What the experts say
“Your Eccles is absolutely beautiful. It’s exquisite! It is one of the nicest showman’s wagon I’ve ever seen … a rare and wonderful thing! It is so exceptional, almost certainly a one-off.”
Willem Middlemiss, Consultant for Vintage Auctions at Cheffins
“The Petersons are making a truly beautiful job of the restoration. Everything they have done seems very correct. They are making a very fine job of the wagon.”
John Pockett (who has restored over two hundred gypsy and showman caravans, including a gypsy caravan that belonged to the Beatles)
“Undoubtedly the world’s finest Eccles living wagon!”
Jeremy Curzon, Director and Valuer at Cheffins Vintage Auctions in Cambridge, England.
“… such a unique treasure.”
Scott George, Vice President of The Revs Institute for Automotive Research, President of CH Motorcars LLC, and associate Curator of the Collier Collection.
“Splendid! Superb! Painstakingly restored to a very high standard.
A one-off.”
“This is an excellent example of an early Eccles showman’s wagon from around 1930. Very few have survived so this is a rare piece of caravan history, carefully and perfectly restored!”
Andrew Jenkinson, the UK’s leading caravan historian and journalist
“It is a magnificent restoration . . . very impressive, a wonderful restoration job, very good quality.”
Kevin Scrivens, Trustee of the Fairground Heritage Trust in Devon
“Congratulations for the work you did on restoration.”
Rodolphe Rapetti, Conservateur général du patrimoine, Chargé de Mission Service des Musées de France, Ministère de la Culture
“This is stunning, absolutely stunning!”
Thomas Acton, Professor Emeritus of Romani Studies, University of Greenwich, United Kingdom
“My God, what a beauty!!”
Professor Ian Hancock, respected scholar and authority on Romani (or Gypsy) culture
“It looks very good indeed.”
Joe Elliott, Chair of the Board of Directors, Coventry Transport Museum
“What a beautiful caravan!”
David Hayhow, Concours d’Elégance Organiser
“It is rather splendid!”
Stephen Laing, Museum Curator of the British Motor Industry Heritage Trust in Warwickshire
“This is quite a rare thing indeed! It’s quite unusual.”
Gregory Anderson, General Manager RM Sotheby’s, London