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Personupnorth55
26/8/2010 at 11:05pm
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We've decided to invest in a folding camper and have around £1000-£1500 to spend. Would love a conway cardinal/clubman hard top but finding a decent one in this price range is proving hard. Seen around Pennine folding campers and wondering is there a great difference between pennine and conway on the older models? any infor would be great an d i believe they are the same company now


Personhomebird2003
27/8/2010 at 9:03am
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We have a 1997 Conway Countryman which is similar to the Peenine Fiesta. The differences I've noticed are that the awning of the Fiesta has zip out panels, ventilated bedroom pods, curtains in front of the bedrooms & proper seat backs. Its also wider. The Countryman lacks these things but I prefer the colour scheme of ours as the Fiesta for the same year is a sort of  bright Turquoise. If it was green I'd certainly go for one,

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Personglynnis51
27/8/2010 at 10:12am
 Location: west midlands
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I,ve a 1990 Pennine Pullman. Fantastic unit. Comfy beds, good size living area, massive awning. Were made to last.

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Personlittlesue
27/8/2010 at 2:04pm
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hi have a 1995 conway cruiser now thats nice just aint had the chance 2 use it yet    that has big slide out beds seating area converts into another bed lots of under seating storage draws a wardrobe mines dark green & beige/cream


Personupnorth55
27/8/2010 at 2:47pm
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Guess its all down to personal preference and finding a decent one in our price range. Just wasn't sure if there was a huge difference in quality of the two makes.


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dogtlotdog
27/8/2010 at 11:50pm
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I think the main difference was the fold-over  or slide-out bed boards, Pennine had the up and over type and Conwy had the slide out type,  personal preferance  really.


Personwongers
28/8/2010 at 8:14am
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the advantage of the conway slideing beds (well on the cruiser not sure about others)is the canvas  stays on so if you open in the rain the insides stay dry.also no heavy lifting.

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PersonSterling 1999
28/8/2010 at 8:42am
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£1500 should get you a Fiesta or Countryman early 90s or if you want bigger go for 1980s Pullman very wel built.

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Personlittlesue
28/8/2010 at 1:48pm
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we paid £1500 for our 1995 conway cruiser and got loads of extas with it + the nice big awning


Personupnorth55
28/8/2010 at 7:47pm
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Thats for the replies. We found today a pennine pullman 1994 paid £700 for it and looks the deal to us.


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dogtlotdog
28/8/2010 at 10:43pm
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Most Fc's have a 'wet pack' so wether you have the pull out or the fold over  bed boards, you dont get wet.   We have set up our fold over Pathfinder in the rain and managed to keep everything dry inside. The canvas stays on most FC's [ its only folded onto the poles] so, easy to pull the beds over and pull the main cabin down in almost one movement.


Personcuban8
30/8/2010 at 10:28am
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Sorry if I'm missing the obvious, but we're looking into buying a FC and I'm not sure what a 'wet pack' is and how you'd use it.
Thanks for any answers.

C8


Personwongers
30/8/2010 at 10:30am
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as far as i know it's plastic sheeting to cover over the insides.

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PersonPaulDG
30/8/2010 at 11:55am
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Quote: Originally posted by cuban8 on 30/8/2010
Sorry if I'm missing the obvious, but we're looking into buying a FC and I'm not sure what a 'wet pack' is and how you'd use it.
Thanks for any answers.

C8

On the Pathfinder, it's a set of plastic sheets that are permanently attached to the camper seat bases and bed bases.

When you pack up, you wrap/cover everything soft with these sheets and then fold over the canvas, so even if it's raining (if not when you pack but the next time you pitch), none of the upholstery or bedding gets wet.

(If you've packed wet, you still have to open everything up when you get home and allow to dry properly or else you'll get mildew.)

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