"Windmill Caravan" badge

[Don Ricardo]

Well spotted Kaybee!



There have been a couple of people on the forum over the last few months who have mentioned Windmill caravans, including Wolf who just last week was able to provide a little bit of history. Apparently they go back to the 1930's:

vintagecaravans.proboards30.com/index.cgi?board=chat&action=display&thread=1994&page=1

Trodler bought a similar badge at a swap meet and said that the stallholder had a few for sale. This may be one of them...

It seems a bit strange that there should be multiple badges around for a caravan built in the '30's, so Trodler's theory that the badge may relate to a more modern caravan dealer or some such sounds plausible:

vintagecaravans.proboards30.com/index.cgi?board=chat&action=display&thread=2043

I've posted the pic of the badge from ebay because it's a little bit clearer than Trodler's photo on the above thread.

Don Ricardo

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Hi Don

Just a thought about "Windmill" Caravans.
The Caravan Dealership at Coffs Harbour has a large windmill in or near it.
Just wandering if the dealer may have adopted the landmark as thier logo/name and produced these badges to stick on vans sold from thier dealership back in the 60s or 70s.

So... no actual van made by Windmill caravans... Just a dealership calling themselves "Windmill Caravans"..... might not have been the mob at Coffs Harbour . May have been a dealership somewhere else


Reddo... Minister for half baked theorys

[Don Ricardo]

G'day Reddo,

I think your suggestion about the caravan dealership at Coffs Harbour is along the lines of what Trodler was thinking. While Wolf has been able to tell us a bit more info about the Windmill Caravans which were built in the 30's, the badge just doesn't look like a 30's badge to me - the design is a bit too modern...

And the fact that there are apparently a few around also sounds unlikely in relation to a caravan builder who apparently only built a small number of vans.

So I reckon your theory is not so half baked!

Don Ricardo

[boblor]

Hi V Vers
There was a caravan yard near Macca's at Grafton NSW called Windmill Caravans. Just though it was worth a mention.
Cheers
boblor