Thread: 1971 Millard Caravan Rebuild

When we go to Corrowa well see how it goes. We will be driving most days between there and Cooma with a short stop in a Caravan park with our girls. We have a powered site in Cooma. Also we have the extra battery in the 130. It will tell when we camp for a few days off the grid in free camps as that is our eventual goal. BTW we have 2 63 ltr water tanks and a 53 ltr grey water tank so free camping in "Contained Vehicles Only" we will be fine, If you haven't thought of it maybe do the same.

Mrs hh

Love the kitchen overlooking the windows,,

Yes, you only need a small grey tank,, unless you are staying a week
its a great add on.

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

Love the kitchen overlooking the windows,,

Yes, you only need a small grey tank,, unless you are staying a week
its a great add on.

The whole van is light and airy which is what I wanted, heeps of windows which more modern vans don't have.

addit: didn't you say originally that my kitchen looked "odd/didn't work" or was that weeds?

Mrs hh

not me,, Diane has already put her ideas into the next one,, ( I said no to the butchers block on wheels--)
only 3 gas burners, a gas grill/oven and BENCH SPACE,, twice as big as the stove top,,, not necessarily on the same side/area,,

NO modern van has ANY bench space,, maybe that because modern vans have fridges that dont work so theres no food to prepare,,
ooop! did I say that out loud??

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

not me,, Diane has already put her ideas into the next one,, ( I said no to the butchers block on wheels--)
only 3 gas burners, a gas grill/oven and BENCH SPACE,, twice as big as the stove top,,, not necessarily on the same side/area,,

NO modern van has ANY bench space,, maybe that because modern vans have fridges that dont work so theres no food to prepare,,
ooop! did I say that out loud??

I think I will be happy with my bench space. It is about as big as our camper and I have never had a problem with that. We will have a drop down table in front of the bench seat. And I can always bring a extra table in as there is enough room.

Mrs hh

Take this advice as intended

5-3

ratio of solar W to battery/AH

at some stage you will add panels,,

just store it away,,





as for your front bench space,, I reckon thats a good one and a half

Originally Posted by Pedro_The_Swift

Take this advice as intended

5-3

ratio of solar W to battery/AH

at some stage you will add panels,,

just store it away,,





as for your front bench space,, I reckon thats a good one and a half

No room for extra panels but "Springers" has allowed for this and we have a remote panel we can move around

Mrs hh

seriously? I doubt mines all that bigger than yours,, and I have two hatches and an aircon,, and still found room for 500W,,
anyway,, no doubt the van will serve you and H very well
looking forward to our first trip away together,,