Post by Don Ricardo on Aug 25, 2008 23:25:34 GMT 10
Evening all,
During my recent wanderings around the fine state of New South Wales, I passed through Bogan Gate (great name ;D ;D ;D), west of Parkes. There I spied a bondwood caravan in a carport:
The photos aren't great - the light was coming from the wrong direction - and I didn't have time to investigate further or knock on the door, but what intrigued me most was the "bay window", which reminded me of some of the English V V's we've seen from time to time. The van looked pretty standard 50's vintage, and the window looked professionally finished as far as I could tell from a distance.
Having never seen an Australian van with a bay window as best as I can remember, I was amazed when a couple of days later Deaytos posted photos of the van he/she has for sale, which also boasts a bay window (as others have already commented). I've borrowed a couple of photos from Deaytos' post for comparison (I trust you don't mind Deaytos):
At first sight I thought the two vans were virtually identical, but I think Deaytos' van is bigger than the Bogan Gate van (note the window to the left of the door on Deaytos' van), and the roof on Deaytos' van is more curved. In addition it looks as if the middle panel of the window on the Bogan Gate van opens, whereas I'm not sure from the photo whether the window on Deaytos' van does.
Maybe Deaytos can tell us if the window on his/her van opens, and whether the construction of the actual bay window on the two vans looks to be the same?
Subject to what Deaytos can tell us, the question then is: Did some caravan builder or other install bay windows in their vans as a regular or optional feature? If so, who was the builder? Alternatively was the bay window an 'after market accessory' that was added by the vans' owners at a later stage? Thoughts anyone?
Don Ricardo
During my recent wanderings around the fine state of New South Wales, I passed through Bogan Gate (great name ;D ;D ;D), west of Parkes. There I spied a bondwood caravan in a carport:
The photos aren't great - the light was coming from the wrong direction - and I didn't have time to investigate further or knock on the door, but what intrigued me most was the "bay window", which reminded me of some of the English V V's we've seen from time to time. The van looked pretty standard 50's vintage, and the window looked professionally finished as far as I could tell from a distance.
Having never seen an Australian van with a bay window as best as I can remember, I was amazed when a couple of days later Deaytos posted photos of the van he/she has for sale, which also boasts a bay window (as others have already commented). I've borrowed a couple of photos from Deaytos' post for comparison (I trust you don't mind Deaytos):
At first sight I thought the two vans were virtually identical, but I think Deaytos' van is bigger than the Bogan Gate van (note the window to the left of the door on Deaytos' van), and the roof on Deaytos' van is more curved. In addition it looks as if the middle panel of the window on the Bogan Gate van opens, whereas I'm not sure from the photo whether the window on Deaytos' van does.
Maybe Deaytos can tell us if the window on his/her van opens, and whether the construction of the actual bay window on the two vans looks to be the same?
Subject to what Deaytos can tell us, the question then is: Did some caravan builder or other install bay windows in their vans as a regular or optional feature? If so, who was the builder? Alternatively was the bay window an 'after market accessory' that was added by the vans' owners at a later stage? Thoughts anyone?
Don Ricardo
