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17/5/2011 at 8:14am
Location: Letchworth Garden City Outfit: Conway Cruiser
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Following on from this thread thought I'd start this one to see how many others own a Trio tent, and to see what other information we could find/share.
Pics will be a great help too
So, here's mine:
According to the Ebay ad when we bought it, it was made in 1990's and if the label on one of the bags is anything to go by, then it is a Home 7 model:
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18/5/2011 at 9:49pm
Location: Denmark Outfit: None Entered
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I am a Trio owner, my tent must be about 40 years old! The previous owner couldn't tell me, because he bought it second hand too. No label on it, but it still had a little control tag from Trio attached to it, which looks really antique. It is 4 berth, about 3.20 m x 4 m, and 2.10 m high, and a ground plan like modern tunnel tents, with the door in one end and the sleeping pod (orange giraf skin pattern!) in the other.
Still haven't found out how to upload pictures on a thread, but you can see a little photo of the tent on my profile. It was only a test pitch in the bicycle cellar. It is totally retro - even with fringes over the door!
Looks like the stitching is still o.k. Only one fastener for a guy line to repair, and there is a patch at the edge of the fringes, and the colour of the roof has become a bit pale because of the sun.A little bit corrosion on one pole - that's all so far.It is definitely a tent that has been cared for.
We will have the tent out for the first time this weekend, I am so excited! Gave only 30 pound for it at a car boot sale, retro tents have not become the fashion yet here in Denmark, so I expect some looks at the camp site...
I could not find anything on the internet apart from that in the sixties Trio tents seemed to be the only tents seen on Danish camp sites - they were extremely popular. Very few photos on Google, and not of my tent type.
Now they only produce caravan awnings.
I am considering to contact the company and tell them about our interest in Trio tents history, I might get some information there I could share with you!
I would also say that your tent, Eel28, is more 80's. I remember having seen those colours on tents when I was camping first time in the mid 80's.
------------- Proud owner of a 1987 Sprite Alpine 370 EK, a cheap popup tent and a beloved retro Trio frame tent from the early seventies, called Giraffen.
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