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27/8/2012 at 12:53pm
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Dose anyone know where I can get a manual for my sprite alpine 2 1990 from please, I have looked on the net but can't find anywhere.

Thanks :)



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28/8/2012 at 9:13am
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Here you go - I think the swift group has the sprite manuals. Someone correct me if I'm wrong!

I couldn't find a manual for mine - (not surprising, it's 30 years old! LOL) so I bought a Haynes caravan manual for that sort of year and it's come in really useful. You can get the Haynes one on ebay and amazon.

click here

Haynes caravan manual

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06/9/2012 at 5:00pm
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Thank you for the link, saddly they don't go back to 1990 so the hunt for one is still on lol.

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06/9/2012 at 6:48pm
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Bully - I may still have a handbook for Sprites from the late 1980’s, as I used to have an Esprite Charade, and it could cover the Alpine. I'll check later this evening, and if I can locate it will send you something.

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06/9/2012 at 6:51pm
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Mon Onc thank you ever so much that's very kind

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06/9/2012 at 6:59pm
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I've just had a look on my PC, where I thought I had a scanned copy, but it isn't there. But not to worry, because that means it must be on an old hard drive which I've still got, so if you give me a day or so, I'll fire it up and try and find it. Then if you let me have your e-mail address, I'll send you on a copy. If you want to contact me direct, my email is

northa2901 at aol.com

I'll see what I can do - always happy to help a fellow caravanner!

Al.



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06/9/2012 at 8:15pm
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Hi Bully1 - I've located it (couldn't wait!), and according to the front cover, it's for the 1989 year, and doesn't cover the Alpine2, but the XL, Eccles, Esprit, Elite, and Voyager. BUT the technical page does have the dimensions etc for the Alpine2! There's also chassis data and other information which is fairly generic to that range of models. So it may be useful to you, there were only 7 pages, and I'll happily mail them to you if you want.

northa2901 at aol.com
(that's the 'at' symbol, of course!).

Regards,

Al.

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06/9/2012 at 10:23pm
 Location: south wales
 Outfit: Sprite Alpine XL 1990
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That's fab thank you so much!!

I just told the oh and apparently our caravan is a alpine xl 2 berth (lol can you tell I'm new to caravaning!!!!) so whatever you have would be such a help to us.

I'll send you an email now and thank you again



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06/9/2012 at 10:26pm
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Ok Bully1, glad to be able to help you.

Al.

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06/9/2012 at 10:34pm
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Email sent, if I can ever be of any help to you (not that I know anything about caravaning as you can tell lol) then I'll be happy to help :)



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11/3/2015 at 2:07pm
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any chance of a copy for the sprite xl 4 berth?


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I know this discussion hasn't had any activity since 2015, but any chance I may have a copy of that manual as I have just bought a 1989 sprite alpine xl and I have no manual


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It’s unlikely as the OP is dated 2012 and the person hasn’t posted since 2013. The one 2015 post got no reply, not even from the person who left their email address a few years prior.
But you never know! Let’s hope someone has what you’re looking for.

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Quote: Originally posted by Mon Onc on 06/9/2012
Bully - I may still have a handbook for Sprites from the late 1980’s, as I used to have an Esprite Charade, and it could cover the Alpine. I'll check later this evening, and if I can locate it will send you something.


Hi Mon Onc
1989 CI Sprite Alpine XL .
Can you help me with Manual Handbook for this Caravan Trailer?
Much appreciated.


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Welcome to the Forum, have you read the post above yours from Fiona W ?

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Rather a stock answer for people seeking manuals.

Firstly any documents pre-dating the first widespread use of the internet (circa early 90's) are generally hard to come by, for the simple reason that early internet did not really facilitate distribution of facsimile documents! - Dial up connections and PAINFULLY slow data transmission! - so no one bothered to copy/store things like manuals, which were HUGE data files relative to the era!

Good(ish) news is that most manuals are predominantly little more than copy and paste reproductions of the individual appliance/equipment manufacturers manuals, and as this equipment is common across many caravans from many manufacturers, and didn't change for years on end, they tend to be in better circulation, so you can stand a chance of building your own compilation manual. What you need to do is identify the individual appliances from make and model numbers (often on ID plates tucked away in less than obvious places!), and then search for their manuals.

The other thing to do is not be too specific in the caravan manual you search for. Manuals often cover a range of models, and a number of years production as they didn't change much from one year to next, so a similar model and nearby year manual may well serve your needs.

Always worth contacting people like the Retro Camping Club (https://www.retrocampingclub.co.uk/) to see if they can help.

Good luck.



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