Hi Canuck
With that roof design I wonder if it is an early Sprite model. Loads of pics on the web and the history of the company as well. Good luck with the refurb.
I found that link yesterday, and it looks like they are in the utility trailer only.
Guessing the company has either changed, or the original caravan builder disappeared and their name was resurrected.
Hi again
I am pretty sure it is a 1966 Sprite Muskateer. Sprite used B and B chassis.
Sprite was a major mfg in the uk and exported to many countries. The positive id for me is the two side windows set at different heights plus the roof line.
Have to agree with Tonyv8power, definitely looks like an early Sprite (we had one when I was a kid in the UK). See here for a very very similar Sprite Musketeer from the early 60s: Sprite
Very nearly bought one as our first van. They tended to be two-tone in colour - (off)white and pale green. Great vans in their day, roomy and unbelievably light (in terms of weight) compared to todays vans.
I also agree it's a Sprite Musketeer, we had one identical to it apart from the colour, until it got stolen back in 1990, Ours was a 1966 model too. It was a great van, very versatile, and easily towable by our 1966 Mk2 Cortina.
JuanHuNose That is exactly how ours looked, in green and white.
My father had one when I was about 15, 50 years or so ago.
Had a very nifty drop down double bed which formed the back of a dinette seat. The mattress was in one piece for about 4foot long then the seat of the dinette dropped in when it was hinged down. A foot board slid out to make room for it. I think that was a better use of space than the modern fixe beds.
Ours was grey.
Toilet compartment at the back by the door.
Yours is odd because the door is on the wrong side. Must be a foreign one. Didn't think they exported much in those days. Just noticed you're in Canada.
It was 14foot long. Sprite also did a Major which was 16foot long and had a window across the dropping section of the roof. No window there means Musketeer.
By 1963, Alper had founded Caravans International, which had purchased the Eccles and Bluebird Caravans brands, and distributed these and the Sprite brand to Europe, South Africa, Canada and the United States. In 1966 Caravans International won the Queen's Awards for Enterprise and Alper was made OBE for his services to exports.
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Remember, if you buy something you bought it, not brought it.
I liked that drp-down bed idea Navver, ours had that too. You could leave the bed made up, fold it up when it was not in use, then drop it down again for the night. Ready to sleep in two minutes! Pity that design is not still around, I will never know why.
Ours replaced a 1963 Sprite Alpine when our family expanded.
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