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vol460gle



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PostPosted: Sat Jan 24, 2009 5:26 pm    Post subject: Chateau mobile Reply with quote

Hi , Iam after any literature or information on the chateaumobile
trailertents if any body has any , thanks jeff.
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Brian M



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PostPosted: Sat Jan 24, 2009 8:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Jeff

Is that the name of the manufacturer? Any idea which country it comes from?

All my records are by country then manufacturer and while the name rings a faint bell I can't locate it
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pigtin



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PostPosted: Sat Jan 24, 2009 9:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I seem to recall they come from Norway and were used by the Norwegian military but I can't recall the name of the manufacturer Confused
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eddieuk



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PostPosted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 10:29 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Theres a yahoo group for chateau mobile owners http://groups.yahoo.com/group/chateaumobileowners/?v=1&t=search&ch=web&pub=groups&sec=group&slk=1 if that doesnt work put chateaumobileowners into the yahoo groups search dont know if theres any usefull info on there but worth a try
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vol460gle



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PostPosted: Sun Jan 25, 2009 7:52 pm    Post subject: Chateau mobile Reply with quote

They were made in norway from 1957 till 1973.
they were called lillebror , named after the place they were made in I think.
Iam a newmember of the chateaumobile owners club but any info still always good.
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wreckmaster



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PostPosted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 2:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi here is a picture of my fathers Lillebror 1961. It has got plywood walls with fixed glass windows. The roof is ordinary telt canvas and it has got 12" wheels. The Lillebror is not named after where it is made as Lillebror simply means "little brother" Smile It is made by Widerøes flygefabrikk, actually what is today Widerøes airlines( part of SAS). The later years of the Lillebror camper had respatex walls in stead of plywood( which rots).
My fathers one also has got an extra tent to be put in the rear end where the entrance door is. So when fully up it has got two rooms. Four beds inside, two on each side. One bed over the other. We use this for short trips every summer and from parking til it is set up it takes no more than 8-10 minutes( except the extra tent).
I heard that when they quit production of the Lillebror in Norway they sold it on to the Netherlands where they continued production under another name Very Happy Mid 70th`s I think Smile

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wreckmaster



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PostPosted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 2:46 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I might be wrong on the wheel size. I belive it is 10" not 12 as I wrote.
Sorry. Will check later Very Happy
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pigtin



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PostPosted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 3:11 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Can't rember the exact size of my wheels but they seemed onobtainable.
I finished up moving the centre of one and re-welding it.
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vol460gle



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PostPosted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 6:05 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thanks for the info.
Chateau is now fully restored and have had some good camping in it, I also have the anex tent. Wink
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wreckmaster



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 9:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

It is a great little combi camp Smile Light weighted and easy to haul behind a classic car! There is actually a "Lillebror owners club" in Norway Very Happy

Here is a link to theire homepage:
http://norsk-lillebror-forening.piczo.com/?g=4347251&cr=7

Scroll down and see other Widerøes products as the thermo garage, the "Bamse" trailer and the Widerøe caravan from 1958. Only one made I think Cool
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pigtin



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 10:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I hauled one from Herne Bay to the Cotswolds and to Dorset using a 1932 Austin 10. I didn't break any speed limits but it was great fun. I friend of mine tells me he once towed one with an Austin 7.

Don.
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wreckmaster



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PostPosted: Tue Dec 22, 2009 3:14 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Here is me on a trip to Ørebro in Sweden a few years back Smile



It did not go so well Crying or Very sad





The car is an 1961 Opel Rekord PII with the 1500 engine Very Happy Sold it on about three years ago when I bought a modern family caravan Sad But the Lillebror camper is still my fathers Smile
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