New Build Bowtop

A car towable gypsy bow top caravan built 9 months ago on a reconditioned twin axled car trailer with new tyres, bearings and  braking system. It weighs 680kg, so is easily towable by a mid range car up and above legal towing speeds.

It measures 10x6x6ft  inside, with a double bed at the bow in rear, cupboard, gas cooker and 12 volt lighting system. It is well ventilated for gas heating  and is totally 'allububbled' insulated and has a newly sealed 
tarp'. It is built of treated piranah pine and a poplar tunnel.

It  is a very comfortable, extremely strong and stable wagon on the  road. It has been professionally wagon painted with a wonderful romany design. It is certainly a very remarkable alternative to a conventional caravan.

SOLD

4 Wheeled Dray

12 months old but as new, extensively carved and chamfered, fiddle heads everywhere, 8ft long by 4ft 11 wide, just needs paint.

SOLD

Openlot

Openlot waggon on artillery wheels for sale.  Very sound, full interior, including store and night sheets.  Canvas covering is in good condition.  Outside painted last year.  Good pair of bent shafts, steps, large kettle box, etc.

Location
Shropshire

For further details ring John evenings on:
01743-791568

Round barrel waggon

A lovely round barrel waggon in excellent condition inside and out.

Tongue and groove inside, kettle box, original stove, bed and storage, plus steps and shelves.

Height 9' 7"
Width 6' 7"
Length 10'

Location
Somerset

Telephone Mrs Ayres on:
01373-461441 or 07780-849470

Bowtop

This beautiful day vardo was built to be a fair stall for a well known tarot reader.  After many years it ended up in my barn, and I forgot all about it.  I always meant to find time to do the renovations but now 6 years later it is done.

This is a day wagon so is about 1 foot smaller in every direction to a normal bow top living wagon. The measurements are approximately:
HEIGHT  9 foot
LENGTH  9 feet
WIDTH  5 feet

This wagon has been the focal point of many Hampshire fairs, boot sales, country shows, horse shows, travelling fairs, etc, etc.  It always drew more attention than the normal stands and only cost the standard car or small van fees for entry.  Because of its originality, trade was greatly improved, and it attracted far more attention than ANY other stand wherever it appeared.

Easily transported on a standard trailer, it is an absolute asset.

Please call 01202 885381 or mobile 07922110680 for viewing - visitors most welcome at our home in Wimbourne, Dorset.

Openlot

Openlot waggon in excellent condition inside and out.

Professionally built and painted on a 7ft 6" x 4ft 6" dray, it is approx 8ft high so is not full size, it's about 3/4 size.

The dray is all fiddle-headed and has bull-nosed wheels on iron tyres.

The  top has everything it should have - cupboards, table, pull out bed, mirrored doors under bed.

The paint work is very good, gold gilt everywhere inside and out. The waggon is like new and looks as good if not better than most full-size waggons.

It went from the North East to Appleby and back by road in 2009. Can be pulled by a pony, it is that light.

No time wasters, genuine buyers only. You know what they cost to get built and painted as well as how long it takes to get done.

Comes with steps and shafts

Contact Tom for further details: 01132 701236

Rolly

Rolly, newly built, painted and decorated.
Swept lock, pan box and double bent shafts.
All fiddle-ended.
Royston iron-tyred wheels, with arms and bushes.

For further details tel:
0191 4100810 or 07850 013993

Bristol Waggon

Perfect for those summer nights, it sleeps two people comfortably (originally used by a family of 4)

This Burton Gypsy Caravan is truly an original. Privately owned for 80 years, before our purchase from Romany Gypsies. This special piece of craftmanship built on the turn of the 19/20th century is a real step back in time.

This caravan contains many original features including a working cast iron stove/oven, wash basin area/vanity unit, two mirrors with engravings, brass features, full length cupboard and plenty of storage space. Work would be needed before taking it on the road with a horse.

Please feel free to visit our home

Location
Chesham, Buckinghamshire

For further details or to arrange a viewing tel:
01494 782288

Howcroft Showmans Wagon

Circa 1882, this magnificent wagon is one of two originally built by Howcroft of West Hartlepool for Bartlett's Steam Fair, a New Forest-based showman family. Pulled originally by a Burrell steam engine Philadelphia, the wagon was purchased in the late 1940s by the New Forest artist Eryl Vize, from whose daughter I purchased it. The famous book 'Wanderers of the New Forest' by Juliette de Bairacli-Levy was partly written in it.

Restored but almost entirely original, it has a bed chamber (6ft 6" long and 4ft 6" wide), with a living area of 8ft 4" long and 6ft 6" wide. Its mollicroft roof is above the unusually preserved arched rails.

Overall dimensions are:
Height  11ft 6"
Length  15ft
Width     6ft 9"

The fire place has the original stove enamel design with mahogany surround and an etched mirror above. Fitted cupboards are all original and have shelving inside. Also included are a chest of drawers, a plate rack and two trunks, along with two shield coach lamps and brackets.

The inside is stripped wood and ready for your own imagination...

Location
New Forest, Hampshire

Contact:
Tony on 01425 654677 for more details/ viewing

Vincent Showman

Vincent's 1905 Aborfield Reading Showmans type.

This is a rare make of waggon, only one known in existence. Nicely carved body and unders.

Good sound unders, body needs a small amount of work.

Good original interior with new Premier cooking range.

Location
Shropshire

For further details ring John evenings on:
01743-791568

Bowtop

Believed to be late 19th century this superb bowtop was fully re-furbished in 1999 and, apart from summer garden use, dry stored ever since.

Fully working queenie stove, double pull-out bed, decorated lockers, upholstered seating, glass fronted display cabinet, bay rear window, external pot/kettle box, steel rimmed road wheels, wooden horse shafts and steel 'A' frame for vehicle towing.

Location
North Hampshire

Contact
Roderick Stubbs on 07889 210355

Car-Towable Bow Top

A charming car-towable Gypsy bowtop caravan in very good condition. Built on a solid caravan chassis, with steam-bent ash hoops, wood stove, and insulated and newly sealed canvas cover. Can be pulled behind your car or truck as a delightful alternative to a conventional caravan.

Professionally painted with a traditional Romany design, the vardo has a high double bed at the bow in rear, and a small single bed beneath. Also built-in cupboards and wardrobe, and a highly efficient wood stove that keeps the vardo warm and cosy all year-round.

Location
South Devon

Telephone Elizabeth Gorla on:
07545-772234
or email: elizabethgorla@o2.co.uk

'La Boheme'

Built April 2010, modelled on original Philips showman’s caravan. Unique copper work by Steve Myburgh. (www.myburghdesigns.com). Steel chassis with air-brakes and manual hand-brake. All modern materials and techniques to shrug off all weathers. Complete garden office/den, romantic retreat, special accommodation for guests, and unique piece of art.

Interior boasts opulent climb-in bedroom, upholstered walls in Designers Guild hand embroidered silks, king-size bed, Matsui flat-screen TV and Cambridge Audio stereo and DVD, four high quality speakers in the roof. 240 volt three-pin sockets, interior lighting, broadband connection. Space for a microwave oven, and coffee machine.

Parquet floor, solid oak cabinetry, bevelled glass mirrors. Solid fuel / gas / electric stove will be provided according to customers’ wishes. Concealed sink under a hinging lid with instant electric hot water system beneath. Clothes cupboard above silent mains / 12 volt / gas fridge. A table / desk with three drawers underneath. Wagon is fully insulated.

Built as a garden room by Jasper & Co, Goodwood ,West Sussex, UK it is unique and in most situations no planning permission required as an extra room in your garden.

6150mm long, 2564mm wide, with around 2000mm (6 feet 6 inches) headroom. Other versions and sizes offered, designed for any fantasy style or taste. WC, shower or bath possible.

Delivery within UK mainland included in purchase. Overseas shipping facilitated at customer’s expense.

Stephen 01428 741841 or Tim on 01243 774411. Viewing by appointment at Goodwood.

Bradford Flat Cart

Bradford Flat Cart, excellent condition,
lots of chrome and fine detail.

Phone
07926751585 or 01858433370 for more details

Trolley

A wheeled trolley with wooden wheels (channelled and rubbered). In working order, would make ideal set of unders on which to build a gypsy caravan.

Contact Helen on 01473 737488
or email cherrypip@googlemail.com