NAMED MODELSpecial · Expedition & CampersUnited Kingdom
Carawagon Ultimate.
The Carawagon Ultimate, the top-specification Searle Carawagon camper conversion marketed with the Continental in 1970 — a Series IIA 109 station wagon equipped for long-distance overland travel with roof cargo, bumper-mounted jerrycans and wing tool boxes.
BASE VEHICLESeries II 109″CONVERTERSearle Ltd (Carawagon)IN SERVICE1968–71OPERATED INUnited KingdomPRODUCTIONBuilt to orderLAYOUT4 wheels · 109″
The record
Carawagon International's 1970 'Continental & Ultimate' brochure paired its two long-distance models: the Continental with its rear annexe, and the Ultimate, the fully specified expedition camper on the Series IIA 109 station wagon with every option — the elevating roof and fitted interior of the de Luxe plus the touring equipment the cover artwork shows on a white car in Moscow's Red Square: a roof rack loaded with cases and bags, jerrycans mounted sideways in triangular holders on the front bumper corners, a small silver tool box on each wing and the registration VPH 74G. Hermen Vlothuizen's brochure archive preserves the leaflet.
The registry's model is a white Series IIA 109 station wagon with the rack and its load, which drops as cargo in the game, the bumper jerrycans and holders and the wing tool boxes.
MANUFACTUREDLate Series IIA; Searle/Carawagon International price list June 1970
ENGINERover 2.25 L petrol inline-four or 2.6 L six-cylinder petrol (Series IIA 109 options)
PRODUCTION RUNBuilt to order; count unknown (Carawagons were the most numerous Land Rover camper conversions overall)
COUNTRY OF ORIGINUnited Kingdom
OPERATED INUnited Kingdom
STATUSunknown
REGISTRATIONVPH 74G (brochure artwork)
EQUIPMENTRoof rack, bumper jerrycans in triangular holders, wing tool boxes
RECORD KINDNamed model
MODEL LINESeries IIA
WHEELS4
NOMINAL WHEELBASE109″
CATEGORYSpecial · Expedition & Campers
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Variants & colours
Factory colours
Limestone
Marine Blue
Codes on hover. Hex values are representative approximations of period paint unless a source states a measured value.
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