caravan building

[fella]

after seeing a home made caravan while camping at "sandy creek" last weekend. my minds ticking over, the one i saw was perfect. the guy was from morayfield didn,t get a chance to chat for long but it was great. any info on building/regestering a van would be great..

[kleyny]

my suggestion would be buy an old van and gut it and build it how you like. this way the hard parts are done for you (frame and connecting to chassis) ;)

there's a scrap metal yard in geebung that had allot of new van paneling would be a good cheap way to start from scratch.

kleyny

[gunnabuild1]

Fella do a search on "Teardrops" on google, if your after something bigger try HTTP://www.glen-l.comanother one that I like the look of is hereHTTP://www.butlerprojects.com/index.htm
Hope this is of some help.

[gunnabuild1]

Sorry messed that last link up
HTTP://www.butlerprojects.com/index.htm
and on Glen L under recreational vehicles

[GiddyUp]

When you need bits for the van try camec ( http://www.camec.com.au/ )for all the things you need, they just about have everything to build a van apart from the chassis. You could also try caravans plus as they do online shopping( http://www.caravansplus.com.au/ )

[fella]

thanks guy's i,ll check out the links. seen caravan parts site . very helpfull.

[_Dan_]

Hey fella,

Dont know if this helps, but i will share my experience.

We were looking at the same options as yourself, i decided to look around and check out some pop tops as they are very popular now. Jayco dominate the small pop top market, but i came accross and Viscount very cheap of a old fella in brisbane.

I bought a old Viscount pop top about 18 months ago for $1200, its 7 x 12 when folded and then extends to about 18 feet when the 2 double beds are extended. Has a fridge 2 way, gas stove, 12 and 240 lighting, sink with pressure water fittings and water pump fitting which i plumbed with a 60 ltre water tank, a u lounge which folds to a another dounble bed plus a table with room for 4 which also makes another double bed. When i bought it i needed to replace the flooring and some of the internal timber fittings, seats etc etc..

I bought some carpet tiles and cut and glued them, basically a cheap but comfortable refit, it has a annex which i got restiched from a guy in Shailer Park for $40, repainted and resealed the roof, removed the annexe guide and rescrewed resealed.

Alot of weekends and shopping around i spent a further $450 on finishing it.

If you have a 4wd and are looking for something you can tow on the beach or slight 4wd work, i would suggest an older pop top like a viscount, they are bigger than a jayco which are still about 5k for a old second hand one. Dry weight is 650 kgs and it tows very nicely and you can fit larger and wider tyres than a fynch, without replacing suspension etc.

They are rarer than rocking horse.. But if you can find one i recommend grabbing it..

Cheers

Dan