Post by Don Ricardo on Nov 28, 2013 10:01:30 GMT 10
EVERNEW CARAVANS
Sold and/manufactured by Bruce Bailey
Evernew Caravans
95 Bell Street, West Heidelberg, Vic
On 13 July 2010 Cruiser posted:
...Last week I purchased a Hilandale caravan by Georges and sold under the name EVERNEW. I was informed that it was manufactured in 1963...
Franklin1 replied to Cruiser later the same day:
I also wondered about that Evernew sticker on your van when I saw it listed on ebay. It seemed like a bit of a furphy because I thought Evernew was a much later brand of caravan. However, blow me down if another Hilandale hasn't appeared on ebay with that same Evernew sticker. So, I wonder what the story is?? I have a Caravan And Camping magazine from late 1974 which lists Evernew as being at 95 Bell St., West Heidelberg. The added text says: "Twenty-five years experience in business and the last eleven building caravans to custom and design requirements." So, 25 years before 1974 puts them starting business in 1949. But starting as what, though?? And the "last eleven" means from 1963, so maybe they bought into the Hilandale operations in 1963 but kept the Hilandale name and added their Evernew name as well?
On 14 July 2010 Don Ricardo wrote:
Hi Cruiser and Franklin1,
Interesting point Al has raised about Evernew and its origins. Like Al, I was under the impression that Evernew were relatively late comers to the caravan business - 70's or 80's, but apparently not so late after all. Their website currently states:
"Evernew Caravans Pty Ltd is a family owned and operated business, continuously operating from the same site in Heidelberg, Victoria, since it was established in 1963."
Not sure what that means about the period from 1949 to 1963.
Anyway apart from the issue of when they started, the other impression I have is that Evernew have always had a second hand van side to their business. Perhaps this consisted of the vans that were traded in on a new Evernew? If that is the case, perhaps they stuck an Evernew sticker on the second hand vans they sold.
Hughdeani replied:
Hi men,I think Evernew also did some badge engineering before they became custom builders,because over the years I have seen Nomad,Skyline,Hilandale with Evernew stickers on them.
Nomad was a Hilandale sold and hired by a fellow in Mt Waverley in the sixties.He had about 6 in his front yard and more at the local servo.
Hope this helps somewhat.
hughdeani
Sheppo also responded on 14 July 2010:
Interesting guys, My dad bought a hillandale in 64 not long after he picked up his new EH 179 wagon. We went to Heidelberg to pick it up but it only had hillandale stickers on it. I will ask mum to go thru the old photos and post a picture of it. As a kid we used to go away lots on weekends in Vic. I remember dad sold it and bought an Evernew a few years latter from the same factory. Sorry to muddy the waters.
For further information about Cruiser's Hilandale caravan see his thread in the Members' Photo Album section here.
Editorial comment - September 2018: In his comment on 14 July 2010, Hughdeani stated: 'Hi men,I think Evernew also did some badge engineering before they became custom builders,because over the years I have seen Nomad,Skyline,Hilandale with Evernew stickers on them. Nomad was a Hilandale sold and hired by a fellow in Mt Waverley in the sixties.' Subsequent evidence has confirmed that the vans referred to by Hughdeani were supplied by Hilandale and badge engineered as Evernews, Skylines and Nomads. Don Ricardo
Sold and/manufactured by Bruce Bailey
Evernew Caravans
95 Bell Street, West Heidelberg, Vic
On 13 July 2010 Cruiser posted:
...Last week I purchased a Hilandale caravan by Georges and sold under the name EVERNEW. I was informed that it was manufactured in 1963...
Franklin1 replied to Cruiser later the same day:
I also wondered about that Evernew sticker on your van when I saw it listed on ebay. It seemed like a bit of a furphy because I thought Evernew was a much later brand of caravan. However, blow me down if another Hilandale hasn't appeared on ebay with that same Evernew sticker. So, I wonder what the story is?? I have a Caravan And Camping magazine from late 1974 which lists Evernew as being at 95 Bell St., West Heidelberg. The added text says: "Twenty-five years experience in business and the last eleven building caravans to custom and design requirements." So, 25 years before 1974 puts them starting business in 1949. But starting as what, though?? And the "last eleven" means from 1963, so maybe they bought into the Hilandale operations in 1963 but kept the Hilandale name and added their Evernew name as well?
On 14 July 2010 Don Ricardo wrote:
Hi Cruiser and Franklin1,
Interesting point Al has raised about Evernew and its origins. Like Al, I was under the impression that Evernew were relatively late comers to the caravan business - 70's or 80's, but apparently not so late after all. Their website currently states:
"Evernew Caravans Pty Ltd is a family owned and operated business, continuously operating from the same site in Heidelberg, Victoria, since it was established in 1963."
Not sure what that means about the period from 1949 to 1963.
Anyway apart from the issue of when they started, the other impression I have is that Evernew have always had a second hand van side to their business. Perhaps this consisted of the vans that were traded in on a new Evernew? If that is the case, perhaps they stuck an Evernew sticker on the second hand vans they sold.
Hughdeani replied:
Hi men,I think Evernew also did some badge engineering before they became custom builders,because over the years I have seen Nomad,Skyline,Hilandale with Evernew stickers on them.
Nomad was a Hilandale sold and hired by a fellow in Mt Waverley in the sixties.He had about 6 in his front yard and more at the local servo.
Hope this helps somewhat.
hughdeani
Sheppo also responded on 14 July 2010:
Interesting guys, My dad bought a hillandale in 64 not long after he picked up his new EH 179 wagon. We went to Heidelberg to pick it up but it only had hillandale stickers on it. I will ask mum to go thru the old photos and post a picture of it. As a kid we used to go away lots on weekends in Vic. I remember dad sold it and bought an Evernew a few years latter from the same factory. Sorry to muddy the waters.
For further information about Cruiser's Hilandale caravan see his thread in the Members' Photo Album section here.
Editorial comment - September 2018: In his comment on 14 July 2010, Hughdeani stated: 'Hi men,I think Evernew also did some badge engineering before they became custom builders,because over the years I have seen Nomad,Skyline,Hilandale with Evernew stickers on them. Nomad was a Hilandale sold and hired by a fellow in Mt Waverley in the sixties.' Subsequent evidence has confirmed that the vans referred to by Hughdeani were supplied by Hilandale and badge engineered as Evernews, Skylines and Nomads. Don Ricardo
