Jameshow
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That's a bit of a step down from the intended purchase up thread!!
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That's a bit of a step down from the intended purchase up thread!!
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Richard A Thackeray
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2 for 1, though
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Richard A Thackeray
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@DRM/@Alex321
I was pointed in this direction, via a Facebook question
https://www.paulstriumphherald.co.uk/triumph-2500s-estate-part-one/
(part 2, linked, in the above, has a nice photo of the Sprite)
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It’s the same Sprite Musketeer my parents had, loo in rear n/s corner small dinette at the back with double dinette at the front, iirc it was still a Whale foot pump for the water supply then!
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Back to your Safari, it looks like the 17/2 , which according to the Classic caravans forum was £7554 in 1980 brand new, according to the Bank of England converter makes it £32,314 now, at the time iirc something like the Sprite Musketeer would have been about £2800, an Abbey or Fairholme about £3500
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He towed it home, & first time ever, towing anything!
Now in a yard, he has access to
At sellers
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Alex321
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- South Wales
That is a big 'van for a single axle.
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I've just been doing the boring tasks, changing the (metal-casing)12N plug on my trailer
When I rewired it a while ago, it was the only part of the set-up, that I didn't change
The pins were a bit corroded, so whilst at Ropers, at Catterick Bridge, last week I picked up another
It was £2.50, I checked whilst looking for something else & 'Indespension' ask for £4.95!!
Oddly, but I have heard of it before, due to the turbulance between the upright rear of it, & the 'van, somewhere between York & Wakefield, the off-side rear mudflap on the 110 disappeared, the near-side was 'hanging by a thread'!
He told me they both already had splits in them, on looking at the remaining one, they're just sheets of rubber cut to the appropriate size, not genuine articles
I've had a look in the garage, as I thought I still had, & found him a pair of genuine part rear flaps, still in the packaging
(I also found a pair of Discovery 1 rear mud-flaps still bagged!!)
When I rewired it a while ago, it was the only part of the set-up, that I didn't change
The pins were a bit corroded, so whilst at Ropers, at Catterick Bridge, last week I picked up another
It was £2.50, I checked whilst looking for something else & 'Indespension' ask for £4.95!!
It's a '520', I believe, or a '530'
Oddly, but I have heard of it before, due to the turbulance between the upright rear of it, & the 'van, somewhere between York & Wakefield, the off-side rear mudflap on the 110 disappeared, the near-side was 'hanging by a thread'!
He told me they both already had splits in them, on looking at the remaining one, they're just sheets of rubber cut to the appropriate size, not genuine articles
I've had a look in the garage, as I thought I still had, & found him a pair of genuine part rear flaps, still in the packaging
(I also found a pair of Discovery 1 rear mud-flaps still bagged!!)
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Wednesday 18th
‘Tip Run’
Recycling Centre
Glasshoughton
(near to ‘Xscape’)
Castleford
No net, or cover, as 2 dead palm-trees were heavy enough to keep everything in place
(& took a fair bit of effort to get them in!)
‘Tip Run’
Recycling Centre
Glasshoughton
(near to ‘Xscape’)
Castleford
No net, or cover, as 2 dead palm-trees were heavy enough to keep everything in place
(& took a fair bit of effort to get them in!)
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Alex321
Guru
- Location
- South Wales
The scary thing is that somebody has probably done just that!
Jameshow
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I hope you checked the van to towcar ratio? 85% for newbies is recommended!!🤣🤣
Jameshow
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We had a 550 but it only weighed in at 1300kg..