Vintage UK Winchester Caravans for Inspiration

[mezmo]

'Found this on the Aussie Vintage Caravan site.

It's a 7 min video someone did of a 92 yr old Englishman showing
his 1930s Winchester Caravans [TTs] [The brand existed from 1930s to 1950s.]
which, per him, were all hand built and were considered "The Rolls of
Caravans" in their day.

They have some ingenious features and self-evident high quality design
and workmanship/craftsmanship even 60 to 80 years later.

http://www.damnrightmedia.com/index.php ... NJ5L2_AeSp

Cheers,
Norm/mezmo

[Gage]

Nice find Norm.
Now that is some nice history. I would love to have one of those. Wonder where they are today seeing how that film was done in 2002.

[Shadow Catcher]

Some interesting ideas in that.

[48Rob]

Thank you Norm!

Rob

[angib]

It's interesting to note how thin the sidewalls are at the door opening. Definitely no more than an inch - which shows how little you need if you have really good timber to build from.

[webbaldo]

Theres another show in the uk called the Caravan show which ran in the early 2000's and is still repeated regularly.

It has a winchester on as well, but having trouble finding owt on yt

http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Caravan-Sho ... B000E1XQYC

It also covered a woman who restores airstreams, and two mental and typically eccentric english lads restoring a berkley statesmen

[bdosborn]

Wow, what a nice trailer. Don't think I'll find one around here though....

Bruce

[Junkboy999]

There is a 4 part youtube video ( BBC ) of a guy rebuilding that very same two story berkley statesmen
caravan webbaldo posted above.


How to Build a Caravan - Part 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmHK7n1RVwc

[webbaldo]

There is a 4 part youtube video ( BBC ) of a guy rebuilding that very same two story berkley statesmen
caravan webbaldo posted above.


How to Build a Caravan - Part 1

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmHK7n1RVwc

Cool!, other 3 parts are on as well