I just purchased a 1968 Catolac Deville, and like you perhaps I thought the cadillac Deville was a car. But there is company that built travel trailers from the 1950's until the 1970's. Builder of DeVille Trailers 9573 East Garvey Blvd. El Monte, CA 91733 “Dealers in Western States Only” These campers were built very well, meaning they were built to last. There slogan for the company was, “It's Not How Many You Make, But How Well You Make Them” - That's The Catolac Way
| outside view, like the widows |
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| inside needs work, missing panels |
I was not aware of the many companies that built campers in the 50's for a nation that was becoming more mobile and taking more vacations on the road. I found out that the catolac corp. built a number of Deville models and many of these campers have features that are found on high end campers today. I still don't know how they could have a name so close to Cadillac and not have problems from GM. Anyway, I am looking forward to starting this project, and I know it will be a lot of fun. I hope you will follow along in my blog as I work on restoring this vintage travel camper. Sign up for the RSS feeds and you will get updates as I post them. I am always looking for new ideas, so please share them with me. thanks.I hope to have pictures for each step along the way toward rebuilding this classic camper.
