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Mytocon
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 Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 12:37 pm Post subject: Request for an identification |
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Hello all,
A friend on another forum is looking to help identify the caravan in this shot. Is anyone able to have a go?
I immediately thought "Eccles" but don't really know why (probably the lack of lantern roof made me think it was a more "entry level" make), but it is obviously quite a large model judging by the towcar so it's possible the model wouldn't be hard to work out if the make was positively ID'ed. Any thoughts gratefully recieved.
It's all gut-feelingon my part, because, as a 60's model myself, that's the decade I tend to be more comfortable with. Even though a Berkeley Cavalier is my utopian classic van  |
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emmerson
Joined: 30 Sep 2008
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Location: South East Wales
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Don't think that flat roof panel is Eccles.
I'd go for a home-build, quite common in the fifties and sixties. |
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Knowsley
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| Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2012 10:25 pm Post subject: |
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Dovedale van built in blackpool me thinks
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Mytocon
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| emmerson wrote: | | I'd go for a home-build, quite common in the fifties and sixties. |
Home builds tended to be a bit more "angular" though didn't they? The shape of this seems to be typical of 1930's vans (is there a name for it, "teapot" perhaps?  ) so maybe as Knowsley suggests a Dovedale shell at least?
| Knowsley wrote: | | Dovedale van built in blackpool me thinks |
Knowsley, I'd love to hear your thinking on this one, as you've got a much better track record than my "gut"!  |
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Penman
Joined: 23 Nov 2007
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Location: Swindon, Wilts.
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| Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2012 3:42 pm Post subject: |
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Hi
What about the other ID, is it a Princess or a Sheerline?
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Mytocon
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| Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2012 4:12 pm Post subject: |
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| Penman wrote: | Hi
What about the other ID, is it a Princess or a Sheerline? |
That is a good point, I'm 99 % it's a Sheerline but didn't volunteer the info as I was in enough trouble on the 'van. |
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moggy
Joined: 28 Jul 2008
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| Posted: Mon Dec 10, 2012 4:52 pm Post subject: |
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maybe a willerby
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emmerson
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The car is a Sheerline. The Princess had a much more "flowing" body style.
I'd like it though! |
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