Welcome to vintagecaravans.com, the original Australian website on the subject of Australian built pre 1970 caravans and teardrop trailers.

vintagecaravans.com has been on the World Wide Web since August 2002, and has been the catalyst that has driven the Australian hobby of pre 1970 caravans, or better known as vintage caravans, to where the hobby is today.

The hobby has experienced amazing growth, with many people in the old car movement catching onto the idea that its cool, or trendy, or just alot of fun to find an old caravan to tow with their classic or vintage car.
Not only people with old cars have taken an interest in old caravans, many website members have an interest in old caravans only, and will happily restore and tow them to events with their modern car.

The hobby has bought smiles and joy to many many people, and challenges to many people, with old caravan restoration projects happening all over Australia.

Gatherings of "vintage vanners", as we now term them, are happening in most states, with groups of vintage vanners taking their old caravans on weekends away, or week long touring holidays.

vintagecaravans.com is not so much a technical website, but an informative and social website, continually driving the hobby of old caravans.

Many motoring and caravanning magazines have published articles on our great hobby, these articles can be viewed in our discussion forum.

vintagecaravans.com is not a club as such, but is a website that brings together a network of people with a common interest, and drives the enjoyment of the hobby.

On our discussion forum, it's very common for members to post pictures of their restoration projects, thus allowing other members to input as the resto progresses.
The website is a great 'medium' for such projects.

Also very popular on the forum is pics of vintage caravan touring. Our "runs & events" section refers.

Our beloved old caravans come in three basic external build materials, bondwood (ply), aluminium and fibreglass. Our forum has much conjecture about what material is best, but each has its own advantages and disadvantages, and our members have their preferences. It would be a dull world if they didn't !!

I first got the vintage caravan bug in 1996 when I saw a FJ Holden towing a teardrop caravan in South Australia, the combination of the old car and caravan looked really cool, but only in recent years have I been able to purchase and use an old caravan.
Caravans of the thirties, forties & fifties came in many different shapes and sizes, and like the cars of the era, really look dated today. Many designs were very round, and as such, really look the part when being towed by a car such as the FJ Holden. Caravans of the sixties & seventies, whilst still coming in many different shapes and sizes took on a more modern & uniform look with their aluminium construction, large aluminium windows and generally square looks. They all looked similar in design, whereas caravans from the previous couple of decades really had a lot of character as many different designers’ interpretations of caravans were on the roads. Unfortunately, these caravans of mainly wood construction had a short life span & were mostly trashed years ago.
When one of these rare caravans is found in good restorable condition, it is really interesting to see the fixtures & fittings inside them. The manufactured caravans as opposed to the homemade caravans are particularly interesting as they often have features unique to their own make of caravan. A good example of this is the
Don caravan owned by Jim Maskell, as featured on this site. It has a bath under the front seat, and a fold out wash basin.

Please enjoy the site and e-mail me leaving your comments.

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