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Conference terri::cars_uk

Title:Cars in the UK
Notice:Please read new conference charter 1.70
Moderator:COMICS::SHELLEYELD
Created:Sun Mar 06 1994
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:2584
Total number of notes:63384

1274.0. "Loadspace cabinetry for 4WDs and Estate Cars" by BRABAM::PHILPOTT (Col I F 'Tsingtao Dhum' Philpott) Mon Oct 29 1990 16:28

    
    A British firm called Car Furnishings Ltd, 4th Floor, 33 Great Charles
    Street, Birmingham, B3 3JN are marketing what they call the "County
    Cabinet". (phone 021 236 9582 or FAX 021 236 2587)
    
    This is a wooden cabinet that fits in the rear of a Range Rover or
    Discovery (they also make them to fit other vehicles such as the Volvo
    estate and the Ford Sierra Estate, and are working on a prototype for a
    Land Rover Defender), fitting snuggly between the rear of the seats and
    the tailgate, and between the side walls of the vehicle. It has a
    number of drawers (1, 2, 3, or 4) which can only be opened when the
    tailgate is open, allowing you to store your boots, towing accesories,
    packed lunch, as well as a gun case and your bag for the day. Thus you
    can hide all the clutter that gathers in an estate, looking totally
    neat and professional, hiding your oddments from prying eyes, and the
    mouth of your pet pooch. Optionally the drawers may be locked (or you
    can rely on the tailgate lock), and the top of the cabinet is carpeted
    to match the vehicle (to allow a dog to sit on it).
    
    Available in MDF (medium density fibreboard) at "from �199" or in
    Mahogany (eco-mahogany - guaranteed from renewable resources) at �299
    
    ====
    
    I have no connection with this firm except that (a) I like their
    products, (b) I bought a couple of the cabinets for my photographic
    business, and (c) they are designing the Defender cabinet at my
    request. That said I have told them that I am placing this entry here,
    so unless the moderators object I shall leave this as an objective
    statement of a useful accessory and not add any personal commentary or
    endorsement.
    
    /. Ian .\
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1274.1JUMBLY::DAYNo Good Deed Goes UnpunishedTue Oct 30 1990 21:574
    Treason ! A landie isn't a landie without a visible pair of wellies,
    3 labradors, and an agricultural miasma ! . 
    m
    
1274.2BRABAM::PHILPOTTCol I F 'Tsingtao Dhum' PhilpottWed Oct 31 1990 08:546
ah but the three labs can sit on the cabinet (they show just that in their 
publicity photos).

And the dog's get a much better view out of the rear windows!
/. Ian .\
1274.4BRABAM::PHILPOTTCol I F 'Tsingtao Dhum' PhilpottWed Oct 31 1990 10:129
You've been looking in my '130 :-)

Seriously I think the word "County" in the name of the cab is indicative - they
are pitched at those who want to gentrify a vehicle, not use it for real work.

/. Ian .\
(who hasn't recovered from discovering that a Defender County costs more than
a Discovery 3 door...)
1274.6SUBURB::PARKERGISSAJOBWed Oct 31 1990 10:465
    Surely you cannot put the wellies in the tallboy in the back, as you
    need the wellies to get through the mud from the driver's seat to the
    tailgate.
    
    Steve
1274.7BRABAM::PHILPOTTCol I F 'Tsingtao Dhum' PhilpottWed Oct 31 1990 10:4613
no

I mean 130

That is what the latest series are called (ie what used to be the "One Two 
Seven" is now officially the "Defender 130") - the photo business I am a 
partner in took delivery of two shiny new Defender 130 "large box" vans from
Land Rover SVO (special vehicle ops - their version of "one off special 
manufacture" - though these box body jobs are more or less off the shelf and
widely sold to the military of the world as ambulances etc) two weeks ago.

/. Ian .\

1274.9BRABAM::PHILPOTTCol I F 'Tsingtao Dhum' PhilpottWed Oct 31 1990 11:548
so write and ask them - they charged us �25000 each (including recoverable VAT) 
for the vans. They even do a flatbad with integral crane (beats a bumper 
mounted winch any day) ...

:-)

/. Ian .\
1274.10What colour curtains, sir?VOGON::MITCHELLEWed Oct 31 1990 14:598
    
    I wonder what SVO would think of the Landy I passed on the M4 today -
    
       LWB - with pink frilly curtains!  (I'll have to get some bright
    green ones for the 'green meanie'......) :-)
    
    Elaine
    
1274.11how about organic curtains?VOGON::MURRAYThu Nov 01 1990 09:485
    Or if you don't like curtains you could have what we had last year -
    that was grass or corn or something growing in the back window tracks.
    V tasteful and ecolologically sound privacy for the urchins. - No idea
    where it came from but we had to mow it down - wonder if LR do a
    special attachment for the purpose? - jim
1274.12Is this a standard option? VOGON::MITCHELLEThu Nov 01 1990 10:187
    
>>    that was grass or corn or something growing in the back window tracks.

      I have the 'moss' version - you don't need to mow it :-)
    
    
      Elaine  
1274.13SUBURB::PARKERGISSAJOBThu Nov 01 1990 11:213
    Oh, window boxes. The ideal accessory.
    
    Steve
1274.14BRABAM::PHILPOTTCol I F 'Tsingtao Dhum' PhilpottThu Nov 01 1990 11:315
    
    Get a High Capacity Pick Up, put a tonne of soil in the back and grow a
    whole flower bed...
    
    /. Ian .\
1274.15I've NEVER grown in a window track, front or rear - honest :-)SIEVAX::CORNEStore in a horizontal positionThu Nov 01 1990 13:200