Great pics Bill. Here are some pics from our trip to the factory.

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Originally posted by Jim and Tere:

I'm checking into the Bro Bridges, LA thing. I may make an executive decision & change that stay tuned.

Tere

Tere, Breaux Bridge, Louisiana. That spelling is a cajun thang

Nick

It took less than 2 hours to get home. What a time was had by all, catfish to die for, Mary Rays golf cart, the pack of well behaved dogs,
Benjamin , 17 Barths in one place with a bunch of Cardinal 5th wheel owner drooling over the Barths, Walker the ever present, the Barth song, tee shirts, Cloudys hot apple pie( for those who stayed) , story after story from the barth employees, "train", RIDE ?, Nick the master of ceremony, Bill NY the Grand Phoo Ba, a Orange barth with a bussel, Rustys flip up sun glasses, Verns neat cane, marys hat, the TT, awnings in the wind , when do we go again

#457: Tom & Jillene Hoheisel - 1988 Regal 28'
#458: Mark, Jacob & Dillon Howe - 1978 Barth 22'
#459: Kris, Tina & Benjamin Jones - 1996 Commercial DOT 23'
#460: Al & Beth Leman - 1995 Regency 34'
#461: Billy & Helen Thibodeaux - 1994 Sovereign 36'
#462: Lenny and Judy Montgomery - 1992 Regency 32'
#463: Tom & Nancy Johns - 1990 Regency 32
#464: Mary Ray - Pickup truck & golf cart
#465: The Big Tent
#466: Doug & Cloudy Downing - 1985 MCC Regency 35'
#467: Nick & Donna Cagle - 1993 Regency 32'
#468: John & Audrey Bendle - 1988 Regal 28'
#469: Rusty Keeney - 1994 Breakaway 28'
#470: Jim & Tere Bianchi - 1985 Regal 29'
#471: William, Sherrie, Walker & Katie - 1964 Trailer 24
#472: Craig & Mathew Pipenger - 1986 Regal 31'
#473: Bill Napolitano - 1991 Regal 33'
#474: Marvin & Doris Phillips - 1989 Regal 25'
#475: Not A Good Spot
#476: Dale & Jennifer Wilson - 1991 Regal 22'

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#457: Tom & Jillene Hoheisel - 1988 Regal 28'

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#458: Mark, with sons Jacob & Dillon Howe - 1978 Barth 22'

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#459: Kris, Tina & Baby Benjamin Jones w/ Spiegel - 1996 Commercial DOT 23'

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#460: Alan & Beth Leman w/ Sophie - 1995 Regency 34'

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#461: Billy & Helen Thibodeaux - 1994 Sovereign 36'

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#462: Judy and Lenny Montgomery - 1992 Regency 32'

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#463: Tom & Nancy Johns - 1990 Regency 32

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#464: Mary Ray w/ Doug - she was our "Safe Rider" director.
Mary Ray's Son, David, managed to score an old Barth work shirt.

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#465: Big Tent

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#466: Cloudy & Doug Downing - 1985 MCC Regency 35'

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#467: Nick & Donna Cagle - 1993 Regency 32'

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#468: John & Audrey Bendle - 1988 Regal 28'

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#469: Rusty Keeney - 1994 Breakaway 28'

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#470: Jim & Tere Bianchi - 1985 Regal 29'

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#471: Little Katie, William, Walker & Sherrie - 1964 Trailer 24

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#472: Craig & Mathew Pipenger - 1986 Regal 31'

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#473: Bill Napolitano - 1991 Regal 33'
Note to self... hand off camera to have picture taken of myself.

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#474: Doris & Marvin Phillips w/ Snoopy- 1989 Regal 25'

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#475: Not A Good Spot

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#476: Dale & Jennifer Wilson - 1991 Regal 22'

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If I made a mistake on spelling or placement. please shoot me a PM and I'll fix it right away. No collective group shot was taken.

Those are great pics Bill. I like the full names. Helps an old guy remember.
Jim

Patch 1st (Doug), did you figure out where the oil leak was coming from?
Jim

We think so.... More info forthcoming as I find out more about it.... But we made it home safely anyway.... Nice to meet you guys!!!

I was asked for a larger panoramic picture - so, here you go. If needed, I can go much larger than this.

So, from your conversations with the Barth folks, let's hear some of your most interesting facts, trivia and anecdotes.......Those opportunities will probably never happen again!

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Originally posted by Lee:
So, from your conversations with the Barth folks, let's hear some of your most interesting facts, trivia and anecdotes.

Been home about 24hrs and I have a lot to catch up on. I suspect that most of the people who attended fall into this same category. I did manage to get several photos posted, but my time is limited right now.

Now Nick, he's is a good story teller... Maybe we can coax some info from him. But... he went to the ZipDee Awning Company to get some factory work done and might not be home til much later. Rusty maybe... he might have some time soon. Tom and Nancy are on their way to Alaska, so I don't suppose we'll be hearing from them anytime soon.

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Originally posted by Lee:
Those opportunities will probably never happen again!

That's why everyone who could have made it, should have come. You're right Lee... Sadly, I don't see this opportunity happening again any time soon.

We did manage to get a treasure trove of literature and pictures that need to be uploaded and categorized. I have to wait for Billy T to send me the info as he had the scanner and copied this for us. Thanks Billy!

For now, I'll post some of this stuff that I have. These are pictures of pictures. I stopped doing this when Billy T started scanning them in.







I was told that the Nuell Coaches were made at the Barth Factory by the same employees but was considered a separate entity. In the background of this image you'll see the Barth Travel Trailers with this Nuell Insert. The back of this camper pick-up insert says BARTH. You'll also notice that the brochures have the Barth trailers and the Nuell Camper inserts on the same page.

So, I would suspect it was an accounting or tax thing for why they did it like that.









We did have a Pastor visit us who used to build our Barth Motor Homes in the late 70's to mid 80's. He came back again in the early 90's to build more coaches.

I am pleased to introduce you to Pastor Randy (Spider) Webb who has a prison ministry. I will be contacting Randy soon as he has a big file of literature and pictures that he will be sending us. He promised, so I do believe he will deliver. Thank you Randy!

Still enroute home, parked short of my planned RON near Macon. A sinkhole near I-24 eastbound MM 118 closed all eastbound lanes. I made 15 miles in 4 hours so stopped at Adairsville's Harvest Moon RV Park.

Here are some pics (alot of them) that I took while in Elkhart....
For Bill NY so you know the tube now faces down...

Here is the other side after powerwashing

One more clean one, just so you know

Marvin and Doris, Judy and Myself

Elkhart Couty Fairgrounds Clocktower

This is the three firepits it took to fit us all around

This is "Larry" AKA MR's son David, notice the shirt

Here is the better half of Marvin and Doris

Here are Rustys two non-spoiled Golden's, Casey and Maggie

Here is Cassey by himself

Tom and Nancy Johns, Thanx for the batteries!!

Nick Cagle, our host

Here's Lou, between the tent and Nicks coach

Now here's a pair of Mary's to draw too.. MR and M2

Cloudy and myself (How's he do that Bill?)

Sherrie (Mrs SD) and myself

Got company, gotta go... More to come later..

hey,all looking at the pics from milford,i see your travel trailer is polishing up decent, from pic ,did they lay fame that you more than likely had the oldest there?very cool i like it, sorta like our 69 without steering wheel.probably safe to say that that you definently have one the oldest for certain,im curious as to how the layout of inside is setup,do you have any pics of the back of it?i had seen one setting away from road ,but not for sure if its a barth,its all aluminum ,plan on asking about it one of these days.

Thank you! Barthmobilers and former employees you are the BEST! We had a great time and felt honored to welcome everybody in our Barth.
As for now we are dry camping in the parking lot of a towing company. We almost made it home. 4 mi from Monticello KY or 40 mi from our home the alternator coughed up a few bearings and locked up. Luckily we rolled into a gas station. So the friendly folks from Coachnet rescued us and towed us back to Somerset KY. Waiting for the mechanic in the morning in the comfort of our Barth
Also getting a greaseable u joint installed.
We are joining the Barth tow away chapter....

The BIG tent



Coaches












Mary Ray

Marks Coach




Walker and his new telescope

Cloudy

William and Sherries Trailer

A better pic of "Larry" or David MR's son

The BARTH girls

Kris and Tina's cutie (not Benjamin)

Our Coach






Our wood pile