Wohnwagen

Caravan Wigwam, Typ 142 Lilliput, Wohnwagen

Dating

1949

Persons

O. F. A. Bally, Hersteller/in

Description

Erster in der Schweiz Gebauter Wohnwagen (Serie-Nr. 7) - Anhänger für Personenwagen - ungebremst, unbeleuchtet - Rohrchassis mit Pendelachse, Schraubenfedern - Aufbau Pressholzplatten mit Aluminium-Beschlägen - 2 Schlafplätze - um den damaligen Vorschriften zu genügen, musst der Bettraum des Caravans ausziehbar konstruiert werden, die dadurch etwas eigentümliche Form, verlieh dem Wagen den Übernamen Schuhschachtel

Signature / Inscription

Signatur / Beschriftung: Beschriftung: Hersteller-Tafel von Bally

Object type

Object (three-dimensional)

Material / Technique

Pressholz

Dimensions

252 kg 450 kg

Inventory number

VHS-8672

Designation text

Herr Albert Meier, Eglisau

Legend

Liliput Type 142 Wigwam Switzerland 1949 Land yacht The Scottish doctor, Dr. William Gordon Stables was the first man to describe a pleasure trip in a “caravan”, a comfortably appointed horse-drawn vehicle. His “land yacht” is the oldest caravan in the modern sense. A later start in Switzerland The caravan only really came into its own in Switzerland in 1950. Previously, restrictive laws had limited the popularity of mobile homes: anything towed by a vehicle could be no more than 3 metres long, no wider than the towing vehicle and no heavier than 500 kg. The Swiss solution The Liliput Wigwam, created by O.F.A. Bally in Winterthur, was the first caravan to be built in Switzerland. Its dimensions reflect the tough legal restrictions. But these were revised in Spring 1950, and now the caravan could be up to 5.5 metres long, including the drawbar, and up to 2 metres wide. From then on, the Liliput seemed far too small.