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Unidentified caravan in East Sussex.
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Richard H



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PostPosted: Sat Aug 29, 2009 10:08 am    Post subject: Unidentified caravan in East Sussex. Reply with quote

I spotted this caravan in a garden in Camber Sands, East Sussex last week. But what is it? If anyone wants to make enquiries I can give directions Wink


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old van man



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PostPosted: Sat Aug 29, 2009 10:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi i think what you have here is a " Paladin Trailavan " from the late 40s to mid 50s Smile
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PostPosted: Sat Aug 29, 2009 1:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks old van man Smile
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Stephen J



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PostPosted: Sun Aug 30, 2009 4:15 pm    Post subject: Unidentified Caravan East Sussex Reply with quote

I am wondering about this caravan
Rollalong and Pilot (Pascall) spring to mind, the roof line does not fit with the Pascall design, shall forward to hearing its name!
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 10:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

There is a very good picture of a Paladin trailavan on page 47 of the 1949 copy of the caravan Manual, you can see the roof is the same as the mystery van ,even the small round vents over the windows are the same ,Paladin used a unusual construction, this can been seen on the narrow aluminium panels on the sides, these are bolted together on a aluminium T section extrusion , Coventry Knight was the only other van makers at the time, to use a similar method of construction Very Happy
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 31, 2009 11:01 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Interesting Very Happy

But is anyone interested in saving it? Wink
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