Classic cars forum & vehicle restoration.

[emmerson]

Point taken, gresham, but if I bought one like that, I'd still use it as intended.

Iceman, where are you staying in Penrith?
We've wintered up there a few times, at North Dyke farm.

[christine lowery]

winter up north
emmerson and a few of us super hardy (daft) royalists were talked into a new year bash in sunny moffat alright we got the Sun but 10 inches of snow and minus 18 and we had a great time
christine and i slept in tha awning shona our daughter and grandson had the royale (glass windows and all ) we were all toastie and warm under all the blankets and when we took down the awning the ground was still frozen

we were at north dyke a couple of weeks ago in the rain geof came up from wales for his windows and formica
the tourmaster was roasting with all the heating going full blast

chris

[The Oldtimers]

We promise to get the "Dormouse" to next years national come hell or high water![/quote]

You are going to be busy then Dalek!

[Dalek63]

Might not be 100% finished .
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[christine lowery]

not finnished
all my vans are not finnished we use and restore on the hoof if i show a van with an interior pannel missing people can see how its built and they find it's not rocket science
love em use em and restore them i love working on our vans but i think that i love useing them more

chris

[EcclesE10]

Just to add my 2p worth to the thread, I was at a steam rally back in the summer when the lady I bought my Eccles from brought me some paperwork and other bits she had promised when I bought the 'van. Turns out this van was bought new from Harringtons of Middlewich in 1957 by a caravan club member, he used it regularly until 2004 when it came into the previous owners possesion, she used it with a young family to go around the rally circuit when she was crewing with her father on his traction engines, I bought it and kept it undercover for 12 months until I had somewhere nearer to home to store it, and myself and my wife have used it regularly for the last couple of years... The only time it has ever had a problem with water leaking was whilst it was sheeted up outside, the sheet trapped the water on the roof and allowed it to wick under the roof joints. Now it is kept outside and used regularly, it has no problems with damp of any sort, much to the chagrin of a friend whose modern 'van has been in and out of various workshops all the time he has had it. I have no qualms about little mods to make the 'van more user friendly, as the first owner has done some during it's "working" life, and all i shall do is bits and pieces to keep using it as Eccles intended 55 years ago!