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Old 08-05-2008, 06:22 AM   #21
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Camilla, Your photos of the UltraVan sure put a smile on my face. Thanks for sharing. Very cool...
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Old 08-07-2008, 09:24 PM   #22
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Hey! I recognize that Ultra Van. I used to see it at local car shows and the owners loved to show it and talk about it. The front and rear are molded FG and the sides are aluminum. Does it still have the Corvair engine?

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Old 08-08-2008, 06:13 AM   #23
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[quote]Hey! I recognize that Ultra Van. I used to see it at local car shows and the owners loved to show it and talk about it. The front and rear are molded FG and the sides are aluminum. Does it still have the Corvair engine?

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Yes, they were all built with a Corvair engine. Well, the last dfew years some had a corvette engine. There were only 300 something of them ever made.

The design and what they have in them was way advanced for it's time. Looks like an egg doesn't it?
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Old 08-08-2008, 08:14 AM   #24
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Cool



Ah the 50s! Chryslers and Cadillacs and Fords and the Jetsons


We either designed the best looking stuff then or what we designed will forever define us as a strange people.
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Old 09-13-2014, 02:09 PM   #25
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Anybody still read these?

My Grandfather built the fiberglass mold for this one. I think its the same
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Old 09-13-2014, 02:13 PM   #26
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As soon as you add a post, no matter how old the thread is, it goes to the top of the new posts listings and everyone gets a chance to see it again.

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Old 09-13-2014, 04:27 PM   #27
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Cute... but with that forward slant, it would be more like parachuting down the road than flying! My Thorobred was shaped like that.
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Old 09-13-2014, 06:03 PM   #28
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My Grandfather built the fiberglass mold for this one. I think its the same
I'm thinking the perfect tow vehicle would be a 1957 Chevy Nomad. Echo the general shape and the fins. It would be a sweet rig.

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Old 09-13-2014, 08:47 PM   #29
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I'm thinking the perfect tow vehicle would be a 1957 Chevy Nomad. Echo the general shape and the fins. It would be a sweet rig.

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Yep, A shoebox and the box it came in...A perfect match!
Matching two tone would be great!
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Old 09-13-2014, 09:39 PM   #30
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How bizarre is that! Someone has posted a picture of a 1958 model on this forum. Go to General Chat...
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Old 09-14-2014, 08:07 AM   #31
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My grandfather and his 2 partners owned a fiberglass shop and built the mold and made 12 of these, and then sold the mold to another company in southern California somewhere. I found all these original pics in his filling cabnet. I have the original, first made, prototype camper that i'm starting restoration on. We always kept that first one in the family until about 23 years ago when my mom and her ex sold it. But a few years back i went over to one of my biker buddys houses, and there it sat. So needless to say, she's back in the family now. in my backyard. That's gramps in his 20's on the left on the top of the truck
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Old 09-14-2014, 02:32 PM   #32
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Very interesting story! So sad that they only built a dozen of them. What condition is yours in, and how much will you have to do to it? If you can, please post some pictures of the trailer as it is now. Then as you renovate it, you could post updates with more pics at various stages. We'd all enjoy seeing this!
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Old 09-14-2014, 03:18 PM   #33
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Who's the babe in the short shorts?

please don't say your Grandma!
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Old 09-14-2014, 10:36 PM   #34
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J Mac, you're supposed to be ogling the fiberglass! You must be a young'un.
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Old 09-15-2014, 10:19 PM   #35
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Is that a 1959 Plymouth Belvedere convertible towing in the second photo? Great combination! It looks like the trailer could have used a little bit longer tongue to help get those dual LP tanks a bit farther away from the V8 dual exhaust tail pipes!
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Old 09-15-2014, 10:23 PM   #36
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Oh ya - dibs on #02!!! Now if I can just find it!
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Old 09-15-2014, 11:59 PM   #37
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Luke, what is your grandfather's name? Do you know if the company in California continued to make them? A fantastic piece of history.
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