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    Posted: 27 Jan 2010 at 8:05pm
I really don't know why but to me the older campers really had class.  I have a 1966 Scotty that is a shell that I'm starting to rebuild and also looking at trying to get a 1950 Sportcraft Trailer.  Neat history on them.  And then we go into these modern rpods that are different then the other boxes out there.

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Love the interior on those oldies.
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Posts: 152 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 28 Jan 2010 at 8:58am
It also serves to remind us how the basic layouts have been around forever.  Maybe someday our Pods will be "vintage" travel trailers!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 28 Jan 2010 at 4:21pm
I am envious of you who have some of the vintage stuff.  It is a project I would like to do - if I had more time and money.  Maybe someday or when I retire.
 
I would like to find something "period correct" to pull behind my 1963 Impala SS (it's a real SS, not a clone).  Any suggestions? That ought to shake 'em up in the campground!  Thanks for sharing!
 
 
I've seen guys do this only a couple of times before and it just blew me away.  Keep us posted on what you're doing.  Maybe you could pass along tips, etc. and take pictures of your work in progress.  I bet I'm not the only one who would enjoy it!
 
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Posts: 3990 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 28 Jan 2010 at 4:47pm
Grrr the thing I hate about e-bay motors is that you can find just about anything out there and then when you think you are winning Bamm you lost!  Lost out on a 1959 Camper by $1.00 today as right before the auction end I had to take care of a problem at work.  Oh well guess there will be others.  
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Posts: 3990 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 28 Jan 2010 at 4:50pm
Wow I like that SS David!  Very nice.  A scotty Camper would like nice behind that.  I hope to start posting pictures of my 66 Scotty shortly but it is a realy basket case right now.  What looked not too bad turned into a nightmare very quickly.  More rot and water damage than I would have liked to see.
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I love looking at the oldies.  A neighbor down the road has an oldie (or at least looks old from the outsideLOL) looks to be about a 10-12'.  We've been tempted to stop in and ask him about it.  Maybe in spring or summer.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 29 Jan 2010 at 10:49am
I don't know enough about the "oldies" to speak of....just have casually looked.  From what I have seen, it seems as though none have had a toilet or shower.  Is this a "modern" thing in Campers?
I have only looked at smaller ones, however.  I keep repeating to myself that I don't need another project.
 
The Scotties are cool.  What do you think of the NEW Scotties? 
 
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Posts: 1214 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 29 Jan 2010 at 3:22pm
    I read once long ago of a man his name was Glenn Curtis who had built camping trailers in a small town Opalaka, Fla near where I lived and worked. He built airplanes too, and his trailers were airstream shaped. This was back during the depression and before World War II. The Idea of aero- dynamic trailers have been around a long time. The art deco period may have had something to do with the design. Has anyone seen one of his trailers in person. I found pictures on the internet.     
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