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The History of the Coleman Camper
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April 19, 2011 - 1:31 pm
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There are many sites that discuss Coleman popup campers and the history of many years of campers.  Here is some of that infomation.

1967 - Started building folding camping trailers (pop-ups) in Somerset PA

1967-70 were all CT series campers.
1967: CT-160, CT-161, CT-170, CT-171, CT-172, CT-180, CT-190

1968: Pretty sure all the models carried over.

1969: CT-360, CT-370, CT-380, CT-381, CT-382, CT-390.

1970: CT-460, CT-470, CT-480, CT-481, CT-482, CT-490.

1971: 570, 580, 581, 582, 590, 596. (In 1971 the CT was dropped and just numbers were used.)

1972: First year for names. Not sure of the line-up but I know this was the first year the name Valley Forge was used.

1973: Somerset, Valley Forge, Brandywine, Brandywine ll, Yorktown.

1974: Models Carried over from '73.

1975-1977:  Brandywine, Minuteman, Settler, Yorktown, Lexington, Patriot, Valley Forge

1978: Brandywine, Gettysburg, Saratoga, Valley Forge, Concord, Rebel, Ticonderoga, Yorktown

1979: #1 Folding trailer manufacturer

1980: Sun Classic, Sun Sprite, Sun Haven, Sun Lite (3 models)

1981: Colonial, Niagara I, Niagara II, Shenandoah, Williamsburg, Sequoia, Sun Valley

1982-1981: +Redwood, Liberty

1983: Colonial,  Colonial XL, Columbia, Jamestown, Sequoia, Sun Valley,  Jamestown, Royale, Shenandoah, Williamsburg

1984-1983: + Cape Cod

1985: Aspen, Columbia, Newport, Royale, Sequoia, Sun Valley, Williamsburg, Chesapeake, Jamestown, Redwood, Savannah, Shenandoah, Tara

1986: Chesapeake, Columbia, Laramie, Redwood, Sequoia, Sun Valley, Williamsburg, Colorado, Jamestown, Newport, Savannah, Shenandoah, Tara

1987-1986: (minus Redwood, Jamestown)

1988: Chesapeake, Columbia, Laramie LTD, Plantation,, Shenandoah, Williamsburg, Colorado, Laramie, Newport, Sequoia, Sun Valley

1989: Chesapeake, Columbia, Newport, Sequoia, Sun Valley, Colorado, Laramie LTD, Plantation, Shenandoah, Williamsburg

1989: Fleetwood RV buys Coleman trailer rights

1990: Chesapeake, Columbia, Newport, Roanoke, Sequoia, Sun Valley, Colorado, Laramie LTD, Plantation, Roanoke Roayale, Shenandoah, Williamsburg

1991-1990: (+ Roanoke CD)

1992: AMERICANA SERIES (Brandywine, Grandview, Sequoia, Shenandoah, Williamsburg) COLORADO SERIES ( Colorado, Colorado Sport) DESTINY SERIES (Cedar, Roanoke, Royale) PIONEER SERIES ( Arcadia, Chesapeake, Newport, Sedona, Seneca)1993  Cape Cod, AMERICANA SERIES (Grandview, Sequoia, Williamsburg) DESTINY SERIES (Cedar, Rio Grande, Roanoke, Royale) PIONEER SERIES (Arcadia, Chesapeake, Evergreen, Newport, Sedona, Seneca)

1994: AMERICANA SERIES (Sequoia, Williamsburg) DESTINY SERIES (Cedar, Cedar XL Montauk, Rio Grande, Roanoke, Royale, Stoney Creek) FOUR SEASON SERIES (Cape Cod, Yosemite) PIONEER SERIES (Arcadia, Avalon, Chesapeake, Columbia)

1995: AMERICANA SERIES (Sequoia, Williamsburg) DESTINY SERIES (Cedar, Cedar XL Rio Grande, Roanoke, Royale) FOUR SEASON SERIES (Cape Cod, Hatteras, Utah Yosemite) PIONEER SERIES (Arcadia, Avalon, Chesapeake, Chesapeake CP, Columbia)

1996: DESTINY SERIES ( Bayport, Cheyenne, Laredo, Santa Fe, Sedona, Sea Pine, Westlake, Taos) GRAND TOUR SERIES (Key West, Laramie, Niagara, Shenandoah, Sun Valley, Yukon)

1997: DESTINY SERIES ( Bayport, Cheyenne, Laredo, Santa Fe,  Sedona, Taos) GRAND TOUR SERIES (Key West,  Niagara, Sun Ridge, Sun Valley, Yukon)

1998: DESTINY SERIES ( Cheyenne,  Mesa, Natc
hez, Redwood, Rio, Santa Fe, Sea Pine, Taos, Westlake) GRAND TOUR SERIES (Bayside, Casa Grande, Grandview SP, Grandview Glide-Out, Niagara, Sun Ridge)

1999: DESTINY SERIES (Redwood, Santee, Taos) GRAND TOUR SERIES (Bayside, Cheyenne, Mesa, Nevada, Niagara, Santa Fe, Sea Pine, Sun Valley, Utah, Westlake)

2000-2001: DESTINY SERIES (Fairview, Sedona, Tacoma, Taos, Timberlake) GRAND TOUR SERIES (Cheyenne, Mesa,  Santa Fe, Sea Pine, Sun Valley, Utah, Westlake) GRAND TOUR ELITE SERIES (Bayside, Niagara)

2002: DESTINY SERIES (Cottonwood, Fairlake, Laramie, Sedona, Tacoma, Taos) GRAND TOUR SERIES (Cheyenne, Mesa,  Santa Fe, Sea Pine, Sun Valley, Utah, Westlake) GRAND TOUR ELITE SERIES (Bayside, Niagara)

2003: DESTINY SERIES (Cottonwood, Laramie, Sedona, Tacoma, Taos, Yuma) GRAND TOUR SERIES (Carmel, Cheyenne, Mesa,  Santa Fe, Sun Valley, Utah, Westlake) GRAND TOUR ELITE SERIES (Bayside, Niagara, Monterey)

2003:  Fleetwood stops using Coleman brand

2004: Fleetwood continued to make pop-ups with many of the same familiar names.

2004 the Highlander High-Walled series were introduced and all were named after a type of evergreen tree: Sequoia, Redwood, Hemlock

2008 May: Fleetwood sells the Fleetwood Folding Trailers Division to Blackstreet Capital Partners LLC, which renamed it FTCA (Folding Trailer Company Acquisition Inc.)

2008 Aug: FTCA, Inc. (Blackstreet) signed a trademark licensing agreement with The Coleman Company, Inc.

2011 March:  Fleetwood files for bankruptcy and stops producing folding camping trailers.

2011: Beckley RV, MD purchases all factory campers and parts.

2011: 2 unknown sources purchase Coleman lift system, door and other patents.

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April 20, 2011 - 7:47 am
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Fleetwood still makes campers I thought. I thought ftca was the one that closed up shop and sold everything.

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April 20, 2011 - 8:58 am
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You're right.  I think he ment FTCA.  Fleetwood only makes motor homes now, they no longer have any towable model lines.

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April 20, 2011 - 9:59 am
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I think you're both right up to a point -- I believe:

* It was a division of Fleetwood,  FFT (Fleetwood Folding Trailers), that manufactured the trailers up until it was sold to Blackstreet.
* FTCA was the corporate entity created by Blackstreet to purchase the campers, patents and whatnot, while leaving the liability of the roof issues to FFT. 

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January 3, 2013 - 11:40 am
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Didn't Forest River buy the stepper door patent?

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