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Post by atefooterz on Nov 24, 2014 22:37:13 GMT 10
Great post The Tinkers! I am biased as my first & only caravan is a 16`Arrow. I have been living in it since late July & very pleased to kep discovering things, like the first few sleeps with it on level ground, unhitched & no stands deployed i tippy toed to the rear bed convinced it would fall under my weight (100ishKGs)as the tow ball weight was 80kg but touch wood stable as!
After being snuggly warm under a doona in the low to sub zero temps & recently with 38-42c i have been very impressed with the insulation & ventillation qualities. I am currently parked next to a row of shady trees so during the heat wave the hot V cold creats a very slight breeze inside so any sweat is evaporated off the skin plus so far the max internal temp has been 28c in 42.3c external! (i hate air cons).*stoked*
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Post by atefooterz on Nov 24, 2014 22:39:15 GMT 10
Delete, wrong thread sorry.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 27, 2014 18:18:31 GMT 10
Great post The Tinkers! I am biased as my first & only caravan is a 16`Arrow. I have been living in it since late July & very pleased to kep discovering things, like the first few sleeps with it on level ground, unhitched & no stands deployed i tippy toed to the rear bed convinced it would fall under my weight (100ishKGs)as the tow ball weight was 80kg but touch wood stable as! After being snuggly warm under a doona in the low to sub zero temps & recently with 38-42c i have been very impressed with the insulation & ventillation qualities. I am currently parked next to a row of shady trees so during the heat wave the hot V cold creats a very slight breeze inside so any sweat is evaporated off the skin plus so far the max internal temp has been 28c in 42.3c external! (i hate air cons).*stoked* Thanks ate, Where do you live? We travel between the Central Coast and the Far South Coast. We read an old Franklin ad last night which was boasting about the insulation (which we agree seems to be working pretty well). And the frame. And the Aluminium. Each thing has a specific Trade Mark Registered fancyspangled name, and we're studying profusely to remember them all to sound as intelligent as possible in Franklin conversations. You can go too far, of course. The ad has a long dot list of features, small details which may pass one into nerd level. But the emergency brake is cool. We've passed through the first 24 hour honeymoon of our caravan, and are noticing little things that need fixing. The door isn't a little thing, though. It's a replacement door with a metal security plate over the fly screen hinged in reverse, so when you open the door the metal screen easily does incredible damage to the van itself. And did, day one. To put us back on the new Franklin upper, we went shopping for new curtains. It already boasts a funkarama original lino floor pattern (something the ad failed to mention), and my style-savvy wife is onto interior complements. The van didn't come with an annexe, so we're working on that. Our Franklin wishlist: Annexe, original outside light cover (which was smashed by the evil metal door cover), front stone guard, door, water tank repair. Thanks for getting in touch. We've moved into our new little 'home' already and are loving it. Once again the interior design is impressing us. As the old ad promised it would. p.s. We hate aircon too. And microwaves. We can normally do without televisions, as well, (forget the 60s, we like livin' in the 40s, man) but with a 13yo we've had to make some adjustments. It will be one, though, that we can hide away in a cupboard. That search is turning out more complex than the curtains. Different ratings, stars, designs. And then the mysterious caravan 250v plug. Once again, cheers. *stoked* backatcha. The Tinkers |
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Post by atefooterz on Nov 27, 2014 23:57:56 GMT 10
Lol i am currently holed up in Thornleigh, i will find out if i am near Kings Park till Xmas or will go up to mates place on the Sunshine Coast, My original door has no key so i am without the half door opener, the original light has been replaced by an ugly fluro, it has the sail track to fit an annex, many scars show it used to have one, I started a thread here with a few pics -> ditzygypsy.proboards.com/thread/2821/franklin-arrow-1976-16ft-w8566 So far i am glad i did not do what i wanted to first up as living in them shows up weaknesses & strengths, being of a certain age i do not mind being imersed with the 16yr old me bold bamboo & timberwork, that is in far too good condition the make white just for "modernising or looking brighter etc", at least being solo i do not have that committee thang & urgency for change lol. What i have been way to lax in is getting the 240V & instaling a 12v system, i have survived quite well with a modern 3x AAA LED dolphin, having various houses to shower watch tv play computers in the past few months have delayed my refurb as it is just a fancy stand alone bedroom & day dream recepticle for a few hours each morning. So next year i hope to get this thing sorted into a self contained free camping champion of the highway & by-ways haha! |
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2015 6:53:23 GMT 10
Hi,
I don't know if I have done an intro yet so here goes.
My name is Dave, and have been hanging over at VV site mostly.
Over the last few years my wife and I tried a few different combos , in otder like this
1965 10.5 foot traveleze falcon.
1971 Toppagee pop top
1968 Murrumba Star Linda slide on
We have now purchased a 1978 10.5 foot Escort.
We pick up the Van tomorrow (round trip of 300ks)
hopefully all will go well .
Will post some pics later
So you will probably see me on this site a bit.
cheers Dave.
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Post by atefooterz on Jan 9, 2015 15:07:50 GMT 10
G`Day Dave, hope your classic is as rewarding as your other playthings.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 9, 2015 15:28:01 GMT 10
Welcome aboard Dave, hope your plan van pickup goes smoothly
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Post by Deleted on Jan 10, 2015 19:39:20 GMT 10
G-day All,
My name is Ken, from Willunga in SA. I acquired a little Franklin pop top, chassis no. X7628, it was bought and first rego'd in 1976 by its previous owners.
The van had seen better days and it was a toss up between renovating or burning it. I choose to renovate and have been doing so since Oct. thus resulting in the caravan name change to FRANKKEN
Will post some pic's soon of the build etc. My little avatar is a current pic of the Frankken
Hopefully get to know a few of you as time goes by
Cheers
Ken
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Post by atefooterz on Jan 10, 2015 23:23:42 GMT 10
G`Day and welcome aboard Ken, many of us seem to use the "Hall Of Fame Area" to blog the progress of our caravans, see the how to for uploading of pics etc or feel free to ask, if you are familiar with chat boards then post away!  ditzygypsy.proboards.com/board/10/hall-fame See how they like to use this format for a thread, which in your project may be "1976 Franklin pop top x7628 : Maybe with its name Frankken at the end? |
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Post by peter92 on Jan 11, 2015 18:41:57 GMT 10
Welcome aboard all the newbies, theres a few now, hope you enjoy what you see and read. Theres great ifo on here and look forwards to seeing your vans and what you plan to do to them
Regards Peter
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2015 8:28:08 GMT 10
Hi to our latest members, grab a nice coffee and sit back and be amazed at what some of other members have done, I know I am. Hope to see lots of pic's of your van's and reno's or mods
Cheers Lawrence
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Post by Deleted on Jan 12, 2015 10:22:31 GMT 10
Hi everyone I have just joined up .... This is an interesting site and very handy
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Post by peter92 on Jan 12, 2015 10:41:57 GMT 10
Hi Sparrow, and welcome
Hope you enjoy your self here and put pics up of what you have and what your going to do, dont forget to put where you live
There heaps of info on here if you want to check out some of them, great place to start is HALL OF FAME
look forwards to chatting to you and also your input on things
Regards Peter
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Post by viscount6116 on Jan 12, 2015 10:43:04 GMT 10
Hi everyone I have just joined up .... This is an interesting site and very handy Gday Sparrow and welcome There is a wealth of information here on old vans . People are very friendly on this forum so please feel free to ask questions or contribute Cheers Andy |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 16, 2015 16:35:21 GMT 10
Hi All im only new on here i dont have a caravan but i have a wind up camper its an early 80s but not sure if i can post on here so i thought ill post here first we only got it in november and we had a mad clean out of it so we could go away in it 2 weeks later so we didnt do much to it but now we have been playing around with it . We did have a 70s caravan to start with but we got into going to car shows and we had a ek holden at the time and the holden wouldnt of been able to tow it so we sold the caravan and bought a soft floor camper this was our set up  we had this set up for 2 years but then we were involved in a bad car accident in the ek and my wife ended up with brain injury and she coulsnt help me set it up anymore and the ek was written of so then we got a 67 impala and the wind up camper so this was our first outing 2 weeks after we got the camper  and some inside photos   and then we started to do work on it it started as a clean up    and then once i got the inside i thought i finished i started the out side   and thn i thought i was finished but i didnt like the roof so i did it aswel  sorry if its a little long thanks Gary |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 20, 2015 14:54:19 GMT 10
Hello, I'm Caz. My partner is Paul and we have bought our first caravan/camper. We looked around for a real cheapy as we don't know if well use it enough to justify the expense. After checking out the options from camper trailer to pop top caravan we settled on a 1975 Prattline. It'd in good nick and useable right away but I intend to have some fun decorating the inside. I love that it has the pump up roof but doesn't need to be pumped up to duck inside and do a quick change or get to the fridge, especially if its raining when we pull up.
Now we just need to decide where to go first!
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2015 2:48:25 GMT 10
Hi y'all names jason living Mundaring cv park
Got an old viscount with shower
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Post by bobt on Feb 24, 2015 23:00:46 GMT 10
Gidday to you all. Everyone is a newbie at the beginning. Go set up a page of your own in the hall of fame and tell us about your van/camper what your got what your doing to it and where you want to go
bobt
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Post by atouchofglass on Mar 11, 2015 8:07:12 GMT 10
How long has it been since I posted on this thread? Toooo long. Since no longer being a moderator visits to this site have been less than daily.  But Can still welcome all the members that are now part of the Classic Caravan Family.
Welcome one and all !!!!!When signing up to this site back in Sept 07 there were 42 members. But today...... ..... 752Now you have to be happy with that. So we encourage all to have their voices heard - or their messages read.  Your input, talents, observations and humour will all be appreciated. Even just saying "HI" to new members is a warm start for others. Join in the fun members new and old can do it. Cheers Atog |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2015 8:46:09 GMT 10
I see a few people are looking for Millard year of their vans, me too. My van is stamped M53586, anyone got any ideas. It was white and ugly woodgrain strip. Had double louver windows, most have triple wind outs. Searched far and wide for info, even rang Millard, no records kept. Attachments:
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2015 22:56:10 GMT 10
hey all I am Tiny from a little town in western NSW I have a 70s viscount and am here to get as much help as I can and be of help if I can be
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Post by atefooterz on Aug 9, 2015 23:35:17 GMT 10
hey all I am Tiny from a little town in western NSW I have a 70s viscount and am here to get as much help as I can and be of help if I can be G`Day Tiny, best set up a thread in the hall of fame then with a mix of pics and words our experts and have a chats like me will see what we can do. See how they set up the name include your chassis number brand type etc. You can host pics for free on sites like upix.me that never delete access, photobucket have a limit on bandwidth use so after a while you may see results like the not found pics above, or older expired ones with a froggy cartoon. Just remember to select family safe so no nasty adds appear to shock visitors! |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 9, 2015 23:45:07 GMT 10
I put a thread in the general called viscount help should I see if a mod will move it?
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Post by atefooterz on Aug 9, 2015 23:49:36 GMT 10
I put a thread in the general called viscount help should I see if a mod will move it? Hiya see the cog wheel top right on speech box? You can edit the title name to fit in with the hall of fame ones then i am sure a friendly mod can just move it acrossfor you. ---> ditzygypsy.proboards.com/thread/3437/viscount-help |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2015 14:51:13 GMT 10
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