11 RVs And Motorhomes From The Golden Era Of Campers
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- Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
- Discover the fascinating history of iconic RVs, motorhomes, and campers that transformed camping and road trips into luxurious adventures. From the 1910 Pierce-Arrow Touring Landau to the 1970s GMC Motorhome, explore how these recreational vehicles, like the Conklin Gypsy Van and Curtiss Aerocar Land Yacht, set the stage for modern camping vacations. Learn about the innovation behind classics like the Sherman Covered Wagon, GM Futurliner, and Winnebago Brave, and their impact on travel and vacation culture.
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What is your favorite RV or motorhome from the past? 🏕
the Ford Condor II of course!
Any vintage Airstream. Built to last unlike the cheap units mass produced today.
The Clark Cortez.
No thumbs up icon??? I loved this video. THANKS!!!
The very first trailer my husband and I bought in the late 90's to camp in the mountains with was an old 50's something pink and white Shasta Canned Ham trailer. LOL. All of the appliances were pink, including the toilet. It really wasn't bad, everything worked on it. The beds weren't that comfortable, and it was a heavy trailer but it had a shower, toilet, double sink, refrigerator, 4 burner stove, heater, and it slept 4. Everything was original including the curtains. We didn't pay much for it, cleaned it up, put new tires on it, used it for a long while, the sold it and made a good profit from it.
I always remember the Lucille Ball/Desi Arnaz 1954 film The Long Long Trailer. "TRAILER BRAKES FIRST!"
Certainly a classic!!!
There’s a trailer and camping museum around Elkhart Indiana. That is worth a stop if you’re in the area. Has this and more.
The GMC motorhome used the Toranado drive train. It and the Revcon, most likely used the same chassis, notice the dual axle and Toranado style wheels on the GMC and Recon 250.
Did not share chasis. GMC had air bogie system.
The gmc was front wheel drive powered by Olds engine.
Also should include the fmc 2900r. Theybwere owned by people such as Mario andreti, Clint Eastwood Nasa,
The FMC was one of the most unique of all motor coaches.
One was used on the TV show on the road. It now sits at henry Ford Museum.
No motorhome video is complete without mentioning the FMC
Being TCT member for 20 years now I learned alot about early auto camping. Before they were called motor homes thay we're called house cars, most of course were homemade. I myself own 4 vintage campers, even one like my parents had, a 62 Heilite. The newest of the collection is a 61 Hi-Lo. The other is a canned ham style my 67 Scotsman, not the Scoty, different co. entirely. Last but not least one of 6 teardrop trialers I built, kept number three, it was the better trailer and it made it in the hard cover book Teardrops & Tiny Trailers. All are pulled with vintage vehicles, for the affect! Old campers look dumb being pulled by modern vehicles in my opinion. To some it up you did a very interesting video The Tin Can Tourists club would give it a 10 maybe higher.
Thank you, very informative. I was only really familiar with the Winnebago and the the bullet. I had no idea RVs were made so early in the history of the automobile.
The hotel I stayed at last Friday night in Albuquerque not only had a Bible it also had a copy of The Book of Mormon. This was only the second hotel I’d ever seen that at the only one I’ve seen that at that wasn’t in Utah.
Travco 270 and 210’s are my favorites. Best built coaches ever made.
Those are nice. I also like the FMC 2900R, produced between 1973 and 1976, then there's the GMC Motorhome, 1973-78. The Revcon was also produced in the 70s.
The GMC is my favorite and wish I had money to buy one.
MY GRANDPARENTS HAD A WINNEBAGO IN THE 1960’s. I WAS JUST A KID, BUT I THOUGHT IT WAS PRETTY COOL.
We had a Winnebago Brave in 1972. My dad built bunks to fit all six of us kids. We went places we never could have afforded if we had to stay in hotels. Over the years my parents upgraded til they owned an Elandan in the end.
You missed one of the best. The FMC
Seen many a motor home, the apple of me eye was mounted on a 10 wheel Peterbilt chassis, the paint job was spectacular.
the GMC Motorhome, aka "The Rustbucket" if you like kicking alien butt
Gotta be the GMC. I was a kid when those things came out. They looked like they were ready to go into space they were so advanced looking. Especially compared to the stodgy looking Winnebago Brave
OMG that 1st 1910 rv can fit ALL that 😆 frm the l👀ks of it alone doesn't seem like much room 😂@2:51 was he FR towing an airstream on a bike 😂😂
When I was a kid we had Coachman branded "Brave" only difference was who made it and the fact it had the Coachman dog on the top. We had the orange stripe one. Our next was a Suncrest by RR Coachworks. Now i have an Itasca Mini Spirit. i kinda miss the old Coachman, I think it had the best living set up a back couch that you could pull down into a full sized bed. My dad installed a car cassette player back there in the wall that was the end of the couch/bed(i think it was a closet on the other side) and a speaker so he didn't have to listen to us kid's terrible music choices. I think the upper cabinet on the back area could be folded down into another bed but we never did. There was the dinnette that became a bed and a pull down bunk over the cab area. The combo bathroom/shower was right behind the driverseat.
You forgot the Clark Cortez Motorhome. My family had one as I was growing up in the '60s.
The Winnebago motorhome started out as a lifetime motor designed and built by JM Baker you need to factcheck your information after a big law suit in court lifetime motorhomes won the case at that time Winnebago put a big W on the side of the exact motorhome that was built by lifetime now it became Winnebago and of story
I own a 1972 Dodge Superior here in the UK, the only one on the road. I'd like to know how many are on the road in the USA.
the shasta "canned" home @4:48 must b where tdy's "tiny homes" originated frm
The GMC motorhomes used the same Oldsmobile/Cadillac front wheel drive drivetrain that the Revcon motorhomes used.
Not quite. Oldsmobile (Cadillac used Olds) engines were tuned specifically for GMC homes.
Fleetwood Pace Arrow, any Fleetwood RV
What happened to Winnebago, did they go bankrupt or bought out.?
My favourite RVs shown in this video are the *GMC Motorhome produced between 1973-78,* the *Dodge Travco 270,* and the *Revcon 250* motorhomes. Other RVs you didn't mention are the *FMC 2900R* motorhome, produced between 1973 and 1976. The *Vixen 21,* produced between 1985 and 1989, and how about the 2000-2002 *Newmar New Aire,* with only 15-20 produced! What were they smoking when they produced so limited a number of vehicles and then discontinue them? Hello!
Nothing like taking a 💩 Ina Model T while mom, dad, and three other kids stare at you
lol
1958 19ft Mercury travel tlr. Gravity fed on board water tank, heater in the floor.
I am currently working on a 1972 winnebago brave D18 like the one in the video
Wanderlodge
Retro motel
Am aiming at a simple class B Roadtrek small minimalist style studio apartment on wheels
My favorite is the GMC Motorhome which combined the engineering of the GMC bus builders with the drivetrains of the car division. Sadly, GM ceased building them as they needed the assembly space to satisfy the booming pickup truck market.
Plant in Pontiac was used to build Chevy vans. Had nothing to do with GM bus builders. Designed with Boeing.
Curtis Aerocar Land-Yatch...
This thing is insanely good looking! I would love to see more about it.
The GMC Motorhome converted to propulsion or awd ... Could be the one for me !
I always love that Caravan !
How long after this “invention” . Did they pass the laws about not riding in the trailer.?
GM motorhome was the basis for the EM 50 urban assault vehicle in the movie “stripes”
It also had a starring role in “Twister” as the high tech mobile equipment vehicle of the “corporate sponsored” storm chaser.
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Land Yacht .
Thank you.
I was born and raised in the carnival business and I was born in the summer so I was born on the road and we had a Spartan royal mansion and growing up we always had very big trailers I was a teenager when my dad bought his first airstream and I was older so I bought a serro scoty
25k then is like 2.5 million now