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Post by hardluckhotel on Jul 23, 2010 0:04:40 GMT 10
Hey there, wondering if anyone knows something about Dorset(t)
vans. Ours is a 1978 poptop 18ft.
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Post by bobt on Aug 1, 2010 21:57:21 GMT 10
Hi hardluckH How about posting some photos. People might recognise it..  |
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Post by hardluckhotel on Aug 7, 2010 19:32:26 GMT 10
Heres our girl. When we were painting i found Dorset in faint lettering on the back. Attachments:
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Post by millard1399 on Aug 18, 2010 18:26:02 GMT 10
G'day hardluckhotel, Certainly your van seems to be an Australian-made product, and also seems to be from the later 1970s when sliding windows made an appearance. Looking today at caravans on ebay, there is an English Dorset caravan up for sale in Victoria...  This particular Dorset Abbey County van is from 1998, well after yours would have been made. I also note in a Google search that Bayswater RVs are located at 575 Dorset Road, Bayswater Nth., Vic, so I'm wondering if the faded word on your van relates to this dealer rather than the brand of your van? cheers, Al. |
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Post by hardluckhotel on Sept 3, 2010 19:47:26 GMT 10
Thanks for your reply, i really appreciate it mate.
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Post by bobt on Sept 3, 2010 21:13:25 GMT 10
Hi Hardluckhotel
More photos please.
The more I think about what you have it looks a little like one some long gone (dec'd) friends owned except it was called a "rambler" and was not white more a yellow. Have started hunting but I am not sure if I have any photos of it.
Even the chassis no might help...
I doubt it has come from Bayswater RV's they are relatively new on the block BUT around the corner in Canterbury Rd, is another collection of dealers. Caravans have been sold at that location for a real long time and it is possible it may have come from there.
Always a challenge to find out who built what. Even today some of the caravans being manufactured are branded differently by which ever the dealer is selling it. Dealersgenerally put there own unique touches to them, My guess is this practice has been going on for a real long time.
It looks a bit of alright from this angle.
bobt
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Post by hardluckhotel on Sept 5, 2010 20:55:36 GMT 10
Hi bobt, i will post pics as soon as this rain!!!! decides to stop.
Thanks again for the interest.
HLH
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Post by bobt on Sept 5, 2010 21:35:42 GMT 10
aaah the sunny gold coast........... rain till tuesday ;D
could be worse. cold too
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Post by Deleted on Sept 7, 2010 21:05:26 GMT 10
Hi hardluck,
your van looks like an early Windsor or Hacienda pop top.If you can put up some interior shots i will be able to tell from them.Hacienda had fancy tiled splashbacks in the kitchen,which yours still might have.
Cheers
hughdeani
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Post by millard1399 on Sept 8, 2010 21:50:00 GMT 10
Hey hughdeani...welcome to the "dark side"! ;D ;D Startin' ta feel a bit OLD over on the Vintage forum, eh?!  Better you should join the younger ones over here on the Classic forum! I was looking at vans on the Trading Post website tonight, and I happened to come across a van that looks similar to hlh's. This one is a 1978 "Scenic" 18ft poptop...   It's a bit hard to see the roof-line clearly, because they've got some panels either end, but the window ends seem to be similar in shape. When I was at the Mildura Vintage Nationals, I photographed a full-size Scenic van in the park. Similar end shape. The chassis number on the Mildura van was N7721, so hlh could check if his is something like that number. Underneath the word Scenic on the logo is the word Dandenong, and a phone number. Cheers, Al. (Franklin1 on the V.V forum ) |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 9, 2010 19:59:08 GMT 10
Hi Al,
gotta go somewhere to feel younger sometime I s'pose!
That Scenic is a Hacienda with Scenic stickers on it.Vaguely remember Scenic selling these at some stage in the dim dark past!
Cheers
hughdeani
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