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George, a regular contributor on the main site (not persuaded him onto the forum yet though ) went to check out this rare Weylander caravan, sat in a garden.



Apparently it is for sale to a good home only, full story and pics here:

http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/weyland_caravan.htm

Rick

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News is that it will be scrapped if a buyer isnt found, an ebay listing has been put up in a final attempt to find a home:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Weyland-Classic-Antique-old-leaded-window-caravan_W0QQitemZ280079756527QQihZ018QQcategoryZ19296QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Rick

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Alas the caravan is no more, however George managed to retrieve the axle which appears to have been fitted to a car (or van perhaps?) in the distant past... can anyone suggest what vehicle the axle might be from?? here are George's notes...

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Rick,

I recieved a call from Marianne Hill yesterday, the Weyland has been
scrapped! She kept the windows, sink and cooker and asked me if I
wanted the chassis. As I wanted some springs for my old trailer and
thinking it was about the right date I said yes. I had to see what it
was like didnt I! Anyhow, Angela and I got there about 1pm and it was
not like I had in mind at all, the wheels were actually part of a car
front axle assembly! I now think this Weyland was made by a competent
amateur, what the club calls, non-preprietary.

Looking at the timbers and general condition I can see it must have been pretty bad, probably best scraped. I enclose some pixs for info and ask, what do you think this front beam axle is from?

It measures 48" exactly from swivel pin to swivel pin, the drum
backplates are 12.5" in diameter, the tyres 5.50 x 16, 4 stud fixing
but marked L and R for thread direction with brass studs. The brakes
still work! The hub caps are 9.75" in diameter and look like they will
polish up well which is truely amazing. On site we managed to remove
the coaching bolts from the chassis to the axle springs and it lifted
off fine. The bolt ends were very rusted away but thankfully all the
bolts undid quite easily which surprised me a lot.

The chassis was far too long for my old trailer so we had to cut it in
half using a hacksaw, it took ages even with rusted angle iron. We
lifted up the frame back onto itself and it broke in half. It was still
very heavy to move and we struggled to load the frames onto the trailer
then the axle.

Tied up we were off but it took ages as the car found it very heavy to
pull plus the air drag gave it at best 50mph and worst 30, it was too
much for the poor old A40.

I hope to find someone that wants this front end, somebody must I am
sure. It looks 1930's or maybe 1940's to me, what do you think Rick?
I hope the hubcaps offer a clue but no name can be seen anywhere.

Bye for now,

George







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Commercial vehicles in days of yore sometimes had reverse thread studs on the nearside (my Dodge does for instance) so could this suggest that this axle may be from an old van???? all advice welcomed


Rick
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