NAMED MODELSpecial · Low volume runsUnited Kingdom
Searle Estate Wagon.
The Searle estate wagon — Carawagon International's luxury estate and station wagon conversion of the late Series IIA 109, offered in 1970 as a Land Rover 'special approved' vehicle with a trimmed interior, extra glazing and estate-car equipment.
BASE VEHICLESeries II 109″CONVERTERSearle Ltd (Carawagon)IN SERVICE1968–71OPERATED INUnited KingdomPRODUCTIONBuilt to orderLAYOUT4 wheels · 109″
The record
Carawagon International of Sunbury-on-Thames, best known for its Land Rover camper conversions, also marketed the Searle range: estate wagons and station wagons on the Series IIA 109 that dressed the working Land Rover as a family or executive estate, with fully trimmed interiors, extra side glazing, roof rails, chrome trim and creature comforts, sold through Land Rover's special-approved scheme. Hermen Vlothuizen's brochure archive holds the 1970 Searle 'Estate Wagons & Station Wagons' leaflet, whose artwork shows a white station wagon with roof rails and a green hard-top estate wearing TJK 150G. Production figures are not recorded.
The registry's model is a Series IIA 109 station wagon in white with a body-colour roof and rails, chrome waist trim, rear-door spare and the brochure's registration.
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
REGISTRATIONTJK 150G (brochure artwork)
FEATURESTrimmed interior, extra glazing, roof rails, chrome trim
RECORD KINDNamed model
MODEL LINESeries IIA
WHEELS4
NOMINAL WHEELBASE109″
CATEGORYSpecial · Low volume runs
Catalogue fields describe the vehicle's structure and body as this registry records it. They are not certified factory measurements, and no performance figures are published here.
Variants & colours
Factory colours
Limestone
Bronze Green
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