Motor caravans
It wasn’t until the early 1950’s that light commercial vehicles were released from their 20mph speed limit and allowed 30mph. By the end of 1957 six firms were [...]
It wasn’t until the early 1950’s that light commercial vehicles were released from their 20mph speed limit and allowed 30mph. By the end of 1957 six firms were [...]
From 1960 legislation followed giving planning guidelines and enforcing good site conditions, licences and penalties. But government refused to institute a building code [...]
It was late 1956 before a real monocoque (without chassis) was released. Despite the ‘light’ look, most vans were in fact heavier than their equivalent counterpart. Late in [...]
The lack of housing construction during the War years meant there was a shortage of living accommodation which took until the early 1950’s and use of mobile/relocatable homes [...]
My attention was taken by the following description of luxury of a 1934 Essex 16 footer called the “Monarch”. A centre kitchen, 4 berth with single rear beds folding [...]
While holiday letting expanded, tax inspectors were catching up with the small investors, many of whom had not declared their earnings from hiring and had not [...]
To prove the ruggedness of caravans, a number of manufacturers went to great lengths to show strength, endurance and towing characteristics to their customers. One such test included [...]
In Australia, bitumen highways had flourished and the caravan came of age as a temporary or permanent dwelling. During late 1939, manufacturer Caravan Park released Australia’s first all steel [...]
From the 1950’s the caravan industry expanded/developed at a great rate and through to the 60’s some manufacturers spread their wings to the international market. Being seasonal, some caravan [...]
The beginning of WWII saw caravans become tactical headquarters, mobile hospitals, bakeries, libraries, offices, mobile lavatories, military living quarters. (Some 30 years later a company called Rollalong, re-invented the [...]