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04-24-2023, 11:32 AM
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TrailManor Master
Join Date: Sep 2021
Location: Utah
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love these old camper designs!
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04-24-2023, 12:01 PM
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Site Team
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: The mountains of Scottsdale, AZ, and the beaches of Maine
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Kmikesell
David Woodworth, a preeminent collector of early RVs and RV camping memorabilia, relates that "Before then [1910], people camped in private rail cars that were pulled to sidings along train routes. The year 1910 brought a new freedom to people who didn’t want to be limited by the rail system.
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Aw, c'mon, Mr Woodworth. Could any of the common folk - the real campers - afford to rent a private rail car and have it pulled to a handy railroad siding at the location of their choice? I can't imagine my Dad doing it. No wonder the RV industry took off so quickly once it started!
Bill
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04-24-2023, 12:59 PM
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TrailManor Master
Join Date: Sep 2021
Location: Utah
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bill
Aw, c'mon, Mr Woodworth. Could any of the common folk - the real campers - afford to rent a private rail car and have it pulled to a handy railroad siding at the location of their choice? I can't imagine my Dad doing it. No wonder the RV industry took off so quickly once it started!
Bill
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Henry Ford and his buddies started the whole car camping "thing"!
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04-24-2023, 02:13 PM
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TrailManor Master
Join Date: Jan 2022
Location: San Diego, California
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Quote:
Originally Posted by wbmiller3
My dad's first camper in the 60s was a Cox. Canvas top, heavy as hell beds that were just hinged and you had to lift them up and out. I remember us going through I don't know how many tires on a trip to Arizona in 1969. As an 8 year old kid I insisted on being able to watch the moon landing, so took along a tiny B&W portable TV.
(Picture from www.popupcamperhistory.com)
Note in the brochure, both the humans, and the trailers, are referred to as "campers".
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My 1st trailer "Camper" was a "Nimrod" and it looked just like that one. You can see it up against the garage door in this pic from 1975. Before that, I only had traditional slide in truck campers.
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04-25-2023, 03:25 PM
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Site Sponsor
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Southeast of Houston, Texas
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I remember seeing Nimrod campers.
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04-25-2023, 05:25 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2008
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Cox was my first camper, loved it! Easy to set up in the rain which I did more than once!
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