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Post by franivy on Sept 5, 2009 11:28:09 GMT 10
Hi. Perhaps this is "old hat" to you all, but Peter had this copied from the NRMA Archives, maybe you will find it of interest?  Cheers, Franivy |
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Post by humpty2 on Sept 5, 2009 19:30:25 GMT 10
Thanks Franivy, I haven't seen that test before, but like all the rest of the tests we see on the Sunliner the conclusion is it is an excellent caravan.
.......just don't tell everyone, they will all want one. ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Post by Daggsey on Sept 5, 2009 19:49:59 GMT 10
Ahem, sorry Mr Humpty, but a road test of 106 miles which includes Bulli Pass doesn't really take ya into the outback ;D ;D ;D ;D
The saving grace was the tow car......no less than a 1958 FC Holden ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Daggsey
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Post by Franklin1 on Sept 5, 2009 20:27:32 GMT 10
Hi franivy, that's a very interesting article you've posted, mainly because of the date shown at the top of the article. In our DHL section on Sunliners, we have a copy of a sales brochure that includes excerpts from that road test. Thanks to you, we now have a verified date that the Sunliner brochure relates to, so thanks muchly for posting that.
With your permission, I'd like to copy your NRMA report over into the same section as the Sunliner brochure.
cheers,
Al.
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Post by cootoz on Sept 5, 2009 21:07:20 GMT 10
Franivy,
thats a great article about Sunliners,i have a real interest in them as im very interested in Forster history and they seem to be a real part of that .
Cootoz.
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Post by franivy on Sept 6, 2009 0:14:09 GMT 10
Feel free, Franklin 1, to copy into DHL. The leaflet there is also ours, we scanned it to a friend in Vic a couple of years ago, and she posted it to one of Vintage Caravans forums!
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Post by Jennison on Sept 6, 2009 4:13:21 GMT 10
I wonder how extensive are the NRMA archives on road tests? My 1948 jennison brochure that I have mentions that they were tested by NRMA.
jennison
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Post by cobber on Sept 6, 2009 16:12:59 GMT 10
G'day Franivy and Jennison, Franivy..... when you say "Peter had this copied from the NRMA archives"..... how did he manage to do that  I recently contacted the NRMA library research team to get some information regarding a NRMA caravan Club we had heard about . Although they were keen to help they weren't able to find the article until I gave them the actual date the article was published ( it's in our DHL forum)So..... although I suspect they have lots of information in their archives finding it might not be easy I thought..... does Peter know the secret of getting access to their archives  Cobber. |
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Post by franivy on Sept 7, 2009 0:19:48 GMT 10
He got it ages ago, Cobber, I don't know who he had to charm, but will ask and get back to you.
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Post by franivy on Sept 7, 2009 13:48:19 GMT 10
Spoke to Peter about the NRMA archive article: he got it about 4 years ago, just rocked up to the NRMA Headquarters (nearby) at Homebush, and asked at the counter. Fellow from "Archives" came downstairs, took details, and a phonecall came later to say it was ready for pick-u. I reckon, as you say Cobber, that the magic is in knowing a publishing date - Peter had read about the road test in some article.
Cheers, franivy
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Post by cobber on Sept 7, 2009 16:54:51 GMT 10
Thank you Franivy, It would appear that the modus operandi hasn't changed much... we would need a very dedicated archives operator to track down articles on vintage caravans without us knowing the date of publication  Cobber. |
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Post by dorian on Sept 15, 2009 20:09:07 GMT 10
Thanks for posting it mate! ;D
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