Ok where to start.

I have bought an old single axle caravan chassis from ebay for the princely sum of 61 pounds. The walls, roof and interior had been stripped off, leaving just the chassis and flooring. I collected it from a chap in Wiltshire and towed it the 90 miles home to Pontypridd, South Wales. It towed very nicely, wasn't too heavy and most of all, it held together.

Over the next few days I stripped off the flooring to expose the chassis. It it of galvanised steel construction with an axle rated at 900kg. This should be fine as the weight of the car (see my other blog) will only be around 600kg.

The plan is to bolt on 6 crossmembers made from 2" square hollow section steel to stiffen up the chassis, and then lay 2, 13' x 18", 3mm thick steel plates on top to create the deck for the car to roll on to. I will weld 1" equal angle around all the edges to form a lip, except where the ramps will meet the rear. The gap in the centre will be filled with 1" thick marine plywood, so the trailer can also be used as a large flat bed. Once it is assembled, I will dismantle it again and send all the metal parts to be galvanised. This process can be expensive but is far better than painting, and coats all the inside surfaces as well as the outsides, preventing rust for many years.

So as it stands, I have prepared the caravan chassis and ordered the steel from my local stockholder, which incidentally cost me 150 pounds. So the trailer so far has cost 211 quid. The steel is due to be delivered next Tuesday.

I'll take some pictures soon and post them up!