I was chatting to a friend in Belgium and mentioned the Austin 1800 caravans that were around in Australia years ago and was wondering if anyone had photo's of them . Also , would it be possible to do a mini version ? They were basically a normal aluminium bodied caravan with an Austin 1800 nose (subframe , powerplant , bonnet , guards , scuttle panel etc) grafted onto the front and a windscreen and side windows put into the caravans body . I'd imagine it'd now be a nightmare to get complied and you'd basically have to do it starting from scratch but I wonder if it's possible .

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I have seen one. they were an 1800 ute with a bolt on caravan

Nope , different type , this is a dodgy paint version of the one I mean .



Somewhere I've got an old Australian classic cars magazine with a photo in it but can't find it at present , it mentioned around 30 of them having been made by a caravan manufacturer but I con't remember any other ddetails ....

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"Show me the Mini!"

Still searching everything on that site Mick , nothing yet but will post a question on their bulletin board if it will let me without paying for membership . Anyone else seen or have photo's of these ? I saw one on the highway around 88/89 and the one in the classic car mag but that's it

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buh-zarre... so you're sitting inside the caravan when you're driving it.... there are so many things wrong with that mental image....

if you had a poptop caravan body, does that make it a convertible?

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did I tell you that I won a trophy?

I used to see one of them in the Blue Mountains in the 80's.

They were built out of the 1800 ute but they looked more like the one in the photoshop of Ians except they used the 1800 doors and windscreen.

Damn , I've got to start digging through my old Classic cars mags now to find the photo ... I thought the one I saw on the road had a flat screen and no side doors though , only the van door , could well be wrong though as it drove past me almost 20 years ago

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Thanks for looking Ian !

The Belgian friend

No worries Bart

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I know I've seen one years ago. I lived in UK for 2 yrs and have a feeling it was then. But don't have any pictures.
KB

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Too bad

Too bad I lived in the UK; or too bad I don't have any pictures?
I didn't think belgians had a sense of humour
KB

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It's the Germans (our neighbour country) that don't have any sense of humour .

I dunno Bart , you're picking on the Germans as well now after calling us New Zealanders (goodbye pork pie discussion) last week on the IMMCC , you trying to sour international relations now

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