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Barry Lord
Joined: 03 Jan 2008 Posts: 114 Location: Shropshire and Powys border
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Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 11:36 pm Post subject: Caravan spotting |
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Some caravans we spotted whilst out and about on our travels earlier this year.
In North Cumbria.
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Found in Powys.
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Co. Durham - still appears to be used (despite the broken window) and very nice inside.
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Powys-Shropshire border - reasonably intact inside, complete with lots of bits and pieces belonging to the last occupant.
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Near Pwllheli.
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Dalek63
Joined: 15 Aug 2009 Posts: 490 Location: North Cornwall
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Posted: Thu Nov 19, 2009 11:41 pm Post subject: |
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any of these for sale you think ? _________________ I can resist anything except temptation ! ( Oscar Wilde)
"Don't try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig." ( Mark Twain)
http://www.period-classic-caravan-club.co.uk/ |
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cobber
Joined: 08 Dec 2007 Posts: 200 Location: NSW Australia
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Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 1:37 am Post subject: |
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G'day Barry,
What make do you think the lead light monster you
found in North Cumbria is ... and what is that white
stuff on the roof ?
And the lantern roof one on the Powys - Shropshire
boarder... it should be saved too .
Love 'em both.
Cobber. |
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Barry Lord
Joined: 03 Jan 2008 Posts: 114 Location: Shropshire and Powys border
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Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 6:26 am Post subject: |
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Hi Cobber,
I'm not certain of the make of the large caravan in Cumbria with the leaded windows and nor was the man who owned it. Apparently it was already in his garden when he bought the house. He couldn't find the key, but did let us look through the windows - nice wood interior. The white stuff on the roof is snow - the picture was taken in late February.
The caravan with the lantern roof was in a field which appeared to belong to a farmhouse opposite, which was empty, so there was no one to ask about it. Still, it meant we had loads of time to peer through the windows and look around the outside. It has a second door on the other side. |
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Penman
Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 4763 Location: Swindon, Wilts.
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Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 8:59 am Post subject: |
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Hi
It has the look of a Burlingham to me. _________________ Bristols should always come in pairs.
Any 2 from:-
Straight 6
V8 V10 |
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Barry Lord
Joined: 03 Jan 2008 Posts: 114 Location: Shropshire and Powys border
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Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 10:08 am Post subject: |
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Looking at the caravan with the leaded windows again, I wonder if it is a Vickers. |
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rangerover125
Joined: 26 Jun 2009 Posts: 262
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Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 10:34 am Post subject: |
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I wouldn't mind any of those on my driveway |
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old van man
Joined: 24 Nov 2007 Posts: 384
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Posted: Fri Nov 20, 2009 6:38 pm Post subject: |
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This is a pic of a Vickers lunedale, we rallied a few years ago,
you can see the same lead pattern on the windows,
a top class van ,Vickers started with touring vans and living vans, before making bespoke vans for travelling folk
(can anyone name the bike in the background ) |
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cobber
Joined: 08 Dec 2007 Posts: 200 Location: NSW Australia
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Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 12:54 am Post subject: |
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G'day Barry and Paul,
Well done both of you
With the information she is a "Vickers" I did a google and
came up with these two links which probably explains why
the make doesn't get a mention in "The History of the Caravan"
book..... he didn't get into "bespoke" caravans untill the '60s, hardly "vintage , aye ?
I would have thought the one you found in North Cumbria
Barry was pre 1960s ?
Anyway... the links.
This one confirms what you say Paul,
http://www.gypsytrailercaravans.webeden.co.uk/#/vickers/4518097949
And this one is definately not vintage.... how would you
go towing it around the roads in Cornwall ?
http://www.gypsytrailercaravans.webeden.co.uk/#/dans-vickers/4532392888
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Dalek63
Joined: 15 Aug 2009 Posts: 490 Location: North Cornwall
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Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 1:08 pm Post subject: |
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What an amazing site, WONDERFUL CARAVANS ! Must admit i'd kill to get hold of the vickers in the first photo in North Cumbria. _________________ I can resist anything except temptation ! ( Oscar Wilde)
"Don't try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig." ( Mark Twain)
http://www.period-classic-caravan-club.co.uk/ |
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Barry Lord
Joined: 03 Jan 2008 Posts: 114 Location: Shropshire and Powys border
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Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2009 3:07 pm Post subject: |
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When we spoke to the bloke who owned the Vickers in Cumbria, he hinted that he might be willing to sell it providing the price was right. He didn't say what that price might be though.
I know also that the people owning the Bluebird in Powys and the Country Life near Pwllheli would also consider selling them. The woman who owned the Bluebird said that she had been trying for years to convince her husband to condemn it to the bonfire! Hopefully her powers of persuasion continue to fail her . . . |
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RotaryBri
Joined: 20 Dec 2007 Posts: 465 Location: Warwick
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Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2009 2:21 am Post subject: |
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old van man wrote: |
This is a pic of a Vickers lunedale, we rallied a few years ago,
you can see the same lead pattern on the windows,
a top class van ,Vickers started with touring vans and living vans, before making bespoke vans for travelling folk
(can anyone name the bike in the background ) |
The motorbike is a BSA A10 650cc Twin Cylinder Golden Flash of the 1950s but is fitted with a non-standard siamesed exhaust _________________ Keep Torqueing,
RotaryBri
1976 NSU Ro80 |
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old van man
Joined: 24 Nov 2007 Posts: 384
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Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2009 10:56 am Post subject: |
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well done bri, it is indeed a plunger A10 |
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michael1703
Joined: 22 Jul 2009 Posts: 349 Location: suffolk
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Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2009 11:24 am Post subject: |
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RotaryBri wrote: |
The motorbike is a BSA A10 650cc Twin Cylinder Golden Flash of the 1950s but is fitted with a non-standard siamesed exhaust |
can i borrow your eyes? |
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Bayliss Thomas
Joined: 25 Sep 2009 Posts: 557 Location: SUFFOLK
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Posted: Tue Nov 24, 2009 11:40 am Post subject: |
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Cor! so many vans awaiting a good resto'. I'm a sucker for the leaded lite windows too (is it lite or light?) |
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