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Subject Topic: Bought 40 year old frame tent! Post Reply Post New Topic
Personpingvin
16/5/2011 at 12:11am
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Going canvas too!
I went to a very little car boot sale to see if they had some cheap books and never got further than to the first seller.... who had a wonderfull retro canvas frame tent on offer for 40 pounds. Got it for 30 - bargain!

It's about 40 years old, Danish "1-2-Trio" frame tent, and I can't find anything about it on the net. Huge, 4 berth, with wonderful features like fringes over the door, orange giraf-skin pattern on the sleeping pods and yellow homemade curtains... And the fly sheet is reddish-brown and mustard couloured (couldn't be more retro!)and in very good shape.
Daughter and I did a test pitch in the bicycle cellar, it took 2 1/2 hours because we had to try different ways to put the poles together - I had never had a closer look at a frame tent before and no illustration or photo to help me. We built some strange spiderlike shapes...
But then suddenly it was there, and taking it down afterwards only took 20 minutes from closing the sleeping pod zippers to everything back in its bags.

Oh I would love to show it to you (and the spiderlike creations we built when experimenting
but HELP - how do I upload a photo here? Everybody else seems to know how to do it...

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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.


PersonGimpymoo
16/5/2011 at 12:39am
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You figured it out then:



It definitely makes todays designs look rather BORING.


Personchelltiger
16/5/2011 at 1:07am
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I bought a LaMont not long ago on ebay in Blue and Orange and I reckon it's around 40 years old too, but can't find anything about it on a google search.
Though there was another on ebay but as a 4 berth.
I was very surprised though as it is a 3 berth and it really could fit in 3 people in the bedroom.
Though I bought it only for Hubby and myself when the kids are in respite.

We have already tried it out this week at Hopleys. And found it to be perfect for our needs. It took just 20 mins for hubby to erect it all on his own. I really don't think he could beat his own record on that one though.


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nothing booked yet:(
got camping withdrawal symptoms


Personfostermum
16/5/2011 at 7:15am
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Wow - now that IS retro! What a little beauty - loving the fringing round the door and the giraffe - skin inner!

You'll spend more accessorising that the tent cost!

Enjoy!



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Personbobsbabes
16/5/2011 at 7:57am
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wow thats fab !!! and what a bargain

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Personeel28
16/5/2011 at 8:04am
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Wow that is nice, have recently bought a 1-2-Trio myself, although it's not quite as old as yours is - allegedly around 1990's, in nice brown and beige colours.

shame there seems to be no information about them on the net though

Hey maybe we should start a Trio owners thread here? see what information we could find from each other.



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Personmantrachant
16/5/2011 at 8:37am
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What a smashing tent. I love it. Well done on obtaining such a bargain.Hope you have many happy times camping in her.


Personpingvin
16/5/2011 at 10:23pm
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Oh yes, all you Trio owners, let's have a TRIO-thread! I don't know more then that it is a Danish company, and they still seem to produce caravan awnings. Don't even know the type of my tent.

And yes, I've plans for nice accessoires for the tent - definitely can't use my BLUE table and seats. This requires a yellow table, and camping chairs with striped fabric in orange and brown...

I was afraid my 11 year old daughter would refuse to go camping in this tent (Oh Mum, you're emberassing again), but when she saw it, she fell in love with it instantly. So I and the 2 girls will go camping in the weekend - it's a bank holiday, we know a nice little site, and the weather forecast is good...

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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.


Personeel28
16/5/2011 at 10:30pm
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Quote: Originally posted by pingvin on 16/5/2011
Oh yes, all you Trio owners, let's have a TRIO-thread! I don't know more then that it is a Danish company, and they still seem to produce caravan awnings. Don't even know the type of my tent.

Thats about all I can find too!

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Personchelltiger
16/5/2011 at 11:13pm
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This is my Lamont. Same sort of age and again can't find anything about them except they are French.

Ebay has 2 larger ones at the moment, both in the same colours, but not large enough for us as a family (they are more like 4 berths) and not small enough for us as a couple.

Now to see if this picture thing has worked


nope it didn't

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Personpingvin
16/5/2011 at 11:26pm
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Saw the 4 berth one on ebay - nice colours!

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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.


Personchelltiger
17/5/2011 at 12:02am
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It's the colours I feel in love with.
My mum and her sisters are all colour blind so colour fascinates me.

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nothing booked yet:(
got camping withdrawal symptoms


PersonRik Brooks
17/5/2011 at 8:20am
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Completely fabbo!

R


Personeel28
17/5/2011 at 10:38am
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As mentioned above, I have created a thread about Trio's here

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Personsteph nd david
02/1/2015 at 3:53pm
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hello, dont know if this thread is still open or anybody interested haha but i have one of these 1-2-trio tents im trying to sell. let me know if any ineterest, thanks


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I have a similar old canvas tent with giraff print, orange built in curtains made by 1-2-trio, its a Rio and was made in Dk-5000-Odense Denmark, also has the word Idanthran possibly part of the address but Im not sure.



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