Carawagon Down Under.........
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Carawagon Down Under.........
This Carawagon has recently surfaced and is for sale, I wonder if they knew Robin had been over for a holiday
Shame it doesn't have the raising roof.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/as3zuo22dm1j ... G_3350.JPG
Shame it doesn't have the raising roof.
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/as3zuo22dm1j ... G_3350.JPG
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Re: Carawagon Down Under.........
Nice, just the sort of condition I like them in - ripe for restoration
As you say, shame about the roof, otherwise I might have considered it for the next time I pop down under
Cheers,
Robin.
As you say, shame about the roof, otherwise I might have considered it for the next time I pop down under
Cheers,
Robin.
1967 109" Carawagon 200TDi
1972 109" SW Carawagon 2.5NA
1958 109" Carawagon 2.25P (project)
1972 109" Carawagon 200 or 300TDi (project)
1974 Dormobile 2.25D (project)
(Robin on S2C forum)
1972 109" SW Carawagon 2.5NA
1958 109" Carawagon 2.25P (project)
1972 109" Carawagon 200 or 300TDi (project)
1974 Dormobile 2.25D (project)
(Robin on S2C forum)
Re: Carawagon Down Under.........
Having baked in my Carawagon on a hot UK summer day, I would hate to have the lift up metal roof on an Australian summers day.
Has anybody spotted a lift up roof Carawagon in Aus before? Perhaps if they were shipped over they were all hard tops?
Maybe with both end windows open with fans blowing/pulling air through, it may just be tolerable...
Patrick
Has anybody spotted a lift up roof Carawagon in Aus before? Perhaps if they were shipped over they were all hard tops?
Maybe with both end windows open with fans blowing/pulling air through, it may just be tolerable...
Patrick
- Holly - 1972 Searle Carawagon Continental Ultimate (200 TDi)
- Basil - 1969 Searle SWB (Prima TD)
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Having baked in my Carawagon on a hot UK summer day, I would hate to have the lift up metal roof on an Australian summers day.
Which probably explains the greater number of Dormobiles there!
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After a bit of searching, it seems Searle never shipped to Aus, the only Carawagons out there were imported privately.
Dormobile seem to have had an assembly plant in Perth on the other hand, at least for the VW version.
I suppose the ideal combination would be a Carawagon rear-awning and a Dormobile roof, plus plenty of ice creams of course.
Dormobile seem to have had an assembly plant in Perth on the other hand, at least for the VW version.
I suppose the ideal combination would be a Carawagon rear-awning and a Dormobile roof, plus plenty of ice creams of course.
- Holly - 1972 Searle Carawagon Continental Ultimate (200 TDi)
- Basil - 1969 Searle SWB (Prima TD)
Re: Carawagon Down Under.........
What you mean is a Dormobile with optional awning then PatrickPeaceand wrote:Carawagon rear-awning and a Dormobile roof, plus plenty of ice creams of course.
'The Wagon' 1962 Martin Walters Dormobile, 2.25 Petrol
'Bessy' 1965 2.25 88" diesel
'Daisy' 1958 2.25 88" diesel
'Bessy' 1965 2.25 88" diesel
'Daisy' 1958 2.25 88" diesel
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When I have time and money I would love to build a 'best of both' vehicle...
The pull out awning on the Carawagon is one of my favourite features, just so quick and easy to extend the living space out past the back door, without needing to put legs down or rummage around in the cupboards for the poles.
Anyway, hopefully whoever gets this one will join the forum!
The pull out awning on the Carawagon is one of my favourite features, just so quick and easy to extend the living space out past the back door, without needing to put legs down or rummage around in the cupboards for the poles.
Anyway, hopefully whoever gets this one will join the forum!
- Holly - 1972 Searle Carawagon Continental Ultimate (200 TDi)
- Basil - 1969 Searle SWB (Prima TD)
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Re: Carawagon Down Under.........
flyingant wrote:Having baked in my Carawagon on a hot UK summer day, I would hate to have the lift up metal roof on an Australian summers day.
Which probably explains the greater number of Dormobiles there!
I would imagine it would be very hot sleeping in a carawagon bunk on a hot summer's night in oz I only know of three carawagons in oz, one of those was driven over from Germany for an event here. It had the lifting roof, the other one is the swb which I posted pics of previously and this one that's emerged for sale.
I only know of six Dormobiles in oz that are complete, there is a rumour that someone has four tucked away but we think it's a roof assembly and a set of seats only . Possibly one that's been in storage for 30 years, again no proof of it's existance and someone fairly local to me who has two daily drivers. Again I don't think they exist, I'm pretty sure it's people seeing an old land rover and then thinking that "Old Fred's Rover" was a dormobile
I'm pretty sure that these six dormobiles were driven overland to oz from the uk too.
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That would surprise me. I don't think MW assembled any Dormobiles outside Folkestone. You may be thinking of the German converter Westphalia, who used Dormobile roofs on their first VW campers?Peaceand wrote:Dormobile seem to have had an assembly plant in Perth.
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Purely based on a thread I found on a VW forum somewhere, they mentioned a Dormobile assembly plant outside Perth. Could easily have been Dormobile roofs on Westphalia VW camper conversion.flyingant wrote:That would surprise me. I don't think MW assembled any Dormobiles outside Folkestone. You may be thinking of the German converter Westphalia, who used Dormobile roofs on their first VW campers?Peaceand wrote:Dormobile seem to have had an assembly plant in Perth.
Was that all in one convoy? It must have been quite a trip.jerryd wrote: I'm pretty sure that these six dormobiles were driven overland to oz from the uk too.
- Holly - 1972 Searle Carawagon Continental Ultimate (200 TDi)
- Basil - 1969 Searle SWB (Prima TD)