Bush Tucker Man
8th Mar 2004, 00:45
Our first caravan was what is euphamistically called a 'classic'.
It was a 1978 Safari 15/4, that's a name to conjure with, it's an ideal name for one to tow behind a 109 Station Wagon/'Safari'
Or even an appropriately aged Range Rover, as it was (I understand) quite a high-spec & pricey caravan its its day.
We'd been considering buying a caravan, to save paying constantly increasing B&B, or hotel, fees.
Ours came our way from a friend who'd been offered a derisory px at a dealer against the Lunar Delta he bought.
We were offered it, with a 6month old awning for £140.00.
Needless to say we said yes.
It was almost unnoticeable behind the 90CSW, but the Volvo 740 estate struggled a bit.
After a while it suffered some damage, the bro-in-law asked to borrow it to sleep in at Tong for the JEEP-Fest.
This was at the height of F&M outbreak. Dave (the landowner) had built a disinfectant bath out of concrete.
As I drove through I could hear a scraping.
On pitching up I looked & the whole back panel had split vertically for almost 2foot!
Not too chuffed about that.
And to top it all off, bro-in-law sodded off into the woods leaving me to put the awning up, get water & sort it all out.
He almost slept on the ground as I almost took it back home.
Still it lasted a good while longer & is now (to be) used as a lap-counters van for a motor-cross club.
It's replacement was a 1989 Swift Challenger 520/5TA. That caused us some grief on a couple of occasions as well.
(photos of all 3 caravans on my 'WebShots')
It was a 1978 Safari 15/4, that's a name to conjure with, it's an ideal name for one to tow behind a 109 Station Wagon/'Safari'
Or even an appropriately aged Range Rover, as it was (I understand) quite a high-spec & pricey caravan its its day.
We'd been considering buying a caravan, to save paying constantly increasing B&B, or hotel, fees.
Ours came our way from a friend who'd been offered a derisory px at a dealer against the Lunar Delta he bought.
We were offered it, with a 6month old awning for £140.00.
Needless to say we said yes.
It was almost unnoticeable behind the 90CSW, but the Volvo 740 estate struggled a bit.
After a while it suffered some damage, the bro-in-law asked to borrow it to sleep in at Tong for the JEEP-Fest.
This was at the height of F&M outbreak. Dave (the landowner) had built a disinfectant bath out of concrete.
As I drove through I could hear a scraping.
On pitching up I looked & the whole back panel had split vertically for almost 2foot!
Not too chuffed about that.
And to top it all off, bro-in-law sodded off into the woods leaving me to put the awning up, get water & sort it all out.
He almost slept on the ground as I almost took it back home.
Still it lasted a good while longer & is now (to be) used as a lap-counters van for a motor-cross club.
It's replacement was a 1989 Swift Challenger 520/5TA. That caused us some grief on a couple of occasions as well.
(photos of all 3 caravans on my 'WebShots')