Vans owned by well known personalities

[olfarts]

Here we go,more pics of the THJnr van,,,,,,,wasnt THJnr with "Silvers Circus"??

I will find the CD the inside of this huge van tonight.





This Millard i picked up for a young fellow i worked with up in Katherine for $100.We put two second hand tyres on it and dragged it back to his girlfriends home for him to live in.



This is the inside of our Viscount supreme 18 footer we picked up for $200.far better than a 1980 Toyota Trakka pop top van believe me

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Gday Jim
Thanks for the great read, I will be looking for Lens books they sound like a must. cheers Bazz

[millard1399]

The following story relates to the discussion above about Ashton's Circus...

In 1970 Phyllis Ashton was very impressed with the Millard Grande Villa mobile home available at the time. As she wanted a new van, she made contact with Millard to design her a big van that a woman could set up on arrival at any site or make ready for the road without having to drag a man or two away from general work.

In consultation with Mr Peter Darlington _{[who I presume is related to John Darlington, the founder of Millard back in the 1950s]}, the final choice of van size was a 37-footer with a specially designed back veranda, and hydraulic rams to raise or lower it into position.

The van layout included a main bedroom, an office (that could be converted to a second bedroom), and a toilet and shower recess complete with hand basin. The kitchen had full size appliances, and airconditioning units were located at both ends of the van. Bedrooms were carpeted, with vinyl tiles in the kitchen and bathroom.

A steel chassis carried the big van on a dual axle arrangement with electric brakes doing the stopping. The van had front and back stabiliser jacks that were raised or lowered by a special hydraulic pump. The rear veranda folded up when on the road, by means of an electrically operated ram - with a master key switch to stop mischievous fingers running it up and down. The veranda roof slides over the existing roof and the two sides and back fold down on to the floor of the veranda.

Here is a photo of Phyllis Ashton's 37-foot caravan...



This was not the first time that Millard had explored putting a rear veranda on a caravan. Back in 1968, Millard produced a 21 foot "Sunseeker" model, six of which were ordered by a Sydney caravan park for use as on-site hire vans...



However, as you can see, the Sunseeker veranda was fixed in position. Quite an interesting design, this one.


_{Refs: SH 1970 12 06 137 - Phyllis Ashton
SH 1968 08 04 97 - Millard Sunseeker}

[Visco]

I'm unsure If Bert & Patti Newton were into Caravanning, but they did advertise insurance at Coronet's advantage. advert Caravan World November 1976.

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Olfarts, what size is the T.H. Jr van?