.
He was indeed , tour of Britain 1951 came in 48th nick name "the Duke ".
. neutral 3 said:
Has No one a good word for Jimmy Saville ? He's not here to defend himself .
Like many of the 70 DJs ( Inc E. Roscoe , T Blackburn , etc etc ) he was a Big lady's man , Who wouldn't be I'n his position .
He was Also A Huge Petrol head , and Owned 15 E Types apparently ( Google image him , great and amuseing photo of him trying to fit a new Viking Racer into his early Alloy Dash E Type Roadster ( Opal Light Metalic Blue , by the look of it ) outside a Manchester Cycle shop I'n the early 60s . He was apparently a very good cyclist .
He brought a LOT of pleasure to a LOT of peoples lives and raised Vast amounts for charity .
Yes He was an eccentric, and very much enjoyed crashing out in his Rangy and Camper vans , but many English man were and are eccentric !
Re his RR, a midlands dealer advertised it aprox 4 years ago, I tried to buy it then, but it had sold, and I also missed it twice on flea bay .
It is Only a basic Camper conversion, lacking a pop up / elevating roof , which an RR camper desperately needed. And I beleive Dormobile made a better RR conversion . But both sold I'n Very small nos due to their Huge cost and limited interior space . To make a good camper a 2 door rangy needed at the very least a longer wheelbase and a higher roof as STD , like the Discovery one
I think this one is vastly Overestimated price wise, but anything can happen at an auction . Be interesting to see what it fetches .
Just because someone isn't here to defend themselves doesn't mean they weren't a dirty old paedo.Like many of the 70 DJs ( Inc E. Roscoe , T Blackburn , etc etc ) he was a Big lady's man , Who wouldn't be I'n his position .
He was Also A Huge Petrol head , and Owned 15 E Types apparently ( Google image him , great and amuseing photo of him trying to fit a new Viking Racer into his early Alloy Dash E Type Roadster ( Opal Light Metalic Blue , by the look of it ) outside a Manchester Cycle shop I'n the early 60s . He was apparently a very good cyclist .
He brought a LOT of pleasure to a LOT of peoples lives and raised Vast amounts for charity .
Yes He was an eccentric, and very much enjoyed crashing out in his Rangy and Camper vans , but many English man were and are eccentric !
Re his RR, a midlands dealer advertised it aprox 4 years ago, I tried to buy it then, but it had sold, and I also missed it twice on flea bay .
It is Only a basic Camper conversion, lacking a pop up / elevating roof , which an RR camper desperately needed. And I beleive Dormobile made a better RR conversion . But both sold I'n Very small nos due to their Huge cost and limited interior space . To make a good camper a 2 door rangy needed at the very least a longer wheelbase and a higher roof as STD , like the Discovery one
I think this one is vastly Overestimated price wise, but anything can happen at an auction . Be interesting to see what it fetches .
DBSV8 said:
neutral 3 said:
He was Also A Huge Petrol head , and Owned 15 E Types apparently ( Google image him , great and amuseing photo of him trying to fit a new Viking Racer into his early Alloy Dash E Type Roadster ( Opal Light Metalic Blue , by the look of it ) outside a Manchester Cycle shop I'n the early 60s . He was apparently a very good cyclist .
.
He was indeed , tour of Britain 1951 came in 48th nick name "the Duke ".
.Others have referred to him raising lots of money for charity - he actually raised £40M. Or £45M, according to a "Jimmy Savile at the BBC" programme on the beeb over Christmas.
It's strange how, seemingly, people who weren't even born when he was in his pomp are criticising him. Yes, he was a one-off, but then so were so many of the brilliant artists/performers/speed record holders et al. You know, I don't remember a vast amount of criticism of Alan Clark when he died, but he too was an anachronism. May they both rest in peace.
Gassing Station | Classic Cars and Yesterday's Heroes | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff