Highway Caravans brochure...mid 1950s??

[Franklin1]

G'day All,
I recently won the ebay auction for a Highway Caravans brochure, showing their range of vans, accessories, equipment, etc. This caravan building company was located in Brighton, Victoria, and the brochure seems to be from about the mid 1950s.
You are free to download and save all eight pages of the brochure, if you wish, for your information and enjoyment.
As you can see from pages 1 and 8 showing here, I've superimposed a colourful "credit" to this website on each page. You will need to marry the 8 pages into 4 to make the original brochure (...have fun with the jigsaw puzzle ). The links to pages 2 to 7 are given in between the two pages showing...

page 1


pages 2 to 7
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I found the brochure interesting for a number of reasons, including the listing of equipment...brand names, etc, which helps us date some of our stuff.
I also wanted the brochure because the design of the 15 foot "Road Cruiser" (left-hand van page 1 above) is very similar to the design of my "Franklin" (compare photo below with photo above), except my Franklin has aluminium framed side windows, and the Highway appears to be timber. Both have the double front window close together. Was this design a common one in the mid 1950s?...



Hope you enjoy the brochure!
cheers,
Al.

[firefighter]

Hi Al

good buy off e/ bay ;D ;D ;D

mid 50s you say........... the brochure mentions , mass_produced
in victorias largest caravan factory
I thought franklin was the first to mass_produce
F/F ;D ;D ;D

[chippydave01]

Cool brochure Al,thanks for sharing with us
Cheers Dave

[Don Ricardo]

Nice find, Al, and nice posting with the 'www.vintagecaravans.com' address!

Those price lists are priceless Seriously though, the price lists will be really helpful in identifying items, brand names etc.

You've got to love it though - 235 pounds will buy you a 10' 6'' covered shell, while 275 pounds will buy you one 16' long. 40 quid for an extra 5' 6'' of van. If only that was still true...

Don Ricardo

[cobber]

Al,
Thanks again for sharing the information you accumulate, much appreciated.

I can't find the thread at the moment but, not so long ago there was talk about a style of van that keeps popping up with no makers name on it, and we were wondering what it's origins were.
I had one, see it at vintagecaravans.proboards30.com/index.cgi?board=forsale2&action=display&thread=1093681174
and earlee had/has one, & there are others on the forum somewhere.
I think this brochure you have posted could be a clue as to where they came from. The basic shape is similar, and if Franklin were selling all the bits and pieces backyard builders could either buy the bits, copy them, or come up with their own similar design to finish their van off.
To see what I am on about have a look at the link to the van I had and compare it to the photos in the links Al has given us, particularly the links showing the inside of the "Highway" caravan.

Does anybody remember where the discussion about this van is

Cobber