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Must be 4 berth  single or twin axle,max weight 1500  with double bed at the rear and 6 foot seats in the front, with the usual facilities in the middle

Does any manufacturer make something like this???

look here gives layouts.558 + 73

www.caravanfinder.co.uk

I have the abbey stafford it has seating area to the right that turns to double bed with a bunk above, we never use the bunk above nor the seating area as we have put a double mattress in there it has sliding doors so we close it off during sleeping and during the day time,

it has small bathroom/shower room with toilet and sink ,opposit normal kitchen cooker sink fridge etc. then front is a very large seating area that has the pull out middle slats to make an extra large bed. 3 of my kids sleep there with plenty of room we often make the bed up and all sit on bed watching films (7 of us),

its a single axle caravan and weighs in at 1150 (thats off the top of my head as its too windy to go out and check) yould need to confirm this

i tow with a renault traffic mini bus and once i overcome loading problems it tows like a dream

the only down side is there is no power at rear end of van but im just in proces of fitting a 240v spur and a second battery with 12v supply there aswell

mines a 1992(i think) and i paid just over £1,000. for it last year

ive had very little minor problems that ive managed to fix/sort myself very limited diy skills.

now there seems to be 2 styles of the abbey stafford 5/6 berth the only differance i can see are to the rear is an extra window each side theese are very pointless windows some have them some dont.

now ive stated its advertized as a 5/6 berth 2 berth on rear bed 1 berth on bunk above (that we never use) 2-3 on front large bed 2+2 for me is a 4 so should be advertized as a 4/5 berth but due to size of front double bed they say it can sleep 3

hope this helps Jay

We have a single axle Abbey 418 GTS Vogue [2004] with your exact layout. Front seats are 6' 3" & 5' 11" or make into a double 6' 10" x 5' 11"].  Rear fixed double 6' 3" x  4' 6". MTPLM 1486kg.

An Eccles Jewel is the same layout and there will be an identical Swift model, which I cannot name.

Last year we went to the B'ham Caravan show to buy a replacement but could not find anything with the 6' + front seat. So we decided not to change our very comfortable layout for a compromise.

The other issue for me was that most vans have an end bathroom and I cannot see through to the rear of the van when towing.

Good luck with your search and I should be interested to know if you do find a suitable layout because I couldn't.

Quote: Originally posted by helpmybob on 02/2/2011

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Must be 4 berth  single or twin axle,max weight 1500  with double bed at the rear and 6 foot seats in the front, with the usual facilities in the middle

Does any manufacturer make something like this???

Post last edited on 02/02/2011 14:58:46

take a look at my rare lynton sabre alas you will be lucky to find one. in good cond.

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how about one with this lay out ?

We've been looking at 5 berths. They have a double dinette at the back which we would convert to a fixed double bed with a proper mattress. We would take out the 5th berth bunk fixings ! Not sure how long the front benches are though. The Bailey Olympus has a layout like this. Look on Caravan Finder, 5 berth, fixed bed !