Weight of ABI Monza 1200CT approx 1978 3/4 berth b&bchassis

[alyson_5075411]

Does anyone know the weight of this caravan? Have just acquired one and the weight sticker at the side of the door isnt readable. Thank you!

 

[Dusty1]

My first caravan was a 1976 Piper 1200CT. The ex works weight (now MiRO) was 11.4 cwt (580 kg) and MGW (now MTPLM) was 15.59 cwt (792 kg). This was the budget Abbey and was similar to the Monza. The Monza of a couple of years later may have been slightly heavier

 

[alyson_5075411]

We have one and have a similar problem with the sticker - ours says 4cwt which is obviously not the weight. So I asked an expert on another forum, it turned out this guy was a dealer and had old brochures etc.

This is the reply he posted: "The Monza 1200ct was first made in 1973. They did a 1000, 1100, 1200, 1400 and 1600 and these were basically the body length in feet. ie yours is 12'.... the earlier vans all had glass windows till they changed to plastic in 1980. They continued till 1982.... as the monzas were very basic starter vans they were very light in weight but what you will have to watch out for is the weight of the extras that previous owners have had fitted such as a fridge, heater and an oven. In the 70's the 1200Ct had an ex works weight of 600kg, it went up to 640kg in 1980 and then back down to 530kg in 1982 when they were on the lighter weight al ko chassis."

Hope you find this helpful,

Alyson

 

[alyson_5075411]

We have one and have a similar problem with the sticker - ours says 4cwt which is obviously not the weight. So I asked an expert on another forum, it turned out this guy was a dealer and had old brochures etc.

This is the reply he posted: "The Monza 1200ct was first made in 1973. They did a 1000, 1100, 1200, 1400 and 1600 and these were basically the body length in feet. ie yours is 12'.... the earlier vans all had glass windows till they changed to plastic in 1980. They continued till 1982.... as the monzas were very basic starter vans they were very light in weight but what you will have to watch out for is the weight of the extras that previous owners have had fitted such as a fridge, heater and an oven. In the 70's the 1200Ct had an ex works weight of 600kg, it went up to 640kg in 1980 and then back down to 530kg in 1982 when they were on the lighter weight al ko chassis."

Hope you find this helpful,

Alyson

PS mine is the 1978 1200CT too. Its basic but very solid, looks old fashioned, but once you get over that you can actually feel superior to the mad people who spent

 

[Dusty1]

We have one and have a similar problem with the sticker - ours says 4cwt which is obviously not the weight. So I asked an expert on another forum, it turned out this guy was a dealer and had old brochures etc.

This is the reply he posted: "The Monza 1200ct was first made in 1973. They did a 1000, 1100, 1200, 1400 and 1600 and these were basically the body length in feet. ie yours is 12'.... the earlier vans all had glass windows till they changed to plastic in 1980. They continued till 1982.... as the monzas were very basic starter vans they were very light in weight but what you will have to watch out for is the weight of the extras that previous owners have had fitted such as a fridge, heater and an oven. In the 70's the 1200Ct had an ex works weight of 600kg, it went up to 640kg in 1980 and then back down to 530kg in 1982 when they were on the lighter weight al ko chassis."

Hope you find this helpful,

Alyson

The Piper was my first 'van that I bought new in 1976. I had it completely resealed at the beginning of 1983 because it leaked in so many places. I got rid of it at the end of 1983 for a Swift Corvette and more damp problems but that's another story!! In the time we owned the Piper I added a balanced flue Morco heater and insulated the floor with Purlboard. The only other thing we did was to add new seat covers. I still have the original sales brochure which is where I got the weights from. Your Monza was obviously much better constructed to have lasted so well. Long may you continue to enjoy it.

 

[Dusty1]

The Piper was my first 'van that I bought new in 1976. I had it completely resealed at the beginning of 1983 because it leaked in so many places. I got rid of it at the end of 1983 for a Swift Corvette and more damp problems but that's another story!! In the time we owned the Piper I added a balanced flue Morco heater and insulated the floor with Purlboard. The only other thing we did was to add new seat covers. I still have the original sales brochure which is where I got the weights from. Your Monza was obviously much better constructed to have lasted so well. Long may you continue to enjoy it.

PS. I bought the Piper in the days before VAT was charged on caravans and p/ex'd it for more than I paid for it.