Late last year I got a call from my lady friend asking if I'd go with her to look at an old caravan one of her friends wanted to sell. She knew I wasn't interested in a van but she thought perhaps I could take some photos and put it on the forum and see if anyone was interested.
We went over on the Sunday and I'm still not sure how it happened, but that afternoon I became the proud owner of a neat little Sandrover caravan. My car didn't have a tow bar fitted so up until a month or so ago the van has been sitting under the carport..
The van is not totally original, it has been painted over the years and shows some wear and tear but overall is a neat little unit. As my car is unrestored they compliment each other quite well...It's 11ft 6ins long and weighs in at 450kg.
The van has only had two previous owners, has never been unregistered and still has has original number plate.(G53-462)
This van was not originally painted, it has had different color schemes over the years, red, blue and yellow show through in places. It's going to eventually end up plain old white.
The guy I got it off thought it was a 1950s build but the plaque stamped on refrigerator says June 1966, the guy at Shannons thought late 1950s early 60s going on the rego.
I've given it a couple of test tows this week and the old girl handles it OK, all going well I'll try it out soon over a weekend away...
Cheers, Darcy
