Caravans and the life in the 50s and 60s
Discussion
Rumple said:
Brilliant post OP, I could have spent hours wandering around that lot, the XJ-S has towed its Caravan so fast its roofs been battered in the slipstream.
Sorry, but I am not really a caravan person. If pushed I'd always prefer a tent. There were so many makes there including I remember a load of Sterckemann (sp?) ones which are made in France. I thought this one:-was an Airstream of sorts and while American it was made in California:-
Then there was the one being towed by the big pink/salmon yank tank and it turned out the caravan was American too.
So much I had never seen before, like this scooter which I was convinced when I saw it was a Zundapp - but it wasn't. I looked at the make and it was a Manurhin, which again I'd never heard of.
roscobbc said:
Those caravans with the multiple 'lights' are really a great alternative style wise as compared with the Airstreams - what make?
I think they are Carlights, the Rolls Royce of caravans, very well made.I'll ask another question though what is the car in pic 21, that is pale yellow & looks like a Jeep?
There are no Carlights in any of the pictures. The Caravans with the multiple windows are Henons, and the others with the raised roof lines with the small side windows are Notins which all have wooden shutters on the larger side windows. These are two high quality french Caravan manufacturers from the 1950's - 1970's.
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