Maestro van Freelander running gear test mule

[Dan302]

I didn't know they had used modified Maestro vans to test the Freelander running gear.

https://www.dunsfoldcollection.co.uk/collection/freelander/1994-freelander-test-mule-with-maestro-van-body

[warch]

That Dunsfold Collection site is awesome.

I like the early 80s Land Rover 90 prototype, sort of a sweet spot between complicated wear prone suspension and gutless engines the comfy coil springs and simple utility design.

[sierraman]

1 hour ago, Dan302 said:

I didn't know they had used modified Maestro vans to test the Freelander running gear.

https://www.dunsfoldcollection.co.uk/collection/freelander/1994-freelander-test-mule-with-maestro-van-body

Weirdly it’s registered at the DVLA as ‘Fleet’?

[grogee]

Early Jaguar i-PACE mules were F-PACEs with fake exhaust pipes stuck on...

[sheffcortinacentre]

I remember seeing a program around release time of the Freelander following its development (poss on sky).

Showing those maestro vans.

[Dan302]

1 minute ago, sheffcortinacentre said:

I remember seeing a program around release time of the Freelander following its development (poss on sky).

Showing those maestro vans.

I'll have a look to see if it's on YouTube

[tommotech]

I saw those in the flight shed at Longbridge, I’d say 1996. I’d go to Longbridge most days and saw the MGF (Metro) mules too, along with other stuff we were working on with Powertrain dept. There was still an air of optimism around the place then. 

[UltraWomble]

Win at Autoshite by building your own with a Freelander chassis and Maestro van shell

[timolloyd]

Even at that stage the prop was disconnected for economy m8.