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i just got this old Sprite Aline S trailer; not sure what yr it is ,,does anyone know. it has a spec sheet inside a closet.but no yr.has a very unique feature inside. factory camping dishes built in overhead cupboard.
 

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Hi Ken, welcome to the forum.
Sam Alper who founded Caravans International opened the US factory in the early 1970s, so your Sprite is unlikely to be earlier than 1970.
There should be a metal plate on the side of the A frame which might reveal more information, the year of manufacture might be 'hidden' in a serial number on the plate.
Are the windows glass or plastic?
There's a website which features classic Sprite caravans that you can contact, maybe they will be able to shed more light?
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Some one in England got a vintage sprite the body work the same and so is the dishes rack that why thought it was a 1957
 

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Hi Ken, welcome to the forum.
Sam Alper who founded Caravans International opened the US factory in the early 1970s, so your Sprite is unlikely to be earlier than 1970.
There should be a metal plate on the side of the A frame which might reveal more information, the year of manufacture might be 'hidden' in a serial number on the plate.
Are the windows glass or plastic?
There's a website which features classic Sprite caravans that you can contact, maybe they will be able to shed more light?
Click Here
i wish it was a 1957 but if US factory did open the doors until 1970 it cannot be
 

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Everything would be on the opposite side to a British caravan because we drive on the left and the US drives on the right.
The caravan entrance door is always going to be away from the road traffic.
Plastic acrylic caravan windows were introduced in the mid 1970s
P.S.
We don't use text speak on this forum, the abbreviations serve no useful purpose and can make comments difficult to read.
 

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what do you mean Text speak..im 67 just got this computor and cell phone 2 months ago.all greek to me.
Yr - year
Frt- front
Why not just type the word instead of an abbreviation that can seem like all Greek to other forum members?
 
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we decided to sell it. find newer one.to hard to get parts for it if broke down in Yukon..
 
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