 Who made it?
"Fran" <me@> wrote in message
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> David@ home said...
>>
>> "Fran" <me@> wrote in message
>> news:MPG.2111bdb88ee767a698d3d5@news.individual.ne t...
>> > I've been trying to find out more about my daughter's caravan, and I've
>> > found a problem. Written on the outside of the van are three words:
>> > Cosalt, Abbey, Lancaster. My first thought was that Cosalt would be
>> > the
>> > manufacturer; Abbey the range, and Lancaster the model. I've seen
>> > various things though: Abbey Lancaster; Abbey Cosalt; Cosalt Abbey...
>> >
>> > Which one is right? Who were the manufacturers (apparently it was made
>> > in 1985), and which is the range and/or model?
>> >
>>
>> You are right First time.
>>
>> Cosalt was the manufacturer, Abbey the brand name and Lancaster the
>> model.
>> Until recently Abbey had a 'County' range with all the models named after
>> English Counties.
>>
>> Lincoln, Devon, Lancaster, Warwick, Oxford, Somerset, Dorset, although
>> Lancaster isn't actually a County.
>>
> Maybe they thought that Lancaster sounded better than Lancashire?
>
> I guess that not being able to find information about the caravan is due
> to the age of the thing, because I've searched for just about every
> combination of the three words I can think of.
>
>> Cosalt sold the Abbey name to Swift Group around 1994.
>
> Aha! That explains the Swift website a couple of searches led me to.
>
> There are a couple of repairs needed to the 'van. Nothing too major I
> don't think (apart from the cracked window mentioned elsewhere) - if I
> drive it over to the local caravan spares/breakers is it likely that
> they'd be able to help on the spot, or would it be more sensible to
> phone them to book the 'van in first as one would a car? I'm hoping
> they can also show me how to turn the seats at the back into the double
> bed that's supposed to be there, because for the life of me I can't work
> it out. It's entirely possible that there's something missing -<<
A van of that vintage will utise the table to fill the gap between the
seats. Later models used roller slats for the same purpose. | 
