Post by Don Ricardo on Mar 5, 2022 20:40:26 GMT 10
RELIANCE CARAVANS
Queensland?
On 10 July 2021, when posting some photos of vintage era caravans from a photo archive he was cataloguing, Kenny posted the following photo of a Reliance branded caravan here:
At the time Kenny commented: 'think I've got Don [Ricardo] cornered on this one, its got to be a pre 1970 caravan, but "Reliance" is not in the Index. Thoughts?'
Later that same day, I responded:
Hi Kenny,
One of the things we've found on the forum is that we keep discovering caravan manufacturers/brands that are new to us. We've got the "big boys" (and girls) pretty well covered, but it's the smaller manufacturers that keep popping up and surprising us! But it's partly what makes the historical stuff so interesting, at least for people like me.
All of which is to say that we haven't come across a Reliance branded caravan on the forum before, and I can't find any reference to that brandname in any of the usual places (eg the Trove search engine which accesses Australian newspapers). I agree with you though that it does look like a 1960's van.
It may be a new brandname/manufacturer to us, or it could a name put on some other type of van by its owner. Still, we'll catalogue it and see if anything else emerges over time. One of the strange things about the forum is that a name pops up, and then often within weeks other references to that name are found.
Can anybody provide any information about Reliance Caravans? It may be a brandname or it may be a caravan dealer's business name. Given that Kenny's treasure trove of photos are all from South-east Queensland, it's likely that Reliance is connected with that state.
Don Ricardo
Queensland?
On 10 July 2021, when posting some photos of vintage era caravans from a photo archive he was cataloguing, Kenny posted the following photo of a Reliance branded caravan here:
At the time Kenny commented: 'think I've got Don [Ricardo] cornered on this one, its got to be a pre 1970 caravan, but "Reliance" is not in the Index. Thoughts?'
Later that same day, I responded:
Hi Kenny,
One of the things we've found on the forum is that we keep discovering caravan manufacturers/brands that are new to us. We've got the "big boys" (and girls) pretty well covered, but it's the smaller manufacturers that keep popping up and surprising us! But it's partly what makes the historical stuff so interesting, at least for people like me.
All of which is to say that we haven't come across a Reliance branded caravan on the forum before, and I can't find any reference to that brandname in any of the usual places (eg the Trove search engine which accesses Australian newspapers). I agree with you though that it does look like a 1960's van.
It may be a new brandname/manufacturer to us, or it could a name put on some other type of van by its owner. Still, we'll catalogue it and see if anything else emerges over time. One of the strange things about the forum is that a name pops up, and then often within weeks other references to that name are found.
Can anybody provide any information about Reliance Caravans? It may be a brandname or it may be a caravan dealer's business name. Given that Kenny's treasure trove of photos are all from South-east Queensland, it's likely that Reliance is connected with that state.
Don Ricardo