Thread: 1971 Millard Caravan Rebuild

Originally Posted by mick88

Looks a good project Carolyn, coming along well.
I will be following with interest.
Can we see some close up pics of the original side framework please.
Is it welded together or riveted? Hard to see from the pictures.
Keep up the good work.

Cheers, Mick.

All riveted floor and walls. Harry had to rivet nearly all the wall and and put countersink sink screws in the floor. Most of the rivets had shared off.

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Mrs hh

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The hollow walls..

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Bench Seat

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Wrap around bum.

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Originally Posted by The ho har's

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Mrs hh

hi it certainly beats my swag happy xmas jim

Thanks Carolyn,
looking good, it will be tops when it's finished.
Gee the frames are very light in structure.

Cheers, Mick.

Then I found the chassis so weak and drooping about 75mm from end to end I scrapped the idea.
What I did was keep the wall frames and build a new chassis, bought some aluminium to alter the frame and plan to rebuild from the ground up.
It's been sitting waiting for four years!
Good to see what you have done, great work.

Cheers

Mike

Originally Posted by nismine01

Then I found the chassis so weak and drooping about 75mm from end to end I scrapped the idea.
What I did was keep the wall frames and build a new chassis, bought some aluminium to alter the frame and plan to rebuild from the ground up.
It's been sitting waiting for four years!
Good to see what you have done, great work.

Cheers

Mike

The chassis is in good nick. H has cleaned it all down and painted it, he did however rebuild the draw bar as the original was very short and when towing it home we had to be careful as the back of the 130 nearly hit the front as we turned corners.

Mrs hh

Yes, short draw bars are a bit of a curse in old vans - had to do the same on the Franklin but it needed replacing anyway so no biggy. Not sure if I’ll do the same on the Viscount - it works ok behind the Hilux, will see how it is behind the 101.

I have finally got the photo's off H's phone.


This was when the old very short draw bar was taken off and a new longer one made.

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As you see the wheel arches made life difficult to change the wheels, so some adjustment was done.

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This was when the caravan was up in the air to clean the chassis and fit bracketts for the water and Grey water tanks.

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Mrs hh