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History of the Beaver Brand?
Bill Sprague:
--- Quote from: Peter and Connie Bradish ---.....I would like to be a part of this. .....Peter and I have put together several books ...PS. The book doesn't have to be a printed hard copy type book. We could easily put in on a CD as well as have a place for it on the website...
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Would you be interested in transcribing a one hour audio recording to a .pdf as a start?
Jerry Parker:
I was in the RV industry in the early to late 70's and called on Beaver as a supplier. Frank Storch and Jim Hogue were the 2 owners I knew at the time. They started out building truck campers and then went to class C MH's. They filed chapter 11 in approx. 1975. With help from suppliers, they worked their way out of it. The company I managed was the single largest supplier, so I had a lot of contact with Beaver during that time. Frank Storch even "loaned" me a new Class C to take my family to Disney Land in 1976. After working out of the chapter 11, they started prototyping Class A MH's. They did quite well for several years. I lost track of when the ownership changes occurred, because I left the the industry.
Frank Storch and Jim Hogue's sons are now building the "Host" truck campers in Bend.
JimCasazze:
Couldn't the audio file simply be placed on the BAC server with a link, the same way a PDF file is set up? This way everyone could stream it or D/L to their PC's and play it with MediaPlayer, etc.. I'd enjoy hearing it! No need to put it on CD or email.
Jim
Malcolm Haviland:
Hi,
I am a new member and have been looking at this thread,being a Beaver Marquis 1991 owner I would be very grateful for any information on the production of the Beaver in the early years,are there any production video's in existence?
I see no more info has been placed since 2011,am I looking in the right places?,not knowing my way around the BAC site
Thanks Mal
Joel Ashley:
Welcome aboard, Malcolm!
You should glean a fair amount of information from this presentation that our Mandy Canales made at the Oregon rally this summer. Forgive the good deal of echo in the audio, due to the nature of the building:
https://vimeo.com/75646929
A scheduled gathering last month of the original Beaver coach builders at Beaver Coach Sales in Bend was announced 3 weeks ago, and a video of it was intended, but nothing more has been reported since. We all look forward to more information regarding that.
-Joel
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