The 'Transcontinental Carabus Mk2' was indeed built by Harold Radford Coachbuilders Limited as early as in 1965. It was based on an AEC Reliance bus and came - among many, many more gadgets - with power assisted steering and brakes, a 6-speed synchromesh gearbox, hydraulically operated passenger lift, electric windows with mosquito blinds and sunblinds, double aircraft type seats - fully adjustable and rotating, stereo radio, record player and tape recorder, electric stove with oven and top grille, sink with hot and cold water, a dishwasher, two refrigerators, two toilets, a shower, settees which opened out into two bunks, a roller sun canopy extending over the length of the vehicle, a hydraulic platform high enough to enable one to look over the roof for photography and another platform to raise a Mini, folding from a back door. It came at £25,000 in 1965 and I wonder if Radford ever sold one. (a Mk1 perhaps?). My friends at British Pathe have a lovely little movie about it - in full technicolor
http://maximummini.b...zy-carabus.html
Pathe Video of Luxury Radford Carabus and Radford Mini - 1966
A cross between a caravan and coach produces the Carabus full of modern gadgets for a self-contained journey. Various shots of the Carabus being assembled and tested. M/S as the finished article drives along and comes to a stop. We see a man and woman demonstrate the various gadgets...
http://www.britishpa...query/interiors
Edited by mab01uk, 10 November 2013 - 06:27 PM.
