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Searle Safari now home
Posted: Wed May 09, 2018 8:50 pm
by soldiersteve
Brought the new 88" Searle Safari home today. Really pleased with it. I expected it to remind me of my 88" that I had in the 80's but it's far better. The overdrive is fantastic and generally it is just so easy to drive especially when compared with my 101. Now I need to get myself to hospital to get this smile surgically removed from my face!
Re: Searle Safari now home
Posted: Wed May 09, 2018 9:07 pm
by romanyrose
G'day Bro, I must say what a lovely looking machine along with the awning and my favourite colour, although I am not wanting to rush you but a picture of the engine bay and inside would be nice unless I have missed them.
Catch you later. R-Rose
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Re: Searle Safari now home
Posted: Wed May 09, 2018 11:28 pm
by DrivingDutchman
Beautifull...
Nice blue...
Michiel
Re: Searle Safari now home
Posted: Thu May 10, 2018 11:04 pm
by gossamer
Very nice.
How does that awning work, please?
Re: Searle Safari now home
Posted: Thu May 10, 2018 11:21 pm
by RMS
Good to see you got it home ok Steve - looks like a great buy
gossamer wrote:Very nice.
How does that awning work, please?
The awning frame and canvas are the same as the LWB Carawagon, just a little shorter.
I've still got your reproduction frame here Matt, and an original awning if you want to borrow it to make a pattern.
I'm not sure if Pete Stevens will be coming to the Wakefield pub meet - if he does, he might be willing to relay them for you
Cheers,
Robin.
Re: Searle Safari now home
Posted: Sun May 13, 2018 9:43 pm
by gossamer
Thanks Robin.
I'll ask on the 'other side' if anyone could help relay the stuff.
I'd be interested in looking at the original canvas to see if I can replicate it.
I would like to try to have a go at creating something before t'Pit but I'm up to my eyballs in bits and bobs for folk at the moment so I suppose it may not happen in time.
Re: Searle Safari now home
Posted: Thu May 17, 2018 11:50 am
by Stuey
RMS wrote:Good to see you got it home ok Steve - looks like a great buy
gossamer wrote:Very nice.
How does that awning work, please?
The awning frame and canvas are the same as the LWB Carawagon, just a little shorter.
I've still got your reproduction frame here Matt, and an original awning if you want to borrow it to make a pattern.
I'm not sure if Pete Stevens will be coming to the Wakefield pub meet - if he does, he might be willing to relay them for you
Cheers,
Robin.
Didn’t think there was anything in the length of the awnings and poles, just where the poles go to in the vehicle as such? Need to compare mine against a 109”
Re: Searle Safari now home
Posted: Thu May 17, 2018 2:58 pm
by soldiersteve
romanyrose wrote:G'day Bro, I must say what a lovely looking machine along with the awning and my favourite colour, although I am not wanting to rush you but a picture of the engine bay and inside would be nice unless I have missed them.
Catch you later. R-Rose
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Photos as requested :)
Re: Searle Safari now home
Posted: Thu May 17, 2018 7:03 pm
by romanyrose
G'day Bro, thank you for the pictures
, she looks a really nice machine and hopefully from what I can see a lot of time and effort has gone in to it.
Correct me if I am wrong due to pictures being able to hide a lot of things, either way I would be happy if it was mine
. Catch you later. Brad or R-Rose if you like
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