> I must confess adding a Dormie to the fleet in place of my
> 58 88 has crossed my mind more than once, but I don't know
> if I want to put up with the foibles of the LR 6-pot motor.
Martin Walters started making Dormobile conversions on Land Rovers in
1960. The first 6 cyl Dormies were 1967 NADA models, which happens to
have been the last year a new Dormobile was available in North America.
So most North American Dormies with stock engines are four bangers.
Each Dormobile made for sale (not as a factory demo) was made on
special order to spec. The buyer specified which 109 they wanted,
Martin Walters made the conversion. So which engine used was up to the
purchaser after 1965.
John Hess's euro 6 has a lot more low end grunt than the LR 4 cyl
engines and pulls hills much faster than a 109 with a 4 could. I think
people's dislike for the engine is that it was an archaic design back
then and you gained a lot of weight and engine bulk for what on paper
seems a tiny power gain. The factory was unhappy enough to go out and
buy V8 engine tooling a few years later.
But in real life that tiny amount on gain on paper translated to a
vehicle that ran a lot better on the highway, through the mountains and
had it's torque peak at the same RPM as the LR four cyl diesel engine
TeriAnn J. Wakeman
Santa Cruz, California
twakeman@cruzers.com
http://www.cruzers.com/~twakeman
"How can life grant us the boon of living..unless we dare"
Amelia Earhart 1898-1937
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