newbug
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Post by newbug on Nov 25, 2015 16:42:06 GMT 10
Hmmm.
The shape is positively curvaceous and it looks home-made by someone very keen on rivets, but I've never seen anything quite like it: link
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Post by DC3Td on Nov 25, 2015 17:04:15 GMT 10
Gday Newbug. This van came up in conversation here a few months back. English/euro look/wheels.The Seller says redg as a 1976 - In W M Whiteman,A History of the Caravan photo pages show a 1936/7 Airlite Folding caravan with near to if not identical pop out side windows.The current caravan is obviously more modern given the shape/fitout/fixtures/cladding method & in particular the folding door.And a very desirable looking van.
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newbug
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Post by newbug on Nov 25, 2015 17:19:20 GMT 10
Thanks, haven't been on here for a few months but will go in search of that conversation.
It's toooo damnably desirable; can a single girl really justify a third van? That's a rhetorical question obviously, any more than one is a collection so I've already got a pair of tyres on the road to ruin.
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Post by JBJ on Nov 25, 2015 18:52:14 GMT 10
Hi,
this has been put together by a tradesman with good body building skills, probably someone in the aeronautical industry.
It shows lots of skills, & I would guess the body is probably aluminium. The ends & roof show that they were probably rolled on an english wheel, which is the only way I know of to make compound curves on flat sheet. A compound curve rolls in more than one direction at a time.
To be able to rivet like that is quite an art, learned from years of practice.
I have seen several vans built after end of WW2 that while different in detail, are similar in construction techniques.
So my guess is that it would have been built in the era of the wheels, or early 60's.
But unless someone discovers the truth, its all a guess
Real nice van
JBJ
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Post by Another Penguin on Nov 25, 2015 21:30:16 GMT 10
Looks like a vw beetle back window
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newbug
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Post by newbug on Nov 26, 2015 15:46:02 GMT 10
I've searched back several months in the 'for sale' posts but not yet found the previous discussion on this van, though it may have been moved to another folder. Any ideas on who/when/where would be appreciated.Scrub that thought - just found the earlier thread: link
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Post by JBJ on Nov 26, 2015 18:29:57 GMT 10
Hi,
Without further info, my guess is the wheels & the van are probably early 60's
JBJ
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