Gypsy Caravans.

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Gypsy Caravan Company.
Herbert St .
St Leonards.

Gypsy Gem.
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Gypsy 10.

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Gypsy 12.

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Gypsy Folder.

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Gypsy Technical Sheet.

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Gypsy Alply details.

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Gypsy Window details.

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1950 Gypsy caravanette.
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Weighing only 4 1/2 cwt this little camper is 7'4" long. It has a small kitchenette in the rear with many cupboards and a metal lined recess.Inside the sleeping area is 7' x 4' and an inside height of 4'.
Priced at 175 pounds in 1950.
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Gypsy Fleetmaster.
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A 1958 ad for Gypsy caravans.
Its interesting to note that only Gypsy offers 3 different caravan wall materials, Al ply,Marine ply and Plas ply.
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Click Here for the link to a Gypsy 10 that Linda and I purchased in early 2009 from Sydney.
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A 1954 ad for Gypsy caravans showing all the models in the range.
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Hi

Thought these adverts for Gypsy may interest, I really like the style of the 16 footer :D The picture is from an undated 16 page brochure for Giant Reswood, a waterproof ply, used by "almost every leading caravan manufacturer in Australia" according to the text. It had a sheet size of 25ft x 7ft without a join and a note said it would soon be available in 50ft x 9ft6in sheets :shock: Young uns will have to do their own conversions to metric but it's way too big to put on the roof rack.:lol:
The stuff was manufactured by Ralph Symonds Ltd. Morely Avenue, Rosebery, Sydney and they also offered an aluminium faced ply called 'ALUMPLY' 8-) A plastic coated version for concrete formwork was called 'PLASPLY'.
Gypsy 16ft Reswood ply caravan-c.jpg
Using a set of dolly wheels on this one too.
Gypsy - KW Book of lightweight trailers 1952-3-c.jpg
Cop a look at the portable radio the model is carrying 8-)
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It would be great to see a lineup of vans like this again :) Not certain of the souce of this advert, maybe NRMA Caravan and Camping Guide about 1956.

George
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A little 1957 article on the Gypsy Fleetmaster.
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A 1951 ad for the Gypsy ( or should that be Gipsy ) Gem 9'.
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A 1952 article on the Gypsy Super Gem.
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