My first two caravans were a Sprite Alpine then a Sprite Musketeer, but that was many years ago. The Alpine was from the 1950s and the Musketeer was from the 1960s, and my Musketeer was a pale green colour. The Musketeer was very roomy, which we needed at the time because we had 3 children and 2 dogs, and we didn't even have an awning for additional space. Few people did in the 1970s. One thing I liked about my Musketeer was the pull-down double bed at the rear which could be left made up. All you had to do at night was pull it down and undo a strap that held the bedding in place during the day. You never see that layout these days.
Does anyone remember a caravan which seemed to be made of something like ping pong ball material? Our neighbours had one in the 50s, no idea of the make.
Quote: Originally posted by Colin21 on 25/10/2023
My first two caravans were a Sprite Alpine then a Sprite Musketeer, but that was many years ago. The Alpine was from the 1950s and the Musketeer was from the 1960s, and my Musketeer was a pale green colour. The Musketeer was very roomy, which we needed at the time because we had 3 children and 2 dogs, and we didn't even have an awning for additional space. Few people did in the 1970s. One thing I liked about my Musketeer was the pull-down double bed at the rear which could be left made up. All you had to do at night was pull it down and undo a strap that held the bedding in place during the day. You never see that layout these days.
That's the Musketeer we had Colin. The bed folded up to make a back rest for the dinette. The bed was short when folded so the bottom pulled out and the dinette cushion slotted in to make the foot. Seemed to me to be such a simple and space effective way of having a fixed bed without the huge waste of space they are now.
Quote: Originally posted by Colin21 on 25/10/2023
My first two caravans were a Sprite Alpine then a Sprite Musketeer, but that was many years ago. The Alpine was from the 1950s and the Musketeer was from the 1960s, and my Musketeer was a pale green colour. The Musketeer was very roomy, which we needed at the time because we had 3 children and 2 dogs, and we didn't even have an awning for additional space. Few people did in the 1970s. One thing I liked about my Musketeer was the pull-down double bed at the rear which could be left made up. All you had to do at night was pull it down and undo a strap that held the bedding in place during the day. You never see that layout these days.
That's the Musketeer we had Colin. The bed folded up to make a back rest for the dinette. The bed was short when folded so the bottom pulled out and the dinette cushion slotted in to make the foot. Seemed to me to be such a simple and space effective way of having a fixed bed without the huge waste of space they are now.
Yes Navver your description fits my memory of ours perfectly. I have often wondered why nobody seems to use that layout today, such a space-saver! Much better than fixed-bed in my opinion.
We also had a Cosalt Piper with that layout but never seemed to continue, mind you Cosalt stopped making tourers shortly after, concentrating on the Static market only.
Quote: Originally posted by GeorgiaT on 26/10/2023
Mine is not like that but I still love it as it is. In the brochure it shows that that sort of arrangement is a Musceteer S type.
Must admit I didn't know they continued with that pull-down bed layout after the model I had, but if your brochure shows it they obviously did. Just a pity in my opinion that there don't seem to be any like it today as it was so handy.
Whatever layout yours has, enjoy it. By the looks of those pictures it still has a lot of useful life left in it and I think some of the older caravans were better built.
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