Fire Engine + Caravan = ?

[Chad speed]

So what do you call this beauty that parks up locally to me. Its around for a few days at a time before moving on and returning in a few months. I love the ingenuity and style, to me it certainly qualifies as both a classic and a hero.
The anoraks amongst us will know its a Bedford RLHZ Self Propelled Pump or Green Goddess fire engine but anyone able to identify the caravan?




Chad

[interloper]

That is wonderfully daft, no idea what the caravan is but its an interesting use of an old Goddess!

[hedgefinder]

i wonder what an engineers report would say about it..

[mikey77]

I think the caravan might be a Bessacar or a Thomson. I am NOT a caravanner!
I spotted this fire engine converted into a camper at a chateau near me in France a few years ago. It's a Magirus Deutz with that beautiful air-cooled V8 diesel under the bonnet. What a motor...
Sorry about the poor quality phone pic.

[marshal_alan]

mikey77 said:

I think the caravan might be a Bessacar or a Thomson. I am NOT a caravanner!

pretty sure caravan is a Lunar Clubman, mid 80's. definately not a Thomson as it has a sloping front end and they ended with flat fronts in 1980

[davepoth]

hedgefinder said:

i wonder what an engineers report would say about it..

Not too much - it wouldn't even count as radically altered as far as VOSA is concerned. So long as it's all attached securely there wouldn't be a problem.

[Cliftonite]

Fabulous!

(The blue light's a bit naughty, though, innit?)

[ClassicMotorNut]

Haha, that's fantastic. I would try to make the caravan blend in a bit more but it's innovative and fun. I would buy it.

[v46m4n]

looks like something from a harry potter film

[Brian_M]

Confirmed as a Lunar Clubman by the experts on "retro cool classic caravans" on facebook.

[C Lee Farquar]

Residing at a friends





Pretty cool, IMO

[heretheygo]

a '48 flexible clipper? looks a bit like the airdreams from the rear, very cool.

[C Lee Farquar]

We think it's a '51, but not sure.

The whole rear bulge is an engine room, V8 auto mounted behind the rear axle.