James
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Making the living van has begun!Got word from my mate today that he has got me a chassis, and got the floor done!! Will be about 6 months before it is finished 
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James
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Here's a pic of the gypsy caravan he restored, and the (green) living van he made from scratch.
Incase you're wondering, enginemen used to sleep in them. They would be towed behind steam engines, like Rollers, and while the driver and firemen were working there they would sleep in the van.
It's going to have a bed, cupboard etc etc, and a wood burning/coal burning stove 
Oh aye, and of course a gramafone!!!
Will use it at shows and that
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Les
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Don't forget the fridge for the beer!!
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James
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LOL I'm having it with only Victorian stuff. Pretty much like me room, and this room where the PC is (candle and oil lamp lit) 
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James
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O aye and it will have "Fieldside Flock of Lincoln Longwools" painted on both sides
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Les
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PC's aren't Victorian.
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IndianaRog
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James probably has a pedal powered generator running his PC...in keeping with Victorian decor!!
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James
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Ahh most people say that, but I always say, the PC helps me research and further my interest in the past, so it's allowed
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Andy
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james you will have to keep us updates cos i would mind making one
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James
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LMAO Rog
A hamster on a wheel
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Atticman
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| James wrote: | LMAO Rog
A hamster on a wheel |
Could do your cooking on a spit as well, saw somewhere a spit in National trust house. Above it was a wheel where they put a dog to run the spit 
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James
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Bloody hell
I know in the Old Hall in Gainsborough there is a massive spit, which were turned by a small boy
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Steve_S
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In some old country houses the spit was rotated by a small steam engine with the boiler heated by the fire in the range. And in one old house I've been to... can't remember where... the spit was turned by a Stirling engine.
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Reid
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| Les Marsh wrote: | | PC's aren't Victorian. |
Yeah, but
Victorians were PC
well, they thought they were
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Rob
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full size one is it james? what sort of price are they?
dont forget to have some steam engines in there aswel
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Les
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What is going to tow it? It's too big for a Mamod
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johnreid
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Set the photo about three feet farther from the camera and the copy will be sharp.
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toxx
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... what a project, Jim, congrats! Be sure to get a victorian computer. I, in fact, am sitting before one this very minute. 'Tis an original John Harding Digit Chaser Supreme, made ba Harding, Harding, Harding and Fizzletoe of Blackburn, Lancashire, ca. 1859.
... ten thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire. And though the holes were rather small, I had to count them all. Now I know how many holes it takes to fill the Albert Hall.
(John&Paul)
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James
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LOL!
To answer your questions:
They are normally £3000-5000
It's costing me basically nothing, I scrounged a chassis, wheels, axles, wood and my mate is making me it for nowt
Towing it will be the job of the Case or the Fordson!
That were a pic took with me old camera, ages ago. It had real crap focus!!
LOL Tom, you want a Babich one!
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