A fine gentleman sent me this brochure for a 1965 Barth Travel Trailer. Note: a 24 ft. was only $7395.00 but I think that was a lot then. My dad had just bought a 4 bedroom tract house in Oxnard, California for $12,900. Go to link below to see brochures.

http://albums.photopoint.com/j/AlbumIndex?u=1305037&a=12824285


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http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=1305037&a=10653417&p=36455289

I think there may be a Barth Trailer in Washougal, WA. It's big, at least 30 ft. and has a stylised "B" on the front of it. I tried to access the photos in Dave's preceding message to check but couldn't. 'Guess I could always bang on the house's front door where the trailer is and ask if it's a Barth. Anyone have BarthTravel Trailer pictures they can post?
Cheers, John

I fell in love with Barths in 1969. We bought our first RV, a 19' travel trailer, at the Washington D.C. RV show that year, for less than $2,000. I pulled it with a '68 Dodge Coronet that was about $2,200 new.

The same dealer carried Barths, and the cheapest Barth was around $7,000, can't remember the size.

$7,395 was the price of a new Cadillac, or Chrysler Imperial in 1965 - about equivalent to $50,000 today??

There has been at least one photo of a Barth trailer in this forum, but I can't remember when, or what thread. I thought there was one in the gallery, but it's not there.

There's a brochure pic of a Barth Continental on the cd Dave sells.

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Mark & LeAnna
1973 Barth 25 L
402 cid
P30 Chassis

If I had the money and the talent I would have bought this one and re-done it, "in exactly the same colors".



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Dave, I think I found the trailer in your new pictures on Google. The one in Washougal and it certainly have the same lines. Washougal's has a yellow and aluminum paint scheme, but it has just an emblem with a B on it instead of Barth. It looks to be in nice shape and as the awning was out and the door and windows open last time I went past, it is still being used. And it is BIG! Maybe even 35ft, it's hard to tell as I'm looking at it on a angle from the front. It certainly seems as long as our 34T.
I'll have to stop and ask, next time I'm down that way.
Cheers, John