Well here we are at the final furlong.
We decided to put some period alloy wheels on and, as luck would have it, a friend of ours had some wolfrace slots that he was willing to donate to the project. Wolfrace wheels, owned by Barry Treacy, started making and selling these wheels in 1971, so well in period.
They did need a bit of a cuddle ……………..
These were wrapped in some new rubber and fitted.
Now it was time to look at the interior. We needed to sort the number and layout of cushions needed.
We had for some time been thinking of denim to cover the cushions. Eventually we found a roll of stone wash denim, from a haberdashers in Hounslow.
Had four more cushions made.
This is a picture of all the covers finally sewn up, ready to fit to the cushions.
At this point we realised that we finally had a name for the caravan …………… Levi. So Levi Portafold it is.
Whilst things were being sewn up, some scatter cushions were constructed.
Gingham was the preferred material for the curtains, and Sue made these up at the same time as the rest.
Having decided the name we had this panel embroidered
And this prototype decal for the window
A square of gingham was cut out and inserted onto the “table” which was then covered with a tempered glass top.
So now we have an interior that looks like this
And with the bed laid out
This weekend (first time out) we had a pinstriper, “Tootal” Paul Dorrington (
http://www.tootall.info/ ) do what he does best.
Now, with the addition of a few period themed pictures we’re pretty much finished. A few more pictures of the outside.
Well that’s about it. Thanks to all those that have been looking in since last year and those that have helped with information.
We’ll just go and have fun with it now.
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