free caravan. needs work.

[taxi paul]

I bought this has a wendy house but now surplus to requirements. No gas but works on leccy hook up, provided. Fridge works has do water heater ans sockets. No damp but front ns window needs a reseal. Would be ok for brew hut or rip to bitsfor trailer. Located in merseyside. No towbar so cant deliver. Anyone want it before I shove it on gumtree.

[bub2006]

Ideal project considering I'm looking for a new van in the near future. Sadly no tow bar in car yet. Don't look like it needs much work to make it back into a family van.

[taxi paul]

Well the floor has delaminated so is bouncy. Won't break but still. I took the fire and all the gas pipes out but I could supply a double gas stove and bottle to go on top of worktop. No toilet cos I took it out. Front bench seats are basically two single beds. I think I have got a newish porch awning has well.no spare wheel but a 13" Corsa one normally does the job. Curtains are a bit rubbish and need sorting.

[bub2006]

I regret getting rid of one I had other year. Hopefully goes to a good home.

[NorfolkNWeigh]

Let me be the first to say that looks like a brand new van to me.

I think of anything with plastic windows as modern though.

 

Lots of happy memories of caravan holidays when my kids were small and it was all we could afford, now? Fuck no! I'd rather slam my knob in the garden gate than sleep on a bit of foam in a musty plywood and aluminium box, before traipsing across a wet field to take my morning dump.

 

Saying that, good luck with the giveaway!

[dean36014]

I used to collect those out of ABI caravans when they were new and deliver them to a dealer in leicester. Great vans and probably even more lightweight now due to removal of certain cupboards. If i had the room I'd have that and use it as a workshop until my garage gets built.

[taxi paul]

Gone pending collection. I shall see what other shite I can hide in it from my shed. For the new owner to find. Only joking .

[Captain Furious]

"sleep on a bit of foam in a musty plywood and aluminium box, before traipsing across a wet field to take my morning dump"

 

This is a great description of caravanning, if I owned a caravan sales establishment this would be my tagline.

[taxi paul]

Well this sailed off into the sunset today. Now have loads of room on my driveway. Hopefully the new owner can make use if it and have some fun. Assuming he hasn't abandoned it at a service station somewhere.

[sierraman]

This takes me back, when me and a mate of mine were about 19/20, we were going to get a free/cheap caravan, take it to the coast, stop in it while we were on our jollies, then saving ourselves the agg of selling it, bearing in mind we had no storage, either torch it when it was time to go home or simply dump it in a layby. Sadly my father caught on to this idea, and pointed out the CRIS register would pin us down if the campsite didn't collar us first.

[taxi paul]

No cris registration. So can be safely left in a layby while you go and get some important tools needed to fix it.

[dollywobbler]

This takes me back, when me and a mate of mine were about 19/20, we were going to get a free/cheap caravan, take it to the coast, stop in it while we were on our jollies, then saving ourselves the agg of selling it, bearing in mind we had no storage, either torch it when it was time to go home or simply dump it in a layby. Sadly my father caught on to this idea, and pointed out the CRIS register would pin us down if the campsite didn't collar us first.

 

Nice. We get arseholes doing this annoyingly often around here. Buy a cheap caravan, take it to the Royal Welsh Show, then just abandon it somewhere, occasionally setting fire to it for good measure. Always someone else's problem... (though I'll let you off as I did plenty of stupid things when I was 19.)

[sierraman]

Like I say were talking quite some time ago now.

[DodgeRover]

This takes me back, when me and a mate of mine were about 19/20, we were going to get a free/cheap caravan, take it to the coast, stop in it while we were on our jollies, then saving ourselves the agg of selling it, bearing in mind we had no storage, either torch it when it was time to go home or simply dump it in a layby. Sadly my father caught on to this idea, and pointed out the CRIS register would pin us down if the campsite didn't collar us first.

You know you have to pay to check and change the details on the CRIS register don't you? That's why most older vans are still registered to the person who had them 10 years ago....sold it to the travellers for cash after the holiday M8.

[Isaac Hunt]

before traipsing across a wet field to take my morning dump.!

You can get flushing toilets in vans these days. When I was a lad, it was no more than a seat over an oversize bucket half full of water and Elsan Blue. You could dump on other folks floaters. A trip to a cold brick shithouse was more appealing unless it was middle of the night.

 

Then there were the continental holidays, where the shitervouthouse didn't even have a pan, just a certamic hole in the floor with a couple of foot pads, that was an experience. But one did improve ones line of sight. No good if you have a bad back though as it was like perching without a perch.

 

I remember the first time I came across one, WTF, I was only little and was kind of chuffed that I had worked out how to shit French style, it was in the days where crossing the channel provided a whole different insight into cars, Renners, Shitrons and Pewgots everywhere.

 

Nowadays, the vehicle park is the same and I've not seen one of those floorpans for many years.

[D Spares & Tyres]

I'm now an official shed dragger

 

Cheers Paul ☺

[sierraman]

We were planning on towing it with a Frontera 2.3. For a quick getaway obviously.

[taxi paul]

You're welcome. Hope your missus approves. Not easy to hide a caravan on the drive. The log burner sounds like a good plan.

[New POD]

Wish I'd seen this. I've been thinking I "need" to be a real contractor and live in a damp caravan to save the price of hotel/b&b/hostel/digs etc.  

Mind you the price of caravan sites compares not well with renting a room off a mate.  

[MikeR]

buy the Volvo 740 , put a mattress in the back , sleep in the works car park , use the works toilets and canteen .........

 

 

seen it done in the past ....

 

 

gone camping like that as well .....  its better than a tent when  a storm hits

[MorrisItalSLX]

buy the Volvo 740 , put a mattress in the back , sleep in the works car park , use the works toilets and canteen .........

 

 

seen it done in the past ....

 

 

gone camping like that as well .....  its better than a tent when  a storm hits

 

I would prefer to be in a tent in a storm over a Honda Jazz.

 

Ask how I know...

[timolloyd]

You're welcome. Hope your missus approves. Not easy to hide a caravan on the drive. The log burner sounds like a good plan.

 

It'll take ages to chop up the caravan that small

[D Spares & Tyres]

You're welcome. Hope your missus approves. Not easy to hide a caravan on the drive. The log burner sounds like a good plan.

She approves. Little one has spent pretty much all week playing in it. I've built a cabin bed in it for the older one.

 

Also bought a Nissan X Trail DCi to pull it. The ZX did ok though on the way back, it was mostly flat. It struggled a bit on the Shropshire hills though. Shogun broken and Teranno unwell and have no time to fix them so hopefully this will do the trick

[taxi paul]

Glad it is of use to you. You may have to camp in the driveway with the kids to test it out.

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

This takes me back, when me and a mate of mine were about 19/20, we were going to get a free/cheap caravan, take it to the coast, stop in it while we were on our jollies, then saving ourselves the agg of selling it, bearing in mind we had no storage, either torch it when it was time to go home or simply dump it in a layby. 

 

I like your style.

 

We did something similar at Silverstone in 1995 or so.  I've heard they go up well if there's a gas bottle in there. 

[sierraman]

Thinking back I'd have torched the Frontera as well.

 

A mate had a 2.0 Transit minibus, 'converted' into a 'holiday home' he'd park it round the corner and go on foot to the reception, knowing full well as soon as they saw the blue K reg Transit they'd tell him to fuck off with it. I've got a photo of it somewhere, it was properly grim.

[davehedgehog31]

I'm now an official shed draggerIMG_20180401_125750.jpg

 

Cheers Paul ☺

Fine outfit.

[The Reverend Bluejeans]

The Silverstone caravan incident was unintentional. We'd dragged it there for a DTM race, kipped in it for two nights etc. All jumped in the Sierra (Cardinal red A reg 1.6L with a 2.0 and Konis - and towbar) to go home. At Bicester I turned around to look what was behind.

 

Nick, where's the caravan?

 

Daft twat had forgotten to hitch it up. We kept going.