RV Travel Lifestyle

Fitting modern comforts to a vintage caravan

I was brought up in a caravanning family, going on my first caravan holiday at four months old in 1950. My parents owned Liteweight caravans so caravan holidays were regular every year. Over the decades, these caravans grew more sophisticated in both their storage solutions and their fitments, including conveniences such as hot and cold water, fridges, radios, showers and toilets. Many of these fittings were powered by basic 12-volt systems and 240-volt systems. Since the start of the new century, caravans have become even more sophisticated with much better appliances through improved technology along with some great storage solutions.

In 2006 we restored a 1956 Liteweight

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