Our Touring Past

The Dolly. An alternative to using overload springs on the rear of the car is to use a dolly. A dolly takes most of the weight off the car and carries the weight itself. The big advantage of using a dolly instead of a weight distributing tow bar is that the dolly removes the weight of the caravan f...

The following article came out in 1955 about the caravan that Mr R.Greenwood-Webb, of Sydney built as a home made caravan and was described as way ahead of its time.

48-215 and FJ Accessories.

Reproduction 1950's GMH sign.
1950 FX ute Ad

1955 Ad for Malleys.

1930's folding camping stretcher.

1940 Aberdeen Ad.

Motor Manual Goodwill Club Badges.

http://i554.photobucket.com/albums/jj433/ourtouringpast/PropertLogo-1.jpg Propert Folding Caravans. A Brief History Propert Motor Body works originally started in 1910 form the Trocodero Palace 69-77 King St. Newtown . (click on address for location.) The Palace was originally built in 1878 and hou...

To start, strip off all of the mouldings holding down the original canvas, then after stripping off all of the old canvas and any debris such as dried adhesive or paint. The covering is quite a simple job, consisting merely of stretching a light canvas ( or unbleached calico )over the roof at the sa...

Toy Caravans Tin van25.jpg An Arcade brand cast iron caravan from the 1930's, with rubber tires and the name The Covered Wagon printed on the top.The caravan is about 150mm long and 50mm wide. Tin van43.jpg Schuco mobile home.Made in Germany in the mid 1950's, and is about 250mm long. Tin van66.jpg ...

This is a promotional photograph taken of Keith Winser in about 1953, with a display of his publications from that year.