Daisy 1969 Bluebird Europe Three mk4
When we brought home Daisy, our 1969 Bluebird Caravan, she was full of rot, damp and holes. No working road lights, untested gas and no electrics.
I wanted to show people that, a 47 year old van, doesn't need to be in showroom condition to get you out on adventures! Many people take over a year to do up their caravans, we needed and wanted to get using her. Working outside and around work and minis we managed in just 8 weeks to get her usable. Not pretty or perfect but safe and usable!
Have a look round Daisy a few days after she arrived home -
Our first video about Daisy, we had started to pull out the rotten wood and removed the bathroom.
Here are all the links to each job we did in those 8 short weeks:
This was a big job, and we had hoped more would be savable!
From damp, to holes, to a lot of rot!!
Getting the light right was holding up all the other works on Daisy, it took a while to get my head around it. Grandpa to the rescue!
Oh easy job, no, I think I had my first ever brake down!!
Going from rotten wood and holes in the floor to painted and so much better!
The big job of replacing the plyboards.
Getting the original 1960's oven working! I use her every time we go away.
Making the most out of what we already had!
The colours we had picked, fabric and mood-boards.
Getting Daisy ready!
Fixing a temporary skylight and cleaning up her garden.
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Click here for all about getting her ready to go!
Getting ready for our first trip away in Daisy.
Here she is all ready to go!
By using Daisy we worked out a few little other jobs we wanted to do. We have managed to fit in quite a few things around going away and the kids being home for the holidays:
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