hello from a new member

[rootygirl]

Found the website and thought I'd come and say hello to everyone!
I'm a classic caravan enthusiast and over the last few years have been lucky enough to own a westmorland star, a cheltenham and a roma special supreme; yesterday I became the proud owner of a 14/2 - serial number 77603.
It's in fantastic condition as it's been dry stored for quite some time; all that really needed to be done was to give it a good clean both inside and out, and some work on the wiring system (which my partner is currently doing).
Looking forward to some adventures in her!
Cheers
Rootygirl

[Brian M]

Hi Rootygirl and welcome to the forum.

In your other post you ask if 77603 is too high a number for one years production, a few years ago I would have said yes but as more serial numbers are posted the annual production figures seem to be going up and up.

Numbers over 500 include:

1964 - 607
1965 - 796
1968 - 734
1978 - 606
1979 - 802

So yours at 603 for 1977 does seem possible.

Perhaps Michael who worked at Safari caravans could confirm that for quite a few years the factory were making 15 Safaris a week.

Obviously my highest number cannot be taken as the total production for any particular year.

I have not seen a "Custom Built" badge and would be interested to see a picture of yours so we can try to assess if we think it was an original feature or something added by an enthusiastic owner.