Post by Don Ricardo on Sept 18, 2008 22:03:56 GMT 10
Courtney Caravans
Manufactured by Ansair
655 Chapel Street, South Yarra, Vic
1956 Courtney advertisement and publicity:
(Source: Keith Winser, Australian Caravan & Touring Manual for 1956, pp 14, 99 & 81)
One feature of the Courtney was that it had an all aluminium roof, the implication being that the sides , front and back of the van were bondwood.
As indicated in the advertisement, Courtney vans were constructed by Ansair, manufacturers of Ansett buses which from memory were long distance coaches. Ansair also built caravans in conjunction with the Hendy Trailer and Caravan Company - see here
It appears that during the mid-50's several large Australian transport engineering companies tried to break into the caravan construction business. One of these was Ansair. Another was Freighter, better known for their trailers. Neither Courtney vans nor Freighter vans are well known, so it appears that they achieved only limited success in the caravan building business.
Information about Freighter caravans can be found here
Manufactured by Ansair
655 Chapel Street, South Yarra, Vic
1956 Courtney advertisement and publicity:
(Source: Keith Winser, Australian Caravan & Touring Manual for 1956, pp 14, 99 & 81)
One feature of the Courtney was that it had an all aluminium roof, the implication being that the sides , front and back of the van were bondwood.
As indicated in the advertisement, Courtney vans were constructed by Ansair, manufacturers of Ansett buses which from memory were long distance coaches. Ansair also built caravans in conjunction with the Hendy Trailer and Caravan Company - see here
It appears that during the mid-50's several large Australian transport engineering companies tried to break into the caravan construction business. One of these was Ansair. Another was Freighter, better known for their trailers. Neither Courtney vans nor Freighter vans are well known, so it appears that they achieved only limited success in the caravan building business.
Information about Freighter caravans can be found here
