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Post by terryknight on Aug 8, 2013 21:07:11 GMT 10
Hi all does this chassis number mean anything to anyone out there M-1077 ? this is on a van with a flat diamond pattern aluminium cladding screwed on with domed slot headed screws.
cheers
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Post by Franklin1 on Aug 8, 2013 21:56:42 GMT 10
I have M1125 on my records, which has been estimated at being around 1962. Based on that, your number of M1077 would be from the same time period (it's 48 numbers earlier). cheers, Al.
Photos of Millard Safari referred to by Franklin1 in this post:  Note the ribbed cladding on the lower half. |
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Post by akeepsake on Aug 8, 2013 23:51:57 GMT 10
Hi all does this chassis number mean anything to anyone out there M-1077 ? this is on a van with a flat diamond pattern aluminium cladding screwed on with domed slot headed screws. cheers My millard Florida has a chassis# M-922 and it date in electrical compliance cert is 3/63 so it could be as early as late 62. Mine is flat diamond so would say ours is a 62. What about some pics?? Cheers Andrew  |
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Post by terryknight on Aug 9, 2013 18:04:02 GMT 10
M-1077 is at Coomera and is listed for sale
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Post by harlequin on Apr 7, 2014 15:20:12 GMT 10
My family has been lucky to have a 1965 Millard Florida come into our possession. It is completely original and even came with the original purchase receipt and brochure which I've attached for your interest.
The brochure is two-sided and advertises the Safari with its specifications on one side and the Florida on the other.
The van's number is M3207.
The electrical certification date is 29-4-65.
Note: I'm a newbie and am having trouble working out how to attach photos. Can anyone help?
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Post by Franklin1 on Apr 7, 2014 15:56:19 GMT 10
G'day harlequin, and welcome to the forum!  Thanks for posting your information, even if you can't post an attachment (that function has been switched off, as you'll see if you read the very top thread in this section: Forum Guidelines & Helpful Forum Hints . See the couple of threads below that one for other methods for posting photos.) At least we now have confirmation of your chassis number and the year of purchase, which will help us to get a better handle on the other chassis numbers we've come across. It's great you found us and contributed that. cheers, Al. |
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Post by harlequin on Apr 10, 2014 11:42:34 GMT 10
Hi Al, thanks for the welcome.
If you are interested in scans of my original 1965 brochures let me know how to private message you and I can email them to you.
I wonder if anyone can help. The logo on my Millard Florida van is nearly indecipherable and I'd like to have a new one made. I've seen many versions on other vans but not the same as mine. It's a slanted, serif font for the Millard part and the Florida is sans serif (chunky font), slanted and has an arrow head at the beginning and end of the word. Florida is white (?) on a black slanted rectangle to the bottom and right of the word Millard.
Can anyone help with a clear image which I can draw up?
I'm not sure of colour placement (other than the black).
Many thanks.
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Post by Franklin1 on Apr 10, 2014 13:46:40 GMT 10
I'll send you a message and give you an email address that you can send any or all of the photos to, that you'd like posted into this thread. Next time you log in, look for the word 'Messages' in the toolbar at the top of the screen...  Click on that word, and you'll get another screen come up with the message heading. Click on that heading and the message will show up. I'll have a look through my collection of Millard photos and see if I've got an early version of the Florida sticker/logo, although I can't remember seeing one like you've decribed. Is there one showing in the brochure you've got?? cheers, Al. |
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Post by akeepsake on Apr 13, 2014 18:38:15 GMT 10
Hi Al, thanks for the welcome. If you are interested in scans of my original 1965 brochures let me know how to private message you and I can email them to you. I wonder if anyone can help. The logo on my Millard Florida van is nearly indecipherable and I'd like to have a new one made. I've seen many versions on other vans but not the same as mine. It's a slanted, serif font for the Millard part and the Florida is sans serif (chunky font), slanted and has an arrow head at the beginning and end of the word. Florida is white (?) on a black slanted rectangle to the bottom and right of the word Millard. Can anyone help with a clear image which I can draw up? I'm not sure of colour placement (other than the black). Many thanks. Harlequin does this help? On my 63 Florida Cheers Andrew  |
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Post by Don Ricardo on Jun 7, 2014 17:27:12 GMT 10
Afternoon all, Reports from the Caravan Shows in 1967 here commented on the introduction of baked acrylic enamel finish on the external aluminium cladding on the vans being displayed which was being quickly adopted by most caravan builders. By observation, the majority of vans with the new finish were white with a coloured flash. However in The Australian Women's Weekly of 25 October 1967 (p 75), Millard proudly announced that they were the first to introduce coloured (ie non-white) cladding:  (Source: National Library of Australia nla.gov.au/nla.news-page4924885 ) "First with" may or may not have been advertising hype. Franklin was also selling caravans with coloured cladding in 1967. Don Ricardo |
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Post by taylor74 on Jun 28, 2014 17:45:08 GMT 10
Just picked myself a Millard Capri. Well think that's what it is, body straight, unlicensed and interior in need of small amount of work.
Need to get 2 new tyres for it before I can pick it up, but thought for $400 couldn't go wrong, very excited!
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Post by humpty2 on Jul 10, 2014 19:49:04 GMT 10
Just been reading DR's comments on the chassis numbers on Millard Deluxe circa 60/61....and while in the process of restoring mine... read getting rid of all the 'spongewood' I came across this, which helps me a lot because there is no chassis number on the van due to the Jones Wheel modification. It is on the panel at the rear of the van ,left (door) side. Clearly states 1961...can't figure out the 'squiggle' in front, but most important I think is the number 98 in the bottom left hand corner. I will get around to doing some pictures on the resto......its like an iceberg....theres a lot more underneath than on the top!! 
Photos of Humpty2's Millard caravan referred to in this post:       Further information and photos here |
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Post by pothole on Jul 10, 2014 20:32:32 GMT 10
Whilst on the subject of Millards the van that we are stripping is chassis No M8614
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Post by Franklin1 on Jul 11, 2014 17:03:18 GMT 10
humpty, I think the "squiggle" in front of the 1961 is perhaps a month? Looks like it might have originally been written as 11 / 1961 and the 11 has been changed to a 9. Seems like the 9 has been done a couple of times to emphasise it is now the correct number. Maybe they finished this panel two months earlier than planned.  Hope they got a bonus! You've lost me with the 98 number in the bottom corner. Why do you think that number is most important? cheers, Al. |
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Post by humpty2 on Jul 11, 2014 18:34:40 GMT 10
I think somewhere in this section is a posting that says this model would have a chassis number less than 100?
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Post by caprei on Jan 30, 2015 20:07:01 GMT 10
Just gutted a 1966 Millard Capri chassis M6747 15/11/66 Was originally bought from a caravan park where it had been used as an on-site van and then sat in our yard for the past 15 years or so. Unfortunately it was too far gone for restoration, chassis was badly corroded and multiple water leaks and wood rot. Attachment Deleted |
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Post by adamcharch on Feb 22, 2015 21:42:58 GMT 10
I once built millard caravans in Thomastown vic under the company Mirage caravans which was owned by Gazelle caravans in ingleburn Sydney around 1998 if thats any help to the research.
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Post by Don Ricardo on Mar 12, 2015 19:31:00 GMT 10
Forum member Blackened has provided a link to an interesting video which provides a history of Millard caravans from when it first commenced to when it was taken over by Viscount sometime after Cyclone Tracy (1964):Thanks to Blackened for the link and to Big hART who produced the video. (Maybe Melanco was involved somehow...  )
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Post by barnosdirect on May 25, 2015 20:33:51 GMT 10
Hi there everyone, brand new to the site and first post. I have according to the rego papers a 1968 millard safari 13 ft. Have owned it now for nearly 2 years. Just to throw a bit more information into the pool the chassis number on mine is M1106, it also has the embossed diamond sheet cladding with the appearance of ribs on the lower half of the van Great little van, she's a bit rough looking but does a good job taking our family on holidays. I'll try n get some photos up if I can figure that out, any hints with that?.... Just though I'd throw that out there for further discussion, cheers Barno |
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Post by DC3Td on May 25, 2015 20:58:59 GMT 10
Gday & welcome Barno. Sounds like you have a great van.There is a Test area for Photo bucket.Dont think it needs a pass word any more.It has always been in recent times a bit funny/awkward/annoying to work with but see how you go.
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Post by barnosdirect on May 29, 2015 21:20:40 GMT 10
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Post by DC3Td on May 30, 2015 5:50:54 GMT 10
Good to see you were able to post some pics of Betty.Hooked up to your big boofy 4x4 the poor girl won`t have any choice but to follow!
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Post by Don Ricardo on Jun 1, 2015 14:14:11 GMT 10
Hi Barnosdirect, Great to see that you've mastered Photobucket, and also to see the photos of Betty. Looks like a great van. I note that you said that Betty is registered as a 1968 van. I think she pre-dates that by a quite a few years for the following reasons: - The serial number 1106 is very close to the serial numbers of several other vans on the forum that have been dated around 1962/63, and your van looks to be much the same design and style as those vans (see some of the posts higher up this thread).
- The profile of the ridged cladding on the sides is the same as the cladding used from around that same time, and is different in profile to the cladding used in the late 60's. It is interesting in this respect that your van has the ridged cladding below the coloured panel, and plain cladding above the coloured panel. That's quite unusual, and suggests to me that your van may have been built in the crossover by Millard from the plain cladding to the ridged cladding.
- By 1967 Millard had started to clad its van in aluminium with a white, baked acrylic finish, which replaced the unpainted cladding that is mostly what is on your van.
Your van has double awning windows front and back, which I think were introduced on caravans somewhere around 1963 or 1964, so I reckon putting it all together that's probably around the right period for your van. I hope I am not treading on any toes with that suggestion? If it's any consolation, most people on the forum prefer to have an older rather than an newer van, so in that light, having an early 60's rather than a late 60's van can be seen as a bit of a bonus. In any case, you're obviously getting enjoyment out of having and using Betty, so that's the main thing. Don Ricardo |
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Post by Don Ricardo on Aug 9, 2015 22:12:20 GMT 10
Photos of Millard caravan discussed by Franklin1 here and displaying the earlier style Millard logo: 
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Post by stephen&Julie on Aug 13, 2015 19:22:07 GMT 10
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Hope they got a bonus! 
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