ThreePointFive Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 The deeper sills serve to balance out the wheelbase so it doesn't look too thin for its length, if you take them off I bet it looks very wrong. That's really been thought out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snagger Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 15 hours ago, Glue said: Isn't the wet weather version a canvas tilt over the top? He was a pragmatist, and may have decided that rain wouldn’t make him sicker - I wouldn’t be surprised if there was no rain cover, but if there is, a rag top or open sided Ifor Williams type top doesn’t seem unlikely. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 Wonder if they'd hire it out to other folks afterwards? I'd be willing to overlook the TD5 to go in style... 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon_CSK Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 2 hours ago, FridgeFreezer said: Wonder if they'd hire it out to other folks afterwards? I'd be willing to overlook the TD5 to go in style... Diana got a gun carriage and horses and Philips wants to be chucked on an old Landie Hmmmm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie69 Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 Not sure she had thought as far ahead about things like that, as the Duke clearly has. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deep Posted April 16, 2021 Share Posted April 16, 2021 6 hours ago, ThreePointFive said: The deeper sills serve to balance out the wheelbase so it doesn't look too thin for its length, if you take them off I bet it looks very wrong. That's really been thought out. I wonder if it's also a case of hiding the scruffy bits underneath? It really is classy, as hearses go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FridgeFreezer Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 I thought it was a nod to the earlier Series that had deep skirts - possibly also the ceremonial S1's? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blanco Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 23 hours ago, deep said: That's really been thought out. Except possibly.... (being picky)..... the rear corner where the deep trims just end abruptly, I wonder if it should have carried round in some way? Or possibly just been angled up more steeply to meet the cross member? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 Don' t think that change was required as the only people behind wouldn't have noticed with the thoughts on the sad family occasion. & most of the tv view point was side or front or above. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve b Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 It did look very nice and fitted the task and occasion perfectly. Symbolic of a legacy that will live on for many , many years. Steve 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigj66 Posted April 17, 2021 Author Share Posted April 17, 2021 On 4/16/2021 at 9:38 AM, Anderzander said: Here’s a good picture from the back : I saw a photo on a news website and it looked like the rear was raked much higher than the front almost like a standard pickup vehicle. This photo makes the vehicle look a lot more level so I’m wondering if it had air suspension fitted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
western Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 It didn't kneel the rear end when the bearers placed the casket on it, so doubt it had rear air suspension. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
landroversforever Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 I think the deep sides were there just to neaten it up... there's a lot of chassis and crossmembers showing on the side profile of a 130. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnnoK Posted April 18, 2021 Share Posted April 18, 2021 12 hours ago, Blanco said: Except possibly.... (being picky)..... the rear corner where the deep trims just end abruptly, I wonder if it should have carried round in some way? Or possibly just been angled up more steeply to meet the cross member? I'd have brought it around the back and angled it to meet the bottom of the rear cross member, personally. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy996 Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 The Telegraph did an article, (behind a paywall) and a bit of (mostly) silent video. I've lifted the text and the video. Door fit is a bit approximate. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cars/features/16-years-making-prince-philips-land-rover-hearse-bears-mark/?li_source=LI&li_medium=liftigniter-rhr&onwardjourney=web-4335-morestories-second_control The old Land Rover Defender was not like other vehicles, but the 130 pick-up version, which carried the Duke of Edinburgh to St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle, is an even rarer form of bird. With its separate chassis and coil-sprung heavy-duty axles, the Duke’s four-wheel-drive hearse is capable of negotiating far tougher terrain than it met on the eight-minute journey on the Windsor Castle estate, but that was the appeal of this over-engineered vehicle to the Duke. It's all in the details. A royal history The 130 model was a special extended-wheelbase version of the standard Defender, which usually came in 90 and 110 variants (denoting the approximate wheelbase in inches). These sold mainly to the military and public utility markets, which use the vehicle in the most difficult of environments - often fitted with unique bodywork, cranes or hydraulic hoists after purchase, reflecting the Defender’s versatility. Many of these vehicles were sold through Land Rover’s redoubtable Special Vehicles department, which was based in Solihull. It could be specified in a dozen different body styles including the single cab, two-seater with a full-length pick-up back, which is the configuration of this car, which came into the Royal Household in 2003. This was a year after a major update of the Defender, which saw a number of changes to improve the comfort, as well as the final iteration of the tough 124bhp, 2.5-litre, five-cylinder Td5 turbodiesel engine. Military green The Duke oversaw a number of changes to the Defender during his ownership, the first being a trip to the paint shop to change the colour from the original Belize Green to Dark Bronze Green, a shade used by older military vehicles. The result, mounted on original steel wheels and matching green hubs, presents the quintessence of utility, which by all accounts is just the way the Duke liked it. These were some of the custom-built specifications: Preparation for the final journey For its use as a hearse, the Duke supervised several vital changes to what is usually an open rear section of the pick-up bed. His coffin sat on a fabricated raised-steel tonneau cover painted green to match the rest of the vehicle. At the sides there were rubber grips on silver metal pins known as the "stops" or "stoppers", which located the coffin and performed the crucial task of preventing it from moving around. The cramped cab has room for one driver and one passenger, which is the sort of configuration much used by farmers and the armed forces to allow the maximum of load space. The low speeds of the journey should not be a problem as the Defender has a transfer box with a set of low gear ratios enabling the vehicle to crawl along with the engine barely ticking over, which allowed the family and public to pay their final respects for this much-loved military man. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoffbeaumont Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 Um, stealing copyright content from behind the paywalls of companies with the funds to sue over it* is not good for the forums' health... * - not that you should do it to anyone who doesn't have the funds to sue either. Just that the forum is unlikely to suffer more than a request to take it down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy996 Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 There is a concept of "Fair Use" with media; the video is available from YouTube, (free to distribute but not free to monetise), I've credited the source and given the full original URL. I have not passed it off as mine and I pay for my Telegraph access, so I came by it legitimately. They will not sue. Non-commercial research and private study https://www.gov.uk/guidance/exceptions-to-copyright. If they disagree with my interpretation, then it gets taken down and I cancel my Telegraph subscription, muttering darkly that the baby and the bathwater have left the building. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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