Trailer Homes caravans

[Don Ricardo]

TRAILER HOMES

Manufacturer: Unknown

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Hi all,

I noticed this 1960's Trailer Homes caravan for sale on Ebay last week. The brand name is a new one on me.























'Trailer Homes' may well be - probably is - a badge engineered name plate. Judging by the rego plate, the van was registered in Victoria in the mid to late 60's, so the chances are it was built in Victoria. Does any one have any thoughts on who the original manufacturer may have been?

I note that there is a small shelf with a single support on the wall of the galley area. Franklin maybe?

Don Ricardo

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Hi Don,
I reckon this is a rebadged Vacation caravan!
Cheers
hughdeani

[Don Ricardo]

Hi Hughdeani,

A Vacation? That's interesting. Unfortunately we don't have many pics of Vacations to compare it with. It seemed to me that it had a 'Ballarat look' about it, but I have been looking at Franklins and Coronets, and I did notice that the Huntsman that was on Ebay a few weeks ago had aluminium cladding on its roof with very fine lines in it like this one. However that's as far as I had got.

Are you familiar with the 'Trailer Homes' brand name?

Don Ricardo

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I think Trailer Homes were sold from a yard in the western suburbs of melbourne a looong time ago!
methinks Vacation because of interior cupboard door shapes,mouldings on sliding doors and all Vacations had dual rear fixed windows(on that early model)Later vans had wrap around front and rear windows with a central opening window.
Cheers
hughdeani