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Three rooms, kitchen, toilet facilities on 7’ 10”
inside length by 6’2 3/4‚ such in the living unit
offered by Mr Aubert, of the firm of CMS Aubercar at
Notlan-le-Fuzelier, in central France, for installation
on your Diesel or petrol CX, to house three.
All too often the ‚”camping car” formula is connected
with a large, clumsy vehicle of dubious manoeuvrability.
The idea of transforming a CX saloon into a camping-car
is not devoid of interest: comfort, silence and constant
ground clearance are built in. And while the
camping-car’s canopy considerably increases the frontal
area and interferes with the car’s air-penetration
coefficient, this still remains sufficiently low for the
car to do over 80 mph for a consumption of about 31 mpg
in the case of the CX 2500 Diesel.
The added “camping” part is made up of a 2.36” x 1.18” x
0.12” angle-iron framework bolted to the standard car
platform. The sandwich-panel partitions ensure proper
insulation and soundproofing. The roof can be raised on
collapsible walls to a height of 6’4”.
There are two doors, one on the right-hand side, the
other at the rear.
Among the fittings are a 26-gal. water tank supplying
the sink and washbasin through an electric pump, a
water-heater and a standard 28-lb butane gas cylinder;
an 11-gal (1 3/4 cu. ft.) refrigerator, a chemical or
pulping closet; and an electric circuit comprising dual
batteries and a rectifying charger.
Layout: coming in from the back, washing facilities
(partitioned off) lie to the right (washbasin, WC,
shower, cupboard), a kitchenette to the left. Two
persons canoccupy a bed measuring 4’ 1”x 6’ 2”
breadthwise, where the table and two seats normally are.
Above, in the canopy: storage space, or a 3rd bed
measuring 6’ 0” lengthwise.
Not Buckingham Palace, of course, but for an overall
outside length of only 16’ 4 ?”, a width of 6’ 6” and a
height of 6’ 10”, not too bad, don’t you think?
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