White van man

[Simberu]

Just bought myself another mk3, this is the fourth I've owned now but my first mk3 caravan body. Few bits to do to it and a long wish list.
Already done the little bits to get me through till payday like new alternator belt and some water hoses.

 

[Rancid_Ron]

Very tidy, someone's really gone to town with the colour coding! 1.7D?

 

[edessex]

Very nice!


Doesn't 'caravan' refer to the estate though?

 

[Simberu]

Well caravan is an abbreviation for car derived van I thought? Estate and car derived van have same body often referred to as caravan.
Yh it's a 1.7td not sure if Isuzu or gm, I assume Isuzu as it runs good, no smoke and doesn't have a Vauxhall emblem on it.

 

[edessex]

In the UK a caravan is a trailer you sleep in, a car derived van is a car derived van, or just van for short. An estate is an estate.
A car/van you sleep in is a camper.

I've seen 'caravan' used outside of the UK to refer to estate cars.

 

[Rancid_Ron]

Yes caravan = estate in euroland.
It'll probably be the GM diesel as no vans used the Isuzu engine as standard. Someone could have fitted a different engine though.