24hrs Overnight in Tiny Folding Caravan (not what I expected)
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
- #Vintagecamper #caravan #stealthcamping
Join me on my camping adventure in a vintage 1986 French folding caravan! In this video, I take you along for the ride as I experience the joys and challenges of camping in a retro caravan for the very first time.
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I can confirm, no folding caravans were hurt in the process of making this video 😂😂
Will, you can send your coat back to rab and they will fix a rip or hole for just £20, doesnt take long either! My wife did the same and they just sow a small panel in, looks like it's supposed to be there
Do you like the idea of sleeping on a former sleeper carriage at a railway station at the wensleydale railway
@Dick Izzinyagreat idea
How about the micro camper built on a Citroen C15 van?!
Aspley heath.
Camped there a few times
Thanks will for featuring my little folding camper.
Glad I striped it back to basics for you!!
Really fun video 😊
The pleasure is all mine Mary. It was so great to meet you! ❤
It is a beautiful camper ❤
Thanks for allowing Will to use your folding caravan - I’m sure all of Will’s subscribers are grateful to you too! It’s a great novelty and great fun to see!❤
You have a great caravan there. I don't understand why they don't make folding caravans anymore. With modern composite materials, they would far easier to put up too. A suggestion for you, those 'cotter pins' are fine of course, but difficult to use. You may find 'lynch pins' easier. They are often found on trailers, but especially on (older) tractors to hold implements on, so they are tried and tested.
Hi Mary I noticed that your van has a 4.5kg Calor Gas cylinder. Do you realize that Calor Gas have discontinue this sized cylinder.
Being my age, hearing 1986 being vintage is hard to grasp, but still a laugh at what we had back then😅
I struggle also getting my head around the 70s and 80s being vintage😳
Thanks for watching 😁
What i have heard and read vintage in motors means 30 years and older. So actually a vehicle built in 1993 would turn vintage this year, born in 1978, so yeah i do feel old sometimes
Technically ‘vintage’ just means it’s from a certain year. (ie. 2023 vintage.) I was born in 1954 but I fear you must have been born at least ten years earlier! In any case, your definition of the word ‘vintage’ is delusional. I send you my best wishes.
I'm a nineties kid, and oh boy it's starting. Stuff i had as a kid is definitely vintage. Time is weird.
Saw some very modern looking cars in a vintage car parade last month.
Oh Will & Ben.... LOL...completely. Not least leaving the clips inside the van. Crying with laughter. What a set up. A real insight into the past in every sense. The Jag was the perfect match. Big thank you to Mary too. The channel is superb!
Glad you enjoyed it. They do fit well together don’t they!
Love it . Your so funny
your next challenge ... horse drawn gyspy caravan ..😁😄😃🤣🤣🤣
😂
Can you imagine 😂😂
@@WillsWhereabouts thought you would be up for a challenge, its normally only 1 horse, a bit of hay , a few oats... are u man or mouse ..... dont forget a shovel to clean up after the horse. haha
Great idea! Immediately thought of Mr Toad from Wind in the Willows. You gave got to do it! “Will in the Willows” 😂
Good idea
I'm never going to ask you to help me build a flat pack piece of furniture after watching this😂😂😂.
Great entertainment as always 👍
😂😂😂 I wouldn’t recommend it
Back in the 70s, we had a small folding camper made by Apache. The top cranked up, and then you pulled the front and rear bunks out, and raised the tent support bars, and done. It was the size of the one seen here, when folded up, but with the bunks deployed, it slept 6, comfortably. Oh, yeah, never forget to lower the support legs. LOL Thanks for the video.
We need more modern folding caravans! With modern materials and all kinds of innovative designs. Come on manufacturers!
This was so cool to watch! Now I want a folding Setup😊
Came across this video by chance, it reminds me so much of a folding caravan my dad made in the late 60’s/early 70’s. Only difference, ours had a plastic roof - could be argued it was a tent if the rate was cheaper for tents or the site as tents only.
Lol! You certainly make a meal out of what is quite simple to set up if you know Esterels. They are great caravans .Very entertaining video!
that's a genius design
I had a folding caravan in Australia, a bit bigger with a permanent double bed and a sitting/eating area that converted to another double bed. The previous owner only ever stayed in caravan parks, so he took out the gas and had a microwave and a single induction cooking plate. I added those Chinese disposable bottle gas burners, one for pots and a wok, and deep dish one for steaks and the like, or casseroles. They make a metal box for the single burners so that you can bake or do very small roasts. I also carried an antique Dutch oven and an enamel pot if we were going bush and having a campfire. It only weighed 800 kg so well within the towing capacity of many modern smaller cars.
You are too funny. I get such a kick out of your reactions to things. Keep it up. I think you have found (for now) an excellent series. Way to go!1
Glad you’re enjoying the new series as much as I’m enjoying making it!
Hi Will, love the Jag by the way, that mini trailer caravan would be ignoring setting it up in the rain, but it is sweet and cosy inside, it keeps you dry, which is a bonus, great video Will, thank you xxxx
Thanks for the support! 🤙
LOL i remember when i was about 8 or 9 and a family member had one and it collapsed during the night, it rained and they got so wet while we were all cosy in our caravan .brought back childhood memories .
Oh god what a nightmare 😂😅
Fantastic 🎉😂 folding/pop up love it !!!
Cheers!
You are a riot. Great comedic content! Loving your adventures and misadventures
I remember back in the day 7 of us used to go camping in a folding trailer tent and it was brilliant, watching you putting that caravan up was comedy gold!!! I love these videos mate. ❤
Glad you like it! 🤙
Glad you like it! 🤙
I had one and it was brilliant, complete with underfloor heating as well. I towed it to weekend classic car shows behind our MGB Roadster.
A few years ago i had an estelle was bigger than this one but all works the same had a wardrobe and 2 doubles inside with the kitchen unit. Was bloody brilliant so easy to tow. Great video mate take care
Sounds brilliant! Thanks mate
Yeeeeessss!!! I love it. Do Heaps of vintage cute tiny vans!!! Ive always wanted one. I would LOVE to see inside them. There was this one from the 1950s... a folding van, called the Propert folding van. I would LOVE to see that one.
First time here, 65 living in my 30 ft, sleeps 9......Dec 2005 build Coachman Camper, my truck is a January 2005 build. They belong together.😊. Hilarious vlog. Being born in Warrington England....was a pleasant view. Thank you
What a nice cute caravan 😅
• watching from Melaka, Malaysia 🇲🇾🌺
Ah a great old giggle. I laughed so much. Ben had a good all laugh at the whole pack up scene. A great little camper.
Yep, he found it hilarious 😂
@WillsWhereabouts well done lads,greT video
If you are going to be using many caravans in the future a good battery powered drill, and the right bit makes putting the legs down a lot easier.
I’m from the USA and we used to own a 1969 Colman pop up camper! I wish I had a picture of it! It was also a pain to put up!
Naughty boy not changing the number plate 🎉
Also, do you need towing mirrors if you're towing a folding caravan? I presume the Jag doesnt' have a great view over the top of the folded caravan, so needs to be able to see around the side.
Will your videos are helping me through a rough time, hope you continue to make these mate keep it up
Excellent setup Will! You get to sleep comfy AND cruise in style in a Jag!
Best holidays ever spent in an Esterel. It needs two for the quickest unfold and close.
Birdy
One word Will, Hilarious ! 😂😂, got to be the funniest of this new series.
😂😂 glad you enjoyed it!
I used to spend the summer vacations with my dad and brother camping in a caravan like that (not that old, prolly late 90s but same brand). This Video revived a lot of beatiful memories, thanks for that :)
I like this camper trailer.I just hope it can protect you from high winds bc it that thing collapses I'm done.
Thanks for the good laugh at the end!
Aww... he's adorable!
Love those folding caravans. I owned one.
All the inconvenience of towing a caravan *with* all the inconvenience of setting up a large tent. I won't say "brings back good memoriees", but "memories" certainly.
Gorgeous thing, though!
The cupboards seem well made and designed. They just slotted in, seemed like you didn't even cut out a nonsmooth try to put them there. Nice work caravan makers of the eighties. The other things in there too, not bad. Yea some muscle and effort needed for setup, but doesn't seem exessive.
I’ve just come across your channel. I’ve been very unwell and I’m still trying to recover and by pure chance I discovered this video. I’m so glad I did as you made me giggle and laugh especially when at the end you were trying to close the camper. As someone who used to caravan and also camped it certainly took me back. Thanks for making me laugh at your antics and being autistic that’s not always easy to do. Subscribed xx
a hob is a heavy iron rack inside a fireplace to place pots for cooking. As accurate of a word as calling burning oil sodden rags on a stick for illumination, a flashlight
21:46 Thought this was a well formatted outro, nice to hear the message and get a final shot of the unique vehicle and "lodging". Would love to see that wrap up and shot in your future vids in this new series. Great stuff!
Thanks for the feedback, glad you like it 😊
Perfect to top off my Sunday. Thanks!
Thanks for watching 😁
Your videos really put a laugh on my face everytime, not matter what the outcome of the video is, you're just a comedic character!
Cheers mate 😁
Thanks so much.😊
Will, you crack me up 😂 love this video, keep them coming 😊 loving your new content, a natural progression and you can always throw in a sesh with Mary on occasion so she doesn't feel you've abandoned her lol ❤ x
Can’t forget my original woman!
We're got a 1990 Esterel "Top Volume" that has a sink, fridge, gas heating, Gas hob, Rock & Roll bed, all factory fitted. These little caravans are brilliant, pity this one isn't complete, you didn't get to see the whole potential of the kit.
Excellent video and a BIG SHOUTOUT to Mrs MARY THISWEEK for the loan of the camper.
I was chuckling all the way through this vid - thank you for the laughs Will & cameraman 😂
Glad you like it! 🤙
😂 hilarious. Loving this new format still. Can’t wait to see what you find for next week. Your Grandad’s car was born the same year as me. Must admit though I was expecting you to make French meal in that French pop up camper. However I’m pretty sure we can pitch our 4man tent including everything in it quicker than that pop up camper goes up. Maybe you could borrow some tents for this series too? Maybe a trailer tent?
That could be good 😂 what French meal would you suggest?
Always nice to see home in a youtube video, Bedfordshire born and proud 💪
That was comedy gold Will watching you struggling to retrieve those pins 😂. Great vid though bud.
Looks like the pre runner of the A liner
Thank you for a nice and fun video :-) Hug from Mary, a pensioner in Stockholm , Sweden
we own a Pennine Sterling Camper, which has a caravan base with a canvas top. we love it 😍 we
We call those tent trailers. I miss mine. We had a 1978 Otto. It was awesome.
Love the fact you didn’t bother with a reg plate for the trailer to match the Jag 😂
This is the second time l have seen a you tuber set up a folding caravan the other is a Conway l think this a cute little caravan and your grandfather's Jaguar very nice
Thanks for watching 😁 they’re both lovely aren’t they
We had one of those folding caravans it was a dream to set up
Well done, Will. I must say when you were trying to use the hob, i was going "he's going to blow himself up" LOL.
I’m sure you weren’t the only one thinking that 😂
Absolutely loved this video will im really enjoying the new video series so many unique campers looking forward to the next one 👍
There certainly are a lot out there to try! Thanks mate
Oh that’s just one heck of a great trial 😂
I really liked my old folding caravan, nice and speedy on the motorway!
A little bit of wisdom knocked in to by scouts alway be prepared thanks video😱🤣😂
Love the XJ40. Proper Jag that.
Need to see one of those caravan tents next!
Another cracking video - made us laugh - Cest tres Bon - have a wonderful week, all the best, David & Rachel 👍
Merci beaucoup! Glad you liked it
Just found your channel last night. I'm hooked. Greetings from 🇳🇱
You did the right move showing others camping rigs , gotta keep the content fresh and i agree on boring same old videos , cant just show the same rig in different spots , that will get old fast , but watching you set up others campers is fun to watch and amusing when things go wrong , this was my first time here and look forwward to seeing more of your videos , great job 👍👍
Omgawwwwwd 😂😂😂😂😂...Priceless!!! Awesome video! Liked annnnd subscribed 👍
I think that was way too much work. I want easy when I'm camping. Cute little thing though. You are a trooper! Thanks for trying it out and showing us the details!
Never forget the value of a good old fashioned hot water bottle.
Nice one Wilburforce, loving the new videos Daddio, good to see you enjoying yourself and creating new content. Take care Papa Shango!
1st time catching your videos, you're an entertaining guy!
I like Mary Van!😅🤩👍🌞👌🤞✌️🙏🙌🇺🇸
Best one yet. Really enjoyed it. Comedy value amazing.
Glad you like it! 🤙
Push bike with trailer tent that would be funny to see.
Wouldn’t it 😂😂
Another good video Will. Ive always known them as Trailer tents but folding caravan also seems apt. Good work buddy!
Cheers mate
This not a trailer tent. Atrailer tent has a trailer out of which fold fabric tent tops with fabric liners for bedrooms. This is definitely a folding caravan.
@@angelacherrington208 cheers for that i wasnt quite sure.
I like the way the camera man just stood there and didn’t help and was just laughing
Would be lovely to see a ford transit westfalia nugget first generation! Like the 1986 - 1991 version! More space than the VW westfalia, and pretty luxurious. And just as old as this pack of cards😂
👍 you have a nice vintage caravane (esterel )!! I have a same from 1986 with an other color
Great camping 👍 now pop up trailer tent. Sold mine unfortunately so cannot share but I think you will love it :) 😊
I wonder what the point of a folding caravan was - more ergonomic to tow? The Jaguar is a sensation! They’re very beautiful cars! Your grandfather was one lucky lad!
He certainly was!
They have far less wind resistance, visibility is vastly improved, and they are easier to store in a smaller shed or covered parking.
💖🌟 Many Merci for the great vibes Señor !!
I was literally crying at the end LOL
Yes mate. What a set up. Retro feel with princess vibes😂👌 loved that.
Highly recommend the princess vibe
Don't burn your mosquitoe net with your lite bulb!😂👍🤩👌🤞✌️🙏🙌🇺🇸
Brilliant video, very entertaining as always! Very well put together too.
Love the old westys absolutely beautiful
Make sure you have the correct number plates when towing 😊
Foxes shagging 😂 had me in stitches… I could just imagine it!
Glad someone’s getting some!
Lol! Thanks for keeping us entertained
You’re welcome!! 🤩
Hearing Ben laughing sets me off, great job chaps.
You make my Sundays OR Mondays so much better will mate 👌😂😂😂😂
@@Boppa1260 it's a bot
Sorry had today off work with the bank holiday and still think it’s Sunday 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂I’m not a bot
Cheers mate!
We have a Gobur folding caravan which is VERY similar. They are great! we love ours. So easy to tow and quick to put up.
Glad you’re enjoying your set up!
This is the best and funniest video of the series so far! 😃🤣😉 Well done. 😃👍
Glad you enjoyed it 😊
crazy to think you've grown so much, you saying about doing a tour video, had me thinking what the hell i remember you buying this thing and building it! nice work with the video will
Thanks man
I needed a good laugh. Thanks for that.
Just found you will. Great vid. Cracking sense of humour. Liked and subscribed. On your way to a new jacket.
Top top I learnt from a friend with a caravan, take a cordless drill with a socket attachment to put those levelling legs down and up real quick!
I like it, thanks!
I love it!! 😍