Motorhomes in the beginning

[bcp]

Lots of photos here:

Vintage Motorhomes - Coffs Coast Holiday Parks

Motorhomes of yesteryear. These amazing vintage motorhomes were once road tripping across the lands. Which is your favourite? Could you imagine driving in one of these today? 1926 1929 1909 1924 1920 1939 1920’s 1926 1919 1947 1920’s 1918 1921 1924 1920’s […]

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Bruce

 

[Wagtail]

The lack of sideview mirrors and very limited driver's visibility on many of the examples is of 'concern'.

 

[Tinhack]

When I first got this property, I put a 1956 22' Airstream on it just to have a place to sit down when I came to the property to start cleaning up. It was all original inside and out. As dated as it was, it was remarkably comfortable. I could have lived in that thing if it had air conditioning.

 

[oosik]

When going to college - 1960 to 1965 - I worked summers for Alaska Dept of Fish & Game. Summer of 1962 we had a WW2 trailer. It was so darn heavy we could hardly pull it with a half ton pickup. Inside it was built like a tank. Full thickness wood paneling throughout. Everything was steel - no plastic or aluminum. Thank goodness - I returned to college that fall BEFORE the trailer had to be towed back to ADF&G headquarters.

We were stationed on a river on the Kenai Peninsula.

 

[cqaigy2]

When I first got this property, I put a 1956 22' Airstream on it just to have a place to sit down when I came to the property to start cleaning up. It was all original inside and out. As dated as it was, it was remarkably comfortable. I could have lived in that thing if it had air conditioning.

Yes, those older Airstreams were surprisingly comfortable to live in. I don't remember what year it was, but lived in a smaller one for about a year. For one person, it worked pretty well. I was always looking and marveling at how well it was built and laid out.

 

[Oaktree]

Some of those rigs were pretty ingenius, others not so much.
Not too far removed from the "portable" tiny houses of today.