Lambie Level

Ali Lambie replied on 20/07/2022 09:44

Posted on 20/07/2022 09:44

I wonder if you can help me please. My parents were keen caravanners and members of the Caravan Club for many years. As a retirement project in the late 1970s my dad designed, produced and marketed a spirit level for caravans - it was called the Lambie Level (for obvious reasons!). His business ran for a number of years and he sold a lot of levels through advertising in the Club magazine. Someone took over the business for a few years when dad was no longer able to make the levels - I’m not sure how long that lasted but I saw Lambie Levels on the front of caravans occasionally over the years. Dad died more than 20 years ago and sadly I don’t have a Lambie Level and wonder if there's anyone reading this who might know where I could source one, or indeed might even have one - purely for nostalgia and to remember my dad - I used to help him package them up and post them off about 40 years ago! Any help much appreciated, Ali Lambie

Moderator Comment - Ali, fascinating post. I will move into discussions as more may see it there and you might get a better response.

brue replied on 26/07/2022 17:25

Posted on 26/07/2022 17:25

Hope your letter in the Aug mag produces a result, you only need one and hopefully someone has it! smile

Ali Lambie replied on 26/07/2022 18:46

Posted on 26/07/2022 18:46

Yes!! My letter worked, someone has two stashed away and they're posting them to me. I'm so delighted :)

Rat Man replied on 28/07/2022 17:48

Posted on 28/07/2022 17:48

Just read your letter in the August magazine about the Lambie Leveller. Absolutely delighted to hear that someone has found a couple to send onto you! Would love to see a photograph of these in the magazine! 

Ali Lambie replied on 28/07/2022 18:35

Posted on 28/07/2022 17:48 by Rat Man

Just read your letter in the August magazine about the Lambie Leveller. Absolutely delighted to hear that someone has found a couple to send onto you! Would love to see a photograph of these in the magazine! 

Posted on 28/07/2022 18:35

I'm eagerly awaiting their arrival in the post. Will put a photo up when I have them!

Ali Lambie replied on 29/07/2022 11:34

Posted on 29/07/2022 11:34

My Lambie Levels arrived safely this morning - thank you so much to everyone who joined in this conversation and especially to Bev who remarkably still had two levels hoarded away after all these years and kindly sent them to me - photo attached!

SouthLodge replied on 18/01/2023 09:42

Posted on 18/01/2023 09:42

Just discovered this post and am insanely jealous.

What I wouldn't give for a pair of Lambilevels! My last pair went when we changed our van in 2021 and I can't find a satisfactory replacement. I's just so irritating, having to dash back and forwards to check on the level. Most spirit levels are just too sensitive to be able to assess how many boards are needed. I've tried spirit levels ranging from £5 to £25 but none of them measure up to my original Lambilevels.

Currently I'm using a bullseye level, but that has to be placed just inside the door rather than being mounted on the front of the van or on the A-bracket. I know - the front table would be good but we use a towing cover so not visible on arrival on site.

Ali Lambie replied on 18/01/2023 10:23

Posted on 18/01/2023 10:23

Ah lovely to hear how much you rated your Lambie Levels - I'm only sorry no others measure up. It's strange timing after I miraculously sourced one each for me and my brother six months ago then this discussion thread went quiet. Early this morning our mum Sheila Lambie died - she survived our dad, the inventor and manufacturer of Lambie Levels, by 21 years! End of an era. 

KerryS replied on 04/07/2023 22:49

Posted on 04/07/2023 22:49

I had two in the past, but one either stayed on a drawbar or went to my daughter. I still have one and value it enormously. I screwed it to a strip of wood and in use it either rests below the centre window for lateral level and is then transferred to the the caravan floor for front-back levelling.

The fluid is a little more viscous than many levels and the tube is a gentle curve, both make it ideal for the purpose. 

Ali Lambie replied on 06/07/2023 09:28

Posted on 06/07/2023 09:28

Thank you for posting KerryS - wonderful to know you're still using and valuing your Lambilevel laughing Dad would be delighted!

mikemoss replied on 28/09/2023 16:55

Posted on 28/09/2023 16:55

I'm sorry to be so late to the party, and even more sorry that I don't still have any Lambilevels - particularly as my two sons-in-law are both caravanners and I keep extolling the virtues of the wonderful Lambilevels that were both the simplest and best of the various gadgets I used in my own caravanning days. Now a motorhomer, I have a sort of poor man's version in the form of a target spirit level fitted into a blob of plastic designed to fit in the instrument cowl of a Fiat Ducato circa 1998 so that the bubble is in the centre when the motorhome is level in both directions. It's handy, but not a patch on those sorely missed Lambie lovlies.

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