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08-05-2008, 06:22 AM
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#21
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Senior Member
Trailer: 2008 Oliver Legacy Elite
Posts: 904
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Camilla, Your photos of the UltraVan sure put a smile on my face. Thanks for sharing. Very cool...
Sherry
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08-07-2008, 09:24 PM
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#22
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Senior Member
Trailer: Boler 1984
Posts: 2,938
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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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08-08-2008, 06:13 AM
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#23
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Senior Member
Trailer: Play Pac
Posts: 431
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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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08-08-2008, 08:14 AM
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#24
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Senior Member
Trailer: Casita
Posts: 451
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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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09-13-2014, 02:09 PM
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#25
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Junior Member
Name: Luke
Trailer: pleasure craft
California
Posts: 4
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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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09-13-2014, 02:13 PM
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#26
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Senior Member
Trailer: Class A Motorhome
Posts: 7,912
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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.
Tell us the rest of the story...
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09-13-2014, 04:27 PM
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#27
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Senior Member
Trailer: 2004 13 ft Scamp Custom Deluxe
Posts: 8,520
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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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09-13-2014, 06:03 PM
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#28
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Senior Member
Name: Charlie
Trailer: '83 Burro
Virginia
Posts: 405
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Quote:
Originally Posted by lukey
My Grandfather built the fiberglass mold for this one. I think its the same
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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.
Froggie
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09-13-2014, 08:47 PM
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#29
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Senior Member
Trailer: 2004 13 ft Scamp Custom Deluxe
Posts: 8,520
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Green Frog
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.
Froggie
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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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09-13-2014, 09:39 PM
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#30
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Junior Member
Name: Wayne
Trailer: In the market
British Columbia
Posts: 3
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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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09-14-2014, 08:07 AM
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#31
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Junior Member
Name: Luke
Trailer: pleasure craft
California
Posts: 4
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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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09-14-2014, 02:32 PM
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#32
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Senior Member
Name: Mike
Trailer: 93 Burro 17 ft
Oklahoma
Posts: 6,025
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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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09-14-2014, 03:18 PM
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#33
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Senior Member
Name: J Mac
Trailer: 17b Escape
British Columbia
Posts: 125
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Who's the babe in the short shorts?
please don't say your Grandma!
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09-14-2014, 10:36 PM
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#34
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Senior Member
Name: Mike
Trailer: 93 Burro 17 ft
Oklahoma
Posts: 6,025
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J Mac, you're supposed to be ogling the fiberglass! You must be a young'un.
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09-15-2014, 10:19 PM
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#35
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Senior Member
Name: Dale
Trailer: 2010 EggCamper; 2002 Highlander 3.0L; 2017 Escape 21'; 2016 F-150 5.0L Fx4
Colorado
Posts: 746
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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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09-15-2014, 10:23 PM
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#36
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Senior Member
Name: Dale
Trailer: 2010 EggCamper; 2002 Highlander 3.0L; 2017 Escape 21'; 2016 F-150 5.0L Fx4
Colorado
Posts: 746
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Oh ya - dibs on #02!!! Now if I can just find it!
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09-15-2014, 11:59 PM
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#37
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Senior Member
Name: Cathy
Trailer: Escape 19' sold, 21' August 2015
POBox 1267, Denison, Texas
Posts: 807
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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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