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HISTORY
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Information on the Newlander is very sparse but my research up to
now is as follows
- The company Newlander Caravans first produced the Newlander Camper
around 1975 and production carried up to the late 80s although company house
has the business still trading up to 1991. The firm traded from 260
Wincolmlee, Hull.
Toyota Hiace 1 of the base vehicles that was used was first produced in 1967 as a pick up or van see
brochure 1 and
brochure
2 , in 1977 the mark 2 was produced the main difference being
single headlights and a more refined cab, the mark 3 came along in 1982
although the mark 2 continued to be produced for a few more years.
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There was a mark1 or just called the Newlander first produced, and in
1976 the mark 2 was introduced. My own camper a mark 2 has internal wall
boarding of the white vinyl type, at the back of the sink not on
view and the over cab bed floor is the wood look paneled board, that I have
seen on the mark1 camper. As far as I am aware their where only 2 types, the
2 to 3 berth and the 4 to 5 berth this was achieved by the latter not having
the toilet compartment and the addition of rear seating and the kitchen
moved to the side, as you can probably gather from this I do need more
information so anything no matter how small will be greatly appreciated.
The original coachbuilt body comprised of a softwood frame which was
clad on the outside with a hollow section plastic planking I can only find a
reference to the plastic on the very first Toyota Hiace Newlander produced
and like mine about one year later the ribbed Duralumin that was used on the
the roof of the earlier Toyota is now used right through.
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My thanks to Martin
Watts from Motorcaravan Motorhome Monthly's Life in the slow lane feature
for the following information
The Newlander body was built
independently of the base vehicle and fiited later, hence why most models are
not walk through meaning you had to leave the vehicle cab to gain access to
the rear body. They used a variety of base vehicles including Bedford CF,
Datsun Cabstar,Leyland Sherpa, Ford Transit and Toyota Hiace.
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NEWLANDER CAMPERVANS
