By far the most unusual rig we have owned is a Liteweight Caravette which we towed with a motorcycle and sidecar. You might think caravanning is out of your league with a motorbike. But that was never going to stop Don. We towed this mini caravan with a 1984 six cylinder Kawasaki 1300 Voyager motorcycle, which sported a twin seat side car which we had custom fitted by Kurt Nielsen in Katikati. All up we could take 4 people and two kayaks on the roof. The back of the caravette folds up to make a roof and a canvas awning drops down and attaches to a solid wooden floor, which folds out from the back of the caravette. Marilyn remade the canvas to include a toilet tent and a full annex expanding the usable space to approximately 3 metres by 3.5 metres. It was a great way to holiday, and certainly received its share of attention everywhere we went.
It left us to become a hunting getaway in the back blocks of New Zealand.
I think i now own this little Caravette. It has the extra toilet room and the side annex. Sitting in my shed awaiting some TLC.
Not in bad condition tho.
How cool! If the canvas is dark red with a Khaki roof on the annex then I’m pretty sure it will be the same van. It is featured in Don’s first caravan book ‘Retro Caravans’, and we owned it from 2000 -2009. It’s great to know it’s going strong. Do you have any current photos?
In the process of giving it some love. The outside has some dents and is a little battered. Have new matress for it and lots of other cool stuff to go inside. The canvas is red and karki so sounds like the same one.. will post some photo,s soon.