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Inside This Issue Index Glitzy Glamper
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1954 Lakewood - 4000 mile trip
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1937 Packard Motor Home
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Camper Vans
Cool Camper Vans
1962 Chevrolet Corvair
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1963 VW Sundial -1949 Harris
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1967 Westfalia
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1969 VW Bus -1968 Eribe Puck
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1974 Winnie Wagon
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Rock Guard Revival
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USA Rally Calendar
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I think I have always been an old soul. My mother was a saver, some may say hoarder, of trinkets and things that reminded her of the past. I have her antique china hutch that always held a prominent place in our house when I was a child. I can remember that it was filled with everything from her Franciscan dish-ware, that was a wedding gift, to some ratty looking dolls that held memories for her because they were her aunts. With her passing, I now have the dishes, decades of family photos and 8mm films and what I can recall of the stories that were relayed to me from relatives that are no longer around to tell their tales. My grandfather was a mechanic and had a service station, garage and junk yard in the 1950s-60s. (That’s a picture of the service station in the “We Buy” ad below left.) My brothers and cousins grew up playing in Nan and Pop’s garage and junkyard and around all the old cars and parts. As I got older, my passion for old cars never wavered. When we stumbled in to the vintage trailer hobby it seemed like more of a natural extension of our love of “vintage” as opposed to us starting a new hobby. The vintage lifestyle that most of us embrace includes most anything midcentury Americana. My interests include everything from the cars and the trailers to bicycles, Classic Honda Trail Bike motorcycles, vans and motor homes. I expect that most people that read this magazine are not much different than us. My experience with the hundreds (or thousands) of people that we have met in the hobby is that we are all like-minded in our desire to preserve the past. In this issue of the magazine we have featured just a few of the cool camper vans we have come across in our travels. Not only are they fantastic examples International Truck Camper of how people were camping in the past, but they also make great tow rigs for vintage trailers! What’s next? Maybe a feature on vintage motor homes or maybe house cars? Send us your pictures and stories. We’d love to see em!
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1 9 3 7 PA C K A R D M O T O R H O M E A good cleaning and a clear coat over the exterior’s subtle patina was all it needed to restore the original beauty to this museum quality coach. photos by Hal Thoms Packard was an American luxury automobile marque built by the Packard Motor Car Company of Detroit, Michigan, United States. The first Packard automobiles were produced in 1899, and the last one in 1956. During the Depression, Packard was producing more affordable cars. In 1935, the company introduced its first car under $1000. Sales more than tripled that year and doubled again in 1936. Gilbert found this one-of-a-kind Packard RV in a barn in San Bernardino, CA. Since it had been stored out of the weath-
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er, it was preserved in amazing original condition. A good cleaning and a clear coat over the exterior’s subtle patina was all it needed to restore the original beauty to this museum quality coach. The six-cylinder flathead motor only took a little coaxing to get it going. With only 40,000 miles on the odometer it should have plenty of life left in it. Gilbert has been offered well over six figures for this black beauty but for now it is not enough motivation for him to part with his peek at the past.
W H AT H A P P E N E D I N 1 9 3 7 ? Amelia Mary Earhart mysteriously disappeared over the Pacific Ocean during a circumnavigation flight Walt Disney premieres “Snow White and the Seven Dwarves” at the Carthay Circle Theater in Los Angeles, California. The German airship Hindenburg bursts into flames while attempting to moor at Lakehurst, New Jersey. Aviator Howard Hughes breaks his own transcontinental flight speed record when he flies from Los Angeles to Newark. Actor and future U.S. President Ronald Reagan makes his film debut in “Love Is on the Air.” Inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s second term The Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco, is opened.
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fornia. The camper got a new steering wheel from Koch’s along with new elephant ear mirrors. All the glass was polished including the camper Jalousie style windows and the front and rear safari windows. Inside, all new Baltic Birch Wood had to be painstakingly cut and rolled into
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place with all divider trim installed, new curtains from Belgium were purchased. New hard wood floors were installed. The leather seats and German square weave carpets were done by Chris Plante of Plante Interior in Santa Rosa, California. The top pops up so a person can change their pants or dress and smell the fresh air Continued on page 30
1968 Eriba Puck 1969 VW Bus The Eriba Puck has a strong tubular steel frame construction, a moulded plastic roof and aluminum skins making it strong and lightweight. One of the best features about the Eriba is that it can be pulled by even a small car like a VW bug or van. First manufactured in 1958, The aerodynamically designed Puck weighs little more than 500 pounds.
Ruben and Linda Ramirez Roseville, CA Photos by Dale Godfrey
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