BambiOwnersClub.com
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Bambi Owners Club - The website for owners of the Autohomes Bambi Motorhome
Description
When the Rascal van went into production in 1986, Iain Macpherson, the chairman of Autohomes, was invited to view it, along with other Motorcaravan manufacturers. He decided that as a panel van, it would be too small to convert. But when he saw the pick-up version, he saw the potential for building a micro-coachbuilt on the chassis. This produced a van 18” wider and two feet longer than the panel van, and was fully insulated - a miniature version of the big brother Highwayman.
Then came the challenge of finding a name. Iain’s daughter suggested Bambino, the Italian for baby. Iain thought “Bambi” would sound even better. To his surprise, Disney allowed the use of the copyrighted name. So Bambi was born, and was soon so popular that there were waiting lists for it for the first 3 years. Then, alas, Autohomes went bankrupt in 1992, and since then, no more Bambis have been made. But 1500 were built, and most are still going strong.
This was also Iain’s idea. Veronica Hardy volunteered to arrange an inaugural meeting in August 1988 at Sparsholt College, where the caretaker owned a Bambi. About 35 Bambis and 64 people gathered to form a committee and the club was formed. Autohomes gave a cheque to start the club off, and undertook to produce a Club logo. Veronica became the first secretary, and the club was soon expanding. Within a couple of years, it had four regions, each with its own Secretary, and since then, it has expanded by at least ten per cent every year, even though no Bambis have been made for eight years.
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