kevinfourlegs
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« on: November 22, 2011, 11:50:06 AM » |
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I'll continue this here,Pete, save hijacking Keith's thread.
I know what you mean about camping and tents. My camping days have been over for the last three years, unfortunately, as I enjoyed camping.
To be honest, a Carlton hearse isn't going to make much difference in height to a Carlton estate, I wouldn't have thought. I don't have the dimensions to hand.
If you want to convert something in to a something unusual, how about an old aeroplane? Only ever seen one and that was in Retro Cars magazine issue 38 August 2011. Guy who had it, also had a Citroen CX six wheeler. That is correcr, six wheeler. Mad as box of frogs, and although I'm not a Citroen fan, old Renaults are better, I do like it, because its different.
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PeterC
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Location: Croydon (twinned with Beirut), Surrey.
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« Reply #1 on: November 22, 2011, 04:22:08 PM » |
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OK appologies to Keith.
And I have been thinking !. Probably either an open trailer or keep the roof height but insert a VW camper style accordion extanda thingamyjig on the roof.
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1993 2.0 CDi Auto Estate (Rioja Red with a little tin worm but tatty paint).
1992 2.0 CDXi Manual Estate (Spectral Blue with too much tin worm but better paint).
Old age means wondering: Do I really have to struggle to become an expert in something I might never need to do again ?.
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Johnny A
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« Reply #2 on: November 22, 2011, 07:57:12 PM » |
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As far as camping goes, I use my estate to sleep in. Im 6ft3 and with the seats folded down I can lay flat. With a decent amount of bedding in there (hay, straw, shredded newspaper etc...) its so comfortable!
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1993 Carlton Estate 2.0 16v Turbo camo edition
1989 Lotus Carlton replica, seeing a 2JZ-GTE during the summer
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kevinfourlegs
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« Reply #3 on: November 22, 2011, 09:49:51 PM » |
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I would like to be able to doss down in the back of our estate, but as I need apparatus to help me get in and out as well as sit up and lay down in bed, tents and the backs of cars are out. So are caravans and that leaves the only option of b&b.
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Johnny A
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« Reply #4 on: November 22, 2011, 09:51:26 PM » |
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yeah you do have to sorta crawl into it!
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1993 Carlton Estate 2.0 16v Turbo camo edition
1989 Lotus Carlton replica, seeing a 2JZ-GTE during the summer
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« Reply #5 on: November 23, 2011, 12:27:04 AM » |
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I too have kipped in the back of the estate, awesome boot size.
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PeterC
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« Reply #6 on: November 23, 2011, 01:08:09 AM » |
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I have always thought that with the rear seats folded UP the back of the Carlton estate is as big as most estate cars backs are with their seats folded down. I am still looking for the third row of seats !!.
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1993 2.0 CDi Auto Estate (Rioja Red with a little tin worm but tatty paint).
1992 2.0 CDXi Manual Estate (Spectral Blue with too much tin worm but better paint).
Old age means wondering: Do I really have to struggle to become an expert in something I might never need to do again ?.
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kevinfourlegs
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« Reply #7 on: November 23, 2011, 09:43:50 AM » |
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I have never seen a third row of seats for a Carlton. I know Volvo, Citroën and Peugeot used to offer them as an option.
To be honest, unless you really really need them, I wouldn't bother. If you ever need to fold the rear seats down, then you have to remove the third row.
Yes, the Carlton has a big load space, even with the rear seat up. In fact the Carlton has a slightly bigger luggage area overall than the comparable Volvo 740. The estate cars on the market nowadays have a sloping rear tailgate, rather than a squared off one. While it is good for aerodynamics, a big chunk of load space is lost. The older Carltons and Volvos are hard to beat.
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« Reply #8 on: November 23, 2011, 06:24:59 PM » |
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I looked at the possibility of fitting a third row of seats in the back of the first estate I had. They are only rear facing though..... there were two kits IIRC, one of them had the spare wheel upright to one side with a matching cover which gave some foot space below the seats. The other was only really suitable for small kids as the height above the boot floor was only the height of the seat thickness, about 7 inches.
The second kit mentioned was de-mountable (but as with other 7 seaters except flex 7 types, you need somewhere to store the seats) Back in the day (2000/2001) the whole kit cost around the 400 mark.
I don't have any info as the idea was shelved when we bought a Zafira. I found it just by searching google if that's any help.
Jon
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Drives: 2.6 CDXi estate, Lowered, 16" 5 spokes. De-catted. Soon to be chipped (maybe)
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