Post by Franklin1 on Dec 8, 2007 22:33:14 GMT 10
This is the overseas information I've collected off this forum so far. All links have been tested "active" at the time of this post. As far as book/dvd information goes, you may have to do a search to see if they are still available...
UNITED KINGDOM:
www.historiccaravanclub.co.uk/
www.facebook.com/historiccaravanclub
www.caravanninglinks.co.uk/shop_index.htm
www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/classic_caravans.htm
community.webshots.com/user/eastwoodman
groups.msn.com/ClassicSafariCaravanEnthusiasts
posted by Jim, Apr 28, 2006: I came across a double DVD pack for sale in the UK of ‘The Caravan Show’. It’s ten episodes of a TV program that aired in the UK recently. There is over four hours in total and while much of the program content is about new vans and tourist spots around the UK and Europe, this is interesting in the comparison between caravan parks over there and parks here. The best bits are some very interesting segments about old caravans, restoration projects, ‘way out’ pods (teardrops) and many tips from restorers and repairers that are worth noting.
One amazing van restoration is a two story Berkeley Statesman van built in the early 50’s (Yes, a two story caravan). Another segment is about Airstream Vans imported to the UK and given the upgrade treatment.
It’s [the dvd] a Region 0 and plays on both a Region 4 and a multi Region player I’ve tried, as well as my computer.
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:
www.vintage-vacations.com/
groups.msn.com/VintageVacationsantiquetraveltrailertalk/messageboard.msnw
www.theshadydell.com/about.html
www.allmanufacturedhomes.com/html/vintage_mobile_homes.htm
www.pddoc.com/reflets/fsa_rv-00.htm
www.sistersonthefly.com/trailers.php
www.tincantourists.com
www.vintagecampers.com
www.birchwoodbeauties.com/
Book: "Airstream .....the history of the land yacht"
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NEW ZEALAND:
Book: "Vantastic" by author Chris Hunter
Subtitle: "A Pictorial History of Kiwi Caravans"
ISBN: 9781869505264
ISBN-10: 1869505263
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Date Published: 4/11/2005
Format: Paperback Book
Pages: 143
Language: English
Book Description: 'Vantastic' takes a lively look at one of New Zealand's most popular traditional holiday pursuits - caravanning. Packed with never-before-published photographs, interviews and memorabilia, it captures the wonderful feeling freedom and security unique to the 'home on wheels' in the period when Kiwis were in love with their freewheeling slice of home at the beach. Beautifully designed by leading designer Neil Pardington, it will stir the memories of anyone who has ever hitched up a van to the back of the car or smelt sausages cooking in the warm air of a beach campsite. And with those campsites on expensive coastal real estate rapidly becoming an endangered species, it is a timely reminder of a way of life that is disappearing fast. Documenting the post-war rise of caravanning in the 40's through to the peak years of the 70's and 80's, and today, where caravan ownership is currently around 5000, Vantastic creates a vivid anecdotal portrait of the kiwi holiday industry of the times. Core buyers are expected to be in the 30-60 age group - those who own and owned caravans and the adults who were children then - appealing to a similar nostalgic vein as that tapped into by the successful…[end of description]
UNITED KINGDOM:
www.historiccaravanclub.co.uk/
www.facebook.com/historiccaravanclub
www.caravanninglinks.co.uk/shop_index.htm
www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/classic_caravans.htm
community.webshots.com/user/eastwoodman
groups.msn.com/ClassicSafariCaravanEnthusiasts
posted by Jim, Apr 28, 2006: I came across a double DVD pack for sale in the UK of ‘The Caravan Show’. It’s ten episodes of a TV program that aired in the UK recently. There is over four hours in total and while much of the program content is about new vans and tourist spots around the UK and Europe, this is interesting in the comparison between caravan parks over there and parks here. The best bits are some very interesting segments about old caravans, restoration projects, ‘way out’ pods (teardrops) and many tips from restorers and repairers that are worth noting.
One amazing van restoration is a two story Berkeley Statesman van built in the early 50’s (Yes, a two story caravan). Another segment is about Airstream Vans imported to the UK and given the upgrade treatment.
It’s [the dvd] a Region 0 and plays on both a Region 4 and a multi Region player I’ve tried, as well as my computer.
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA:
www.vintage-vacations.com/
groups.msn.com/VintageVacationsantiquetraveltrailertalk/messageboard.msnw
www.theshadydell.com/about.html
www.allmanufacturedhomes.com/html/vintage_mobile_homes.htm
www.pddoc.com/reflets/fsa_rv-00.htm
www.sistersonthefly.com/trailers.php
www.tincantourists.com
www.vintagecampers.com
www.birchwoodbeauties.com/
Book: "Airstream .....the history of the land yacht"
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NEW ZEALAND:
Book: "Vantastic" by author Chris Hunter
Subtitle: "A Pictorial History of Kiwi Caravans"
ISBN: 9781869505264
ISBN-10: 1869505263
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Date Published: 4/11/2005
Format: Paperback Book
Pages: 143
Language: English
Book Description: 'Vantastic' takes a lively look at one of New Zealand's most popular traditional holiday pursuits - caravanning. Packed with never-before-published photographs, interviews and memorabilia, it captures the wonderful feeling freedom and security unique to the 'home on wheels' in the period when Kiwis were in love with their freewheeling slice of home at the beach. Beautifully designed by leading designer Neil Pardington, it will stir the memories of anyone who has ever hitched up a van to the back of the car or smelt sausages cooking in the warm air of a beach campsite. And with those campsites on expensive coastal real estate rapidly becoming an endangered species, it is a timely reminder of a way of life that is disappearing fast. Documenting the post-war rise of caravanning in the 40's through to the peak years of the 70's and 80's, and today, where caravan ownership is currently around 5000, Vantastic creates a vivid anecdotal portrait of the kiwi holiday industry of the times. Core buyers are expected to be in the 30-60 age group - those who own and owned caravans and the adults who were children then - appealing to a similar nostalgic vein as that tapped into by the successful…[end of description]
