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Post by Deleted on Jun 22, 2012 11:15:03 GMT 10
Is there a member in the Horsham / Stawell area that can go check out this van and report back to the troops Andrew would like an idea of of a fair asking price, or make an offer whist your there Mark From Andrew: Dear Mark A friend is selling his old caravan and has asked me to help. It is currently on his farm in Laharum in the Wimmera area of Victoria. Could you direct me to any specialty publications or websites where sales notices can be posted? Especially if they're likely to be able to collect from the Wimmera (Halls Gap) area. It's an amazing caravan with full original awning and great original interior. It is not currently registered but that can easily be rectified. It's built in the '60's I think - I need to check with him but he has the documentation of registration. Any guidance that would mean it would go to a good home is greatly appreciated. Kind regards Andrew
-- Andrew Mobile: 0439 301007
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Post by Franklin1 on Jun 22, 2012 11:29:17 GMT 10
Hmmm...has a bit of a Coronet look about it. If anybody goes for a squiz, could you get down on your hands and knees and see if there is a chassis number welded on the inside of the drawbar arm, round about where the arrow is pointing... cheers, Al.
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Post by isambard on Jun 22, 2012 14:03:04 GMT 10
I'd go check it out just for the scenery - that second pic looks amazing! having said that, in jest (though not as regards that bewdiful backdrop), does anyone know if this is a bondwood + alluminium, or all ally? the nagging voice seated to my left perked up no end when he saw this one. the minute you buy your very first vv, every pal and their pet wants one too
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Post by Franklin1 on Jun 22, 2012 18:00:19 GMT 10
G'day isambard (President of the Millard Appreciation Society) It's always hard to make judgements just on photos, however I'd be inclined to think this has got bondwood sides, and is from the start of the 1960s. There seems to have been something done to the section under the door, which might indicate that woodrot has eaten that section away at some time. The other thing is the wheel arch seems to have been cut out at the top, probably to give more room to remove the wheel. I guess it would be easier to cut plywood out like that, as opposed to aluminium, but again it doesn't confirm one or the other. The more I look at the photo, the more I'm leaning towards it being a Coronet. cheers, Al.
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Post by Roehm3108 on Jun 22, 2012 22:03:23 GMT 10
Hey Al, do you think the van had spats on it? Only have a laptop screen, but does it look like there are 4 screw holes around that wheel arch?
Ray
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Post by Franklin1 on Jun 22, 2012 22:32:17 GMT 10
G'day Ray,
Yeah, could be, but it also looks like they might be those "commonsense" fasteners for a skirt along the bottom of the van. You can see the straight row of screws/bolts holding the cladding to the chassis rail, but you can also see the odd fastener closer to the contour of the bottom edge.
Going back to isambard's question about bondwood vs ali...Having a closer look at the door itself, I can see the joints at the top and bottom of the framework where the paint has cracked, which might suggest the door is made of timber rather than aluminium.
cheers, Al.
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Post by melburgorbust on Jun 25, 2012 14:45:34 GMT 10
What would a van of this sort of size weigh?
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Post by JBJ on Jun 25, 2012 15:36:13 GMT 10
Hi Melburgorbust,
Bit hard to tell from a photo.
I guess the van is about 12 or 13 foot long, & a rule of thumb I remember from somewhere was timber vans used to weigh about 1 hundredweight per foot.
So 1 hundredweight was 112 pounds, & there 2,2 pounds to a kilogram, so if its 13 foot it could weigh about 660 kg.
Pretty rough numbers, but without seeing a weighbridge ticket I dont know that you can get any more accurate as a guess.
Just looked at a 2 litre subaru for a friend the other day, & it had a safe towing weight in its specifications of 825kg for a caravan with brakes, so that would indicate that most cars around 2 litre or bigger could tow it.
From experience, I would think that is likely to be true.
Hope that helps
JBJ
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Post by webrake4bricabrac on Jun 25, 2012 16:41:47 GMT 10
There are quite a few similarities to my 14ft 1959 Coronet, which weighs about a tonne
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