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Post by Don Ricardo on Oct 18, 2021 22:02:23 GMT 10
Hi Hughdeany,
I think you’re right that the bench/drawer over the off side rear bed is an add on. Some Clippers do have a bench which extends over the bed, but this one doesn’t even line up with the rest of the bench.
Don Ricardo
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Post by sportsman 1 on Oct 19, 2021 6:37:48 GMT 10
Hi Don,
yes, it is one of the others pictured above. It is the one dated September 10th, 2017. It threw me at first as the original picture shows two small outside access doors on the left hand side, but the restored van only has one but having decided that the restored van has most likely been reclad I turned to the interior. Many of the interior features looked similar but when you have a close look at the kitchen area you will see the same cooker area, tea towel holder in the same spot and most of all the white and black power point/light switch in the same place. I then looked carefully at the laminex at the back of the kitchen and the pattern appears identical - surely it has to be the same van.
Great to finally see one has been restored and quickly. Assuming the first photos were taken close to the date we saw them it was less than 12 months between then and when it was put up for sale. Where is it now one wonders.
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Post by Don Ricardo on Oct 19, 2021 10:01:23 GMT 10
Well done Sportsman1, I was going cross-eyed trying to work out which van it was, but I reckoned you'd work it out.  Apart from the black and white plugs, I note that the semi-circular wear marks on the back of the stove alcove are the same too. There must have been something stored there that swung back and forth against the metal sheeting for many, many miles. Yes, it is nice to see that the van has been restored, and quite nicely too by the look of it. The fact that it's been re-clad explains the strapping on the outside walls. Don Ricardo |
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Post by sportsman 1 on Oct 19, 2021 12:05:49 GMT 10
Hi Don, I think you will find the marks on the wall behind the cooker are from the lift up benchtop above the actual cooker itself. The pictures of the van pre restoration show the benchtop propped up. My kitchen has the same fold up benchtop.
The strips on the outside walls are the cover strips over the joins in the sheeting. I cheated and did my outside walls in one big sheet so no joins to cover up. I considered fitting some dummy strips but liked it nice and flat so didnt.
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Post by Don Ricardo on Oct 19, 2021 19:09:15 GMT 10
Hi again Sportsman1,
Interesting to read about the cover strips. I think you made the right decision with your van. Looking at the photos of all the various Clippers on this thread, it is clear that Clipper built their side walls using two sheets of Masonite/ply with a join somewhere around window level. However there is no sign of any strapping to cover the join, so maybe they taped over it or tried to make the join really tight?
In contrast Hardy Van covered both its horizontal and vertical joins with strapping. The result is not nearly as ‘clean’ and tidy to my eye.
Don Ricardo
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Post by sportsman 1 on Oct 19, 2021 20:44:36 GMT 10
If you look at the pictures of the early style vans you will clearly see the centre join on them, no strips were fitted originally, just tight joins and tape.
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Post by Don Ricardo on Mar 23, 2022 16:26:02 GMT 10
On 17 August 2011, I posed the following question to Olfarts on another unrelated thread:Now Dave, I have a question for you... Check out the Clipper sign on the back of this Kennedy (or is it a Franklin?), and tell me if you think the logo links this van to Clipper in South Australia. I'm interested in your opinion, and Sportsman1 if he sees this...  Just realised this van appears to have lost it's wheels. That's a bit sad.  Don Ricardo
Later that day, Olfarts responded as follows:Having owned 3 Clippers, i would say that that is identical to the SA built Clippers Ive owned.I'm sure Leigh would agree with that. I note the van has SA plates as well. Are you able to shed any history on it Don? Cheers. Dave
Editorial note - August 2020: For more information about the history of these fibreglass van sold by Clipper click here. Don Ricardo Hi all, Roger H, the current owner of the Clipper fibreglass van shown in the above post from 2011 is currently restoring it and posted the following photos on the Franklin Caravans Appreciation Facebook page in February 2022: Before...  ...and after:  Roger H commented in his post: "...just colour matched the door and spats the rest is the original fibreglass gelcoat with 8 coats of clear polly glow over it...". The spats are from another Franklin model.    According to Roger H's Facebook post: "I purchased this [caravan]...recently and have been tidying up the outside over the last few weeks while I wait for the cooler time of year to bring the inside back to life I was looking through the history the other night and found my actual van from years ago and an explanation of the fact that it's actually a Clipper as the old sticker was still on the rear back then along with a silhouette of a ship its definitely the same van with the offset numberplate because the numberplate light was mounted on the rectangle body mold on right so the number plate doesn't fit properly along with all the other familiar tell tale signs the build number is 922 B anyway maybe someone may recognise it she now lives in Coffs Harbour and she's coming up a treat loving it !!"It's interesting to know that the van has the serial number '922B' on the drawbar. That confirms that the Clipper version of the caravan were built on a Franklin chassis with the 'B' indicating a build date (for the chassis) of 1961 or 1962. The above information is posted at Roger H's request. Hopefully he'll tell us more about its restoration. Don Ricardo |
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Post by raff on Oct 27, 2023 10:05:18 GMT 10
On 17 August 2011, I posed the following question to Olfarts on another unrelated thread:Now Dave, I have a question for you... Check out the Clipper sign on the back of this Kennedy (or is it a Franklin?), and tell me if you think the logo links this van to Clipper in South Australia. I'm interested in your opinion, and Sportsman1 if he sees this... Just realised this van appears to have lost it's wheels. That's a bit sad. Don Ricardo
Later that day, Olfarts responded as follows:Having owned 3 Clippers, i would say that that is identical to the SA built Clippers Ive owned.I'm sure Leigh would agree with that. I note the van has SA plates as well. Are you able to shed any history on it Don? Cheers. Dave
Editorial note - August 2020: For more information about the history of these fibreglass van sold by Clipper click here. Don Ricardo Hi all, Roger H, the current owner of the Clipper fibreglass van shown in the above post from 2011 is currently restoring it and posted the following photos on the Franklin Caravans Appreciation Facebook page in February 2022: Before... ...and after: Roger H commented in his post: "...just colour matched the door and spats the rest is the original fibreglass gelcoat with 8 coats of clear polly glow over it...". The spats are from another Franklin model. According to Roger H's Facebook post: "I purchased this [caravan]...recently and have been tidying up the outside over the last few weeks while I wait for the cooler time of year to bring the inside back to life I was looking through the history the other night and found my actual van from years ago and an explanation of the fact that it's actually a Clipper as the old sticker was still on the rear back then along with a silhouette of a ship its definitely the same van with the offset numberplate because the numberplate light was mounted on the rectangle body mold on right so the number plate doesn't fit properly along with all the other familiar tell tale signs the build number is 922 B anyway maybe someone may recognise it she now lives in Coffs Harbour and she's coming up a treat loving it !!"It's interesting to know that the van has the serial number '922B' on the drawbar. That confirms that the Clipper version of the caravan were built on a Franklin chassis with the 'B' indicating a build date (for the chassis) of 1961 or 1962. The above information is posted at Roger H's request. Hopefully he'll tell us more about its restoration. Don Ricardo |
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Post by jdazzle on Oct 23, 2024 21:06:24 GMT 10
Hi Don, yes, it is one of the others pictured above. It is the one dated September 10th, 2017. It threw me at first as the original picture shows two small outside access doors on the left hand side, but the restored van only has one but having decided that the restored van has most likely been reclad I turned to the interior. Many of the interior features looked similar but when you have a close look at the kitchen area you will see the same cooker area, tea towel holder in the same spot and most of all the white and black power point/light switch in the same place. I then looked carefully at the laminex at the back of the kitchen and the pattern appears identical - surely it has to be the same van. Great to finally see one has been restored and quickly. Assuming the first photos were taken close to the date we saw them it was less than 12 months between then and when it was put up for sale. Where is it now one wonders. Just doing some linking research here as this caravan is for sale again, I am musing over it and researching it here. Gosh, it didn't look great in the beginning. Thinking was masonite cladding, curious to know what it is now. "New" table and laminex (though looks the same as the flooring), flooring, that drawer add-on, lighting, likely other internal seat/bed framing. vintagecaravans.proboards.com/post/131520 |
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