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Post by tinnie on Apr 27, 2007 23:44:04 GMT 10
Gday, Did some lounge lizard shopping the other week (ie - ebay) which has arrived today. Amongst the purchases were some circa 1960 Motor Manual (yep Keith Winser editor period) and this:  As soon as I get a chance to nick into work on the weekend (or stay back one night - and not work) I will scan lots of interesting adds prices etc, may be some stuff there that will help some people with 1950s bondwood that they thought were home made. Of interest was some prices for Wayfarer caravans (remember this was 1958): the 10ft 6in "F" van was 460 pounds, the 12 ft 4 berth "J" was 545 pounds and (drum roll please maestro) the 12ft 6inch De Luxe Aluminium was a whopping 735 pounds. The best bit was that they would deliver anywhere in victoria for 5 pounds extra! There are a few other adds also, eg Skyline caravans of Caulfield. I will scan the goodies soon (I hope). Cheers, Tinnie  |
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Post by cobber on May 11, 2007 6:41:43 GMT 10
OK Tinnie  Where are these goodies you're going to scan for us... just because nobody answered your original post no need to drop ya lip  ;D Cobber. |
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Post by tinnie on May 11, 2007 22:37:15 GMT 10
Hey Cobber I'm keeping a stiff upper lip ;D ;D To be honest, I haven't had a chance to run some through the scanner at work, it has just been nuts. Will attempt it next week I hope.  Cheers! Mark |
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Post by tinnie on May 18, 2007 21:46:57 GMT 10
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Post by tinnie on May 29, 2007 23:16:22 GMT 10
G'day Cobber, Skyline and others, Long awaited I know, but finally I got the mag in to work and figured out the scanner ;D Then I emailed them home and had no end of trouble opening them, had to convert TIF to JPEG (dunno why but it worked ) Anyway here they are, hopefully the quality is okay, if these worked okay I will scan some more goodies from a couple of early 60s cat mags I have. The Long awaited Skyline add:  Wayfarer Add: (Note the model 'F' is the same as the one recently for sale on ebay).  Camber caravans:  Country Club (fibreglass  and twin portholes ) Caravans:  Enjoy!! Mark |
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Post by cobber on May 30, 2007 7:56:37 GMT 10
on ya Tinnie ;D Good clear interesting pictures there. As was mentioned in another thread it appears that it was the normal thing not to supply an outside light in manufactured vans....queer eh? Can't imagine why you would want two portholes, one above the other  And get a go at the dolly wheel on that Country Club van Thanks for going to the trouble to post 'em. Cobber. |
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Post by firefighter on May 30, 2007 8:09:12 GMT 10
Hey Tinnie love the goodies you finally got around to puting on the forum the country club caravan is a nice looking van, even if it is "fibreglass" .........looks like it also has white walls F/F ;D ;D ;D
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Post by trodler on May 30, 2007 12:55:08 GMT 10
Hi V V ers
Just a bit of useless information.
The Country Club fibreglass van was Australias first full fibreglass van.
Cheers.
Trodler.
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Post by cobber on May 30, 2007 15:53:31 GMT 10
Spot on Trodler young fella, The Australian Motor Manual of September 15th 1956 announced it would be the highlight of Melbourne's 1956 Caravan Show . (I wasn't going to mention it 'cause you know what's going to happen now don't you ) Cobber. |
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Post by tinnie on May 30, 2007 21:03:18 GMT 10
Good to see the pics have incited such conversation (sheesh - that was a big phrase!). JBJ,I think that sometimes people in business who have a talent (for example to design and/or build a great van) don't have the other skills (eg sales and marketing) or $$ to make it a sucess. Maybe that was the case with the Country Club. Or perhaps it was too classy and then too expensive Cobber, your observation is interesting about exterior van lights, neither my Franklin or Roma have exterior lights fitted. By contrast my recently aquired Viscount has an exterior light and about 4 interior lights - haven't checked yet but they all look 240v. Cheers, Mark |
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Post by Don Ricardo on May 30, 2007 21:48:09 GMT 10
Cobber, Do you reckon that the two portholes on the Country Club might provide some light to a pair of bunks located on the side wall of the van? The van looks long enough to have bunks there, and the portholes seem to be in about the right place for that. As no doubt you've seen, some modern vans (wash my mouth out with soap  ) with bunks have small sets of windows to provide light and ventilation for each bunk. Maybe the Country Club portholes were the precursor to that? Just a theory. Don Ricardo |
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Post by cobber on May 31, 2007 8:17:12 GMT 10
About the “Country Club” caravan. JBJ, the article in Motor Manual describes the construction of the “Country Club” as ... “This 16 ft. van has a balsa corestock shell (whatever that is )covered with fibreglass and a moulded fibreglass roof which curves at the edges to meet the walls. The fibreglass skin, before it is applied to the caravan walls, is as flexible as silk, but when the process is completed it wears forever, needs no painting, has the advantages of lightness, and will stand up to any type of weather without deteriorating”.... end of quote. In an earlier Motor Manual, April 2nd. 1956, it is said An entirely new model "Country Club" van will be shown at the Melbourne Motor Show , it goes on to say “The van will be of balsa-ply construction” etc,etc, but no mention is made of fibre glass in the construction. So from all that I get the impression they did make up a mould for the fibreglass roof but just slapped some fibre glass mat over the balsa-ply (whatever that is) walls to display it at the Caravan show later in the year. Another Motor Manual, February 1st. 1956 tells us “The Willerby Caravan Co. have built a fully fibreglass Polyester resin panelled van” Sorry folks... that was in England, so maybe Country Club were just trying to be the first to say “anything they can do we can do worse” . Actually at that time the Poms called fibreglass GRP, (Glass Resin Plastic) Don, the bunk arrangement you suggest sounds like a reasonable theory, although it would make for an unusual layout inside the van because that April 2nd M M I quoted from above also said the van had a double bed at the centre rear. But then again, I am comparing what has been said about 1956 vans whereas Tinnie’s brochure is showing the 1958 version which may have had a completely different layout. Would like to see a “Country Club Caravan” in the flesh just the same. Cobber. Much later..... did a google on balsa corestock and balsa plywood www.oakleywoods.com/company/balsaprop.htmgood stuff  Cobber. |
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Post by skyline59 on May 31, 2007 15:25:42 GMT 10
G'dday Mark, you've got some great history in those magazine ads, thankyou for finding the skyline ad, it looks very much like mine & the only real difference is that mine has aluminium window frames & ican see the "skyline" emblem on the side. I now just need to get my better half to show me how to print it off the website. Thanks again Mark,hope to catch up with you when i am down that way with work in about 5 weeks, Regards Brett.
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Post by tinnie on Jun 1, 2007 22:01:30 GMT 10
Brett,
If you haven't yet done it, hover the mouse over the picture and right click, this will give you a number of options, including 'print picture', 'save picture as', or 'copy' (if 'copy' you can then paste into a MS Word document or email etc).
Cheers,
Mark
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Post by Franklin1 on Jun 9, 2007 19:07:43 GMT 10
G'day All, The 1957-1958 edition, referred to above, landed in my mailbox recently, and with the stormy/windy weather we're having today I thought I'd catch up with some scanning. Here are the van advertisements from the magazine...   The booklet also included a one-page "Summary of Victorian Caravan Regulations" (for road registration), which I'll post over in the Technical section... cheers, Al. |
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) with bunks have small sets of windows to provide light and ventilation for each bunk. Maybe the Country Club portholes were the precursor to that?
