ever see a Econoline truck with a topper? This is a first for me

https://www.curbsideclassic.com/vintage-snapshots-and-photography/vintage-snapshots-truck-people-in-the-50s-60s-2/

a master cabinet maker with a decade of working on teardrops in Colorado, has upgraded a 1951 Spartan Spartanette, and had made an incredible interior that few can even attempt to try to pull off. (and it's for sale at 65k)

 

https://vintagecampertrailers.com/a-contemporary-take-on-a-classic-1951-spartan-spartanette-restoration/

back in April I posted a Great Dale House Car 65 Mercury, and just came across this 66 Coronet Great Dale House Car

 

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=122197589852207492&set=pcb.122197590938207492

To see the Mercury: https://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2024/04/this-is-nuts-65-merc-made-into-rv-great.html

50 issues of Vintage Camper magazine for only 50 dollars, only on Veteran's Day, Nov 11th. The current issue and 49 of the past issues that are still available in print.

 https://www.vintagecampertrailers.com/store/p330/50backissues.html

Keith sent me photo of the Orlando TurboDatsunGP-CamperRama5000 ! Thank you Keith! That got me started looking online for other photos of it

on the chin splitter it says Vague, so that's a good place to start, and that turned out to be something known as Vague Industries

https://www.instagram.com/vagueindustries/

https://www.facebook.com/vagueIndustries

Airfloat trailers, the holy grail of vintage trailers. This trailer was found in a mobile home park where it was sitting and rotting for 50 years, still shod in its factory tires from 1950.

for the full history of the Airfloat: https://www.theautopian.com/a-car-engineer-built-some-of-the-most-gorgeous-campers-the-world-has-ever-seen/

a 1953 Grumman Curbside brad delivery truck was abandoned for 50 years, before it finally found a guy who realized it would make a unique and cool camper

https://www.autoevolution.com/news/abandoned-bread-truck-was-turned-into-a-jaw-dropping-camper-with-a-mahogany-interior-236775.html#

Bob and Doreen transformed a 2014 Class C Mercedes chassis Sprinter van and Forest River Solera RV into their dream 1950 Spartanette RV

the original Forest River Solera RV underwent a dramatic metamorphosis, replacing its cabin with a 24-foot 1950 Spartanette travel trailer. Clever engineering preserved the slide-out and bathroom, maintaining practicality amidst the transformation.

Salvaged lumber from vintage trailers adorns the door fronts, complementing the old-growth aesthetic. Trimwork crafted from 150-year-old Michigan white pine barn wood adds to the vintage allure.

it took them 19 months to do the work, 7 days a week, and they did this during Covid.

https://www.rvtravel.com/modern-rv-transforms-vintage-masterpiece-1162

https://www.vintagecampertrailers.com/store/p446/vctmagazine70.html

1927 Holt trailer is up for sale on Bring a Trailer... no reserve, and it's only at 8400. But it's immaculately restored, a real museum piece that's been in the Petersen, and has called the Murphy home for the last 5 years

The prototype was stored and remained in the ownership of Mr. Holt’s family through 2009 when it was acquired by a vintage travel trailer collector. It was then refurbished and displayed as part of a private museum in Santa Cruz, California, and was also briefly loaned to the Peterson Automotive Museum in Los Angeles. It was finally donated to the Murphy Auto Museum in 2019.

1927 Pontiac running gear consisting of the axle, leaf springs, and wood-spoke wheels.

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1927-holt-antique-housecar/

1970s glory right here... these used to be seen at every campground, lake, concert, nascar race, etc etc

The truck is a 1968 Chevy C20 CST Custom Camper with a 396. The 3/4-ton pickup is a Golden Anniversary edition that was ordered new through a Denver dealership and stayed within the family for almost 50 years. Then it sold for 50k. 

When purchased by the current owner in 2023, a period-correct 1966 Del Rey Sky Lounger Camper was fitted on the truck and is included in the sale.

https://www.thedrive.com/news/this-1968-chevy-c20-sky-lounge-camper-for-sale-is-the-only-way-to-travel-this-summer

Steve McQueen's last ride was in this camper truck

https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10225675781581523&set=a.1617402035143

interesting trailer, must be a "get away from the stress" hangout

https://www.tumblr.com/movingtothefarm

Funniest thing I've read today: Kill It With Fire Before It Lays Eggs! (an article about Prius with camper)

 https://www.autoevolution.com/news/kill-it-with-fire-before-it-lays-eggs-those-times-the-prius-got-its-own-camper-conversion-233007.html#

Who knew there was ever a camper for a Prius? 

this is nuts, a 65 Merc made into an RV... the Great Dale House Car is a car/camper conversion built of Denver, Colorado in the 1960’s. Estimates say there are a dozen of them still on the road today.

Dale Wasinger of Denver, Colorado got into a business of adding campers to cars that were only half wrecked in collisions

https://www.hemmings.com/stories/1965-great-dale-house-car

Camp Wandawega... you're probably not going to believe this 1960's summer camp time capsule.... was founded in 1925 as a speakeasy/brothel/weekend destination for Chicagoans, and now looks like Martha Stewart and Crate and Barrel were liberally spread throughout the camp

these are legit Girl Scout Cabins, saved from a scout camp that closed nearby

Tucked away on the shore of ‘a little lake that no one has ever heard of’ in southeastern Wisconsin, Camp Wandawega has seen it all: from bootleggers to bad cops, priests to prostitutes, hippies to hipsters, as well as flappers, fanatics, and families on vacation.

Though started at Hotel Wandewega in 1925 to make a speakeasy with trap doors, hidden rooms, etc, by 1961 it was bought by Latvian priests (I am not making that up) who escaped the Soviet Union. They made this their retirement home and Latvian Summer Church Camp

https://www.crateandbarrel.com/kids-blog/camp-wandawega-nod-behind-the-collaboration
https://www.wandawega.com/our-story/
https://www.wandawegahistory.org/index#/the-wandawega-hotel

https://www.wandawega.com/blog/