HAS ANYONE IN W.A. SEEN THIS CARAVAN ???

kiwijims · Guru

HAS ANYONE IN W.A. SEEN THIS CARAVAN ???

Dougwe · Chief one feather

Can't say I've seen it over here on the East Coast KJ, sorry. I do like the look of it and that curved roof though. No chance of water pooling on that roof mate and I tell you that for free. Any pics of inside? Curiosity only.

BigRig · Veteran Member

Looks ok .

I hope he don't need to change them wheels , they look like Austin 1800 Mk2 or Tasman wheels .

kiwijims · Guru

G'day Guys, You're right about the Caravan being water-tight Dougwe,

WE towed this van right around the Block, including Tassie, back in 2009-10 she towed like a dream and never leaked at all, even in the worst storms that Tassie weather could throw at us.

There are heaps of pictures of the interior of this van, if you log onto Photobucket, type in Thomson by Kiwijim and you can see our whole trip, another place to see it all, is on the Classic Caravan Web site, here it's all there under the heading AROUND THE BLOCK.

The wheels I had converted before Our trip Bigrig, I had the centres cut out of what were Austin wheels and had Holden 14" rims welded onto them, then fitted 185r x 14 c 8ply LT tyres fitted to them,

One problem I had was that on the trip down from Karumba to Isa, I was forced off the road by on coming traffic, and managed to bend an axle, this cost me another two new tyres before we got home.

Keep looking Guys, still no word on it's whereabouts, the word has gone out everywhere now, no response from the VV Forum or any other Forums that I've contacted so far, also adverts on Gumtree have drawn a blank, I keep hoping !!! hmm hmm hmm

K.J.

Cruising Cruze · Guru

Hi Jim

I hope you will find it my friend

Regards John

Cruising Cruze · Guru

PS

Put it on Facebook maybe more luck there Jim

Cheers John

kiwijims · Guru

Cruising Cruze wrote:
PS

Put it on Facebook maybe more luck there Jim

Cheers John

Thanks for your concern John, I've already placed it on Facebook, plus every other Media outlet that I can think of, Keep your eyes open Mate, Ya never know where it might turn up !!

Cheers K.J.

kiwijims · Guru

UPDATE TO ABOVE, Pictures of the Thomson can now be viewed here.... http://thegreynomads.activeboard.com/t63644417/the-interior-of-my-old-thomson-t-gleneagle/

K.J.

-- Edited by kiwijims on Monday 12th of June 2017 05:46:27 AM

Dickodownunder · Guru

Hi Kiwi Jim

That van is similar to vans that were built in Adelaide years ago.

Here is a link to a forum that shows the Adelma van and that forum may help you locate your old van if lucky.

vintagecaravans.proboards.com/thread/2300

kiwijims · Guru

Dickodownunder wrote:
Hi Kiwi Jim

That van is similar to vans that were built in Adelaide years ago.

Here is a link to a forum that shows the Adelma van and that forum may help you locate your old van if lucky.

vintagecaravans.proboards.com/thread/2300

G'day , Yes that Caravan has some similarities to the Thomson, except that the roof design is far more pronounced on the Thomson,

It's rather funny that you should pick this particular brand to compare as I ran into a couple down Adelaide way, while on our trip "Around the block" as reported on the Classic Caravan Forum way back in 2010, here's an extract from that Forum..............

One couple we met, (Dennis & Di from Adelaide) who owned a 1971 17ft Aldelma caravan, this van has been in their family since new,

Dennis told me that his Father bought it from the Coppola Bros who were building vans in St Marys Adelaide in the 70's.
their van is a full 8ft wide and very roomy as can be seen in the following pics......

The single beds toward the rear, Di apologies for the mess, they were about to move off,

Dennis and Di have a great interest in Classic vans and are very keen to join this Group on their return home.

K.J.

Dickodownunder · Guru

In the early '80's we had a 16 ft Millard on site at a park in Normanville that we used to use as a fishing base.

My immediate neighbours John and Jenny, had an Adelma and I was always jealous of the roominess of the Adelma compared to our Millard.
They were a great old van, but only see an odd one around these days.

Jim, I hope you get to find the current owner of your old van..

Bruce and Bev · Guru

haven't seen it going through Mandurah or down the Kwinana F/Way - its distinctive enough to stand out and I always have as long a look as I can of vans I'm passing or going the opposite direction

kiwijims · Guru

Thanks Bruce, Good to hear that there are eyes open in the South. biggrin

Jim

-- Edited by kiwijims on Monday 12th of June 2017 09:10:27 PM

Bassman63 · Newbie

Looks like if it tipped over it could double as a boat; just tie an outboard to it :)
Dan

kiwijims · Guru

Bassman63 wrote:
Looks like if it tipped over it could double as a boat; just tie an outboard to it :)
Dan

That's exactly what I heard from a Lollipop woman over the Two-way Radio. as we passed through road works in the Otway Rangers on our trip ........ Cheeky Bugger , LOL

Actually it's true, the roof of those Caravans was made in a boat hull jig, then turned over and fitted to the walls, never ever leaked !!

K.J.

kiwijims · Guru

"GREAT NEWS"

Today I received news that the THOMSON CARAVAN is still around and very much alive !!!!

I received a phone call from the lady who bought the Van from me 7 years ago, she said that she still owns it and although it is now off the road awaiting major repairs, it has been a great van and they have done many trips away in it,

One trip nearly ending in disaster when they broke the draw bar and had to have it welded before returning home from a trip up to Karijini National Park,

At present they have the Thomson stored in a large shed awaiting a complete new draw bar and a new paint job, it will be painted a iridescent green to match a Vintage tow car.

The owner has promised to keep in touch with us as to the renovations and hopefully send us some more recent pictures.

So all ends well for us and the long search for the missing Thomson comes to an end.

Many thanks to all who have told me of possible sightings.

Cheers K.J.