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1937 'Housecar' - Interesting
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Old Henry |
10-27-2012 @ 6:04 PM
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How 'bout a 1935 GM House Car? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cg01fycwuOk Or a 1938 International house car: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnethWR4Cj0
Old Henry (The older I get, the better old looks.)
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Old Henry |
10-27-2012 @ 11:15 AM
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Here's a 1915 Kampkar: http://www.pbase.com/jimthode/1915kampkar Here's a 1921 model: http://www.pbase.com/rpdoody/image/106512927 Old Henry (The older I get, the better old looks.)
This message was edited by Old Henry on 10-27-12 @ 11:18 AM
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trjford8 |
10-26-2012 @ 7:17 PM
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In the teens you could buy a Kamp-Kar that was on a Model T chassis.I guess you could have called it an early motor home. It had sleeping and cooking facilities.
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Stroker |
10-26-2012 @ 11:16 AM
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MG: It is indeed "interesting", but I'm not sure it is really a "first". I'd guess that the first big three motorhome was probably the Dodge Travco in the mid sixties, followed by the GM motorhome a few years later. Adaptions of Ford commercial chassis (except school buses) were often very limited in number. To me however, the most interesting aspect of this otherwise well-executed design is the choice of a V8-60 for power. Perhaps this is why it only had 19,000 original miles. It surely was at its' best when parked.
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MG |
10-26-2012 @ 9:53 AM
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Is it that Ford invented the Motorhome as we know it today? http://gtamarketing.com/1937FordHousecar.html?utm_source=October+2012&utm_campaign=October+2012&utm_medium=email
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