Long Sherpa for Heathrow
2nd August 1986, Page 21
2nd August 1986
Page 21
Page 21, 2nd August 1986
— Long Sherpa for Heathrow
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Keywords :
Car Body Styles, Road Transport, British Leyland, British Brands, Freight Rover, London Heathrow Airport, Van, Crew Cab, Rover Company, Sherpa, United Kingdom, Hospitality / Recreation
• An unusually long Freight Rover box van with a crew cab has been produced by Coachworks Conversions of Coble, Lancashire for the British Airports Authority.
The aluminium body, built on an extra long, 3.6m wheelbase Sherpa chassis with four-man crew cab extension, is fitted out with racking, a workbench and a mechanically operated Lucas Swinglift 550kg capacity crane with an extending boom.
The Sherpa is used to service ground installations providing electricity to aircraft parked on the apron at Heathrow. Price for the body conversion is 24,350.