The Tenth UltraVan

The penultimate Travalon was likely the coach noted by Peterson in the Historical Record as "Seattle Lighting Display". This would make it the first UltraVan to be licensed outside of California.

Though very little is directly known about this coach, since both it and the Green Machine (serial #163102) were identified in some UVMCC records as #163 and in others as #102/103, we can infer that the tenth UltraVan was built in 1963 as serial #163103.

Travalon #163103 was a virtual twin to the Green Machine (24 feet long, stepvan windshields, Chevy pickup bumpers, Econoline headlights, Prescolite taillight pods, 13" ornamental dually wheels, raised front slider windows, molded front corners), though with a more sedate color scheme and the addition of a rear tow hitch, a roof-mounted split air-conditioner, and a small porch light next to the door.

#163103 also featured a unique beltline accent trim and a square jalousie window in the entry door. This was the first UltraVan with a window in the door, a feature that wouldn't be seen again until 1966.

A Travalon identification plate was installed next to the entry door and "ULTRAVAN - OAKLAND, CALIF" badges were installed on the front and rear. No photos of the interior survive, but the Custom Trim sticker implies an interior similar to #163102. 

This is the coach that appears with Jerry Light's UltraVan #6 in the July 1964 photo taken at Pumpkin Center SD; we don't know who the owners were at that time. The coach was registered with the UVMCC from 1985 to 1992 by Edwin & Pauline Wooldridge. The Wooldridges lived full-time in the coach in Seattle WA in 1977, but in 1981 they moved to a property alongside I-5 in Ridgefield WA.

Forrest Gist (#413) visited them there in 1997 and took the last surviving photos of the coach. Though the paint was badly faded by then, the coach was still operational. Unfortunately, in 2001 a grass fire started by teenagers smoking next to the I-5 overpass completely destroyed the coach.

A collection of photos of #163103 can be seen here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/8769347@N03/albums/72157657883871283