10 VINTAGE CAMPERS THAT WERE "AHEAD OF THEIR TIME"
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- What is the best vintage camper? Not every vintage camper was a huge commercial success. Even nowadays, new and unique designs are often loved or scorned by the public. Check out these 10 VINTAGE CAMPERS THAT WERE "AHEAD OF THEIR TIME"
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0:28 1913 Earl Travel Trailer
1:10 1939 Lindbergh Travel Trailer
Designed by an engineer of the Sir Francis Drake Hotel
1:57 Ford Model ‘A’ House-car
Created by Ford
2:55 1935 Airstream Torpedo
The Airstream Corporation
3:56 1964 Ford Thames 400E Campervan
The manufacturer is Ford UK
4:44 1954 Hille Ranger aka The Sport Ranger
Produced by Hille Manufacturing
5:39 1974 FMC 2900R Motorhome
Designed by Food Machinery Company
6:39 1962 FaWoBoo Campers
7:37 The Harmon Shadow
Designed by Harmon Industries
8:40 1962 Windspiel Camper
Designed by U. Maly
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Minds Eye Design , yes i know but let me tell you that for this video the description it' s not so clear cause
many people in the wold , that follow you, not always can understand everything.
In any case enteresting products.
One of the most beautiful motor home was also ahead of it's time created by GMC. Most RV's were boxy looking. The GMC Motor Coach had soft rounded styling and well appointed interior components.
The Shadow was amazing! To be able to pull a fifth wheel trailer with something like a bug car AND it turned around like it did! You wouldn't have to buy a whole other vehicle just to pull a fifth wheel. The swivel was genius. We got all kinds of mess to go on top of vehicles now, so making it functional wouldn't be an issue. I hope someone revives life back into that one. I would LOVE to see a hatchback coupe with this.
The GMC Motorhome is an engineering marvel. The only motorhome to be built by a major car manufacturer. Built fro 73 to 78 close to 70% of these are still around.
And GMC today, knowing people WANT these, will not manufacture them again.
One of the best class A motorhomes I've seen was made by Bluebird, the school bus mfr for about 6 mos. in the late 80's. This would make a great addition to another compilation of this type. As an active RVer for over 40 yrs I really enjoyed this trip down memory lane. Thank you.
Best group of campers.....wish they were still on the market....
The restored a FMC on the show Counting cars. It was beautifully done in classic 70’s style.
My Dad took a FMC city bus with a chair lift and built us a desert rig. The Greyhound he built previously was way to nice to use for an everyday camper.
That bus was built near me.
7:58 The Shadow is very maneuverable, and with a proper frame mounted on a vehicle it would do well today.
Weird bit of trivia about the FMC. It’s built on surplus amphibious assault chassis from WWII. Supposedly guaranteed for a million miles. Well, I mean barring German 150mm Shell intrusions. Lol.
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My Grandparents had an FMC, man it was fun as a kid playing around a house on wheels! Fond memories of shag carpeting too! Lol
Wonderful video and nice machines!!!
My husband started talking about wanting to build his own teardrop camper (he's a journeyman carpenter).
I never really knew what they were but I love vintage camping items so I wanted to learn more. I love all of these & hope to find a vintage camper such as one of these. There's something magical about them all. I wish my parents would had kept the one we had growing up.
@6:00 My dad went the reverse route, bought an old school bus and turned it into a camper! It was kinda neat riding in a school bus that wasn't taking you to school. A kid's revenge! LOL
Thanks for this video, I have never seen a lot of these old ones never new they existed.
These campers are just wonderful!!!!
This was a GREAT video. Thanks for producing it. #7 a personal favorite.
The Thames van & that first pop up were my favorites.
Very cool campers! I usually think of campers as a fairly recent phenomenon, but this reminded me how cool they were back in the day. If 800 of 1000 FMC’s are still around, that’s a well built camper.
I like the first and last one the most. I will look the first one listed, for the replica.
I liked the one that now sells for about $2000.
You get an upvote just for not having a clickbait picture like 95% of other "Top 10"-videos.
Back in the day 1930's my dad and some friends designed and built a pop up out of oak and canvas. They were teenagers living in Akron and all grew up to be engineers.
My dad made some pretty cool stuff like that to.
Yes there is another one, which I have. My Grandfather bought it new in 1974 Try to find the Gugel Kamerad. This is small foldable tent camper. It weights only 200kg ,is small like a VW Bug. You can drive them with any small car and you need no extra fuel when towing. Arrived on place you get a tent house with to sleep cabins, table with for places and a big room for kitchen- about 16qm. The Gugel Kamerad was produced in Freiburg, Germany.
no. 6 is ingenious. love how it converts into motor home . smart looking!
Roma Caravans in Australia started in 1928, are probably the oldest continuous Caravan/ Travel Trailer in the world and the same family own it
There have been pop up trailers in Australia since the 1930's, that is why a substantial industry in Australia
I own a 1974 FMC 2900R that I am mechanically going through system by system before I take it on the road. It only has 72,000 miles on it. Can't wait to take it out. :)
Awesome.
They look cool. Wish I had one.
That shadow trailer seems really cool!
My friend has the shorter version of the GMC. All original except standard worn parts replacement. The air suspension float!!!! Its so cool! These are all amazing!! Thanks!
I always enjoy the peek at interesting vehicles that you find.
some beauties in there ... thank you
The Apollo Sceptre, this elegant luxury diesel pusher debuted for the 1982 model year and production ended in 1984 with only 44 units made. This coach was of the highest quality and the $175,000 price reflected this
LOVE the Windspiel!
Talk about a blast from the past
great vid, thanks for respecting your viewers time with limited BS
The GMC motorhome, Eriba Puck, Teton Homes 5th wheel, the VW Camper variants, the first "tiny homes", "Toy haulers", and "park models".
I used to work for Hi-Teck in Smyrna, TN. they made a camper called a Play-Pac that could be pulled my a VW bug.
About 1972.
Larry Reeves I actually own one. A stock 1973 model that i plan on updating but can be camped in as-is. I LOVE IT!
With my parents and sister. My family used to have a Starcraft pop up camper from the 1970’s. My parents bought it in 1976 used. We had lots of fun in camping those 3 years. We did used it when guests will used it or my parents during the 80’s when we had a vacation house. Even my parents used it for my sister or myself to sleep in the early 90’s. My parents sold it to a friend’s daughter who was married with a couple of children in the early 90’s. I do missed it.
We owned Serro Scotty for many years. It was perfect for 2, only a little tricky to maneuver in high winds, but we spent and enjoyed many vacations in it.
Very cool!
I like the 1962 Windspiel Camper Designed by U. Maly, as unlike a number of them showing that cost more it does not require cranking or assembly to be able to use, and because of the materials it has a roof that does not rot.
What a Video! THANX! WELL DONE!
That Shadow is awesome.
You missed the Revcon, which was way ahead of its time. It was a custom chassis, aircraft aluminum, front wheel drive motorhome. Designed by the stepson of Wally Byam; John Hall. It was very light weight, and used the front drive from a Tornado front end, which was later copied by the well known GMC. It was a very high end coach, with teak and Wilsonart laminate throughout. The cabinets were only framed, with honeycomb cored laminate. The first units sold in 1971 for around $22,000. They were built all the way through the 80s, with a '33 footer selling for $125,000 in 1983. They are pretty rare, in the last 20 years, I've only seen 2 others out on the road other than my own. Due to the light weight design, the center of gravity was slight under 30 inches. When properly maintained, these coaches would drive and handle like no other motorhome. Far superior to any other motorhome ever built. It was very stable at high speeds. I could cruise comfortably at speeds well in excess of 85 mph and hit 100 mph once with no ill handling issues.
Just bought one from 1980 in the Dalles, Or. got it for 1500$, and am in the process of interior renovations. It sat for 6 yrs, but after a basic tune up (and not even changing he fluids), the motor turned right over. It’s shockingly spacious, due to the front wheel drive, feature, since it doesn’t have a driveshaft running up the middle. All of the interior lights still work, and the storage capacity is surprising, between the boot under the couch, the boot under the bed, accessible from the rear of the coach, and the roof. It’s got a massive water tank, which still holds water, under the bed, and while claustrophobic, it does have a shower. I’m ver 6 ft, so I’m considering making it a little wider once we renovate. Objectively, one of the best rvs I’ve ever been in, and it’s 42 this year.
Your spot on about the speed, and handling. It needs some power steering fluid I believe, but that’s to be expected, after 6yrs idol.
Theyre awesome..i love it
#2 had me rolling!
My family crossed America one summer after my dad had retired from the Marines and headed us all east. We did that in a VW Campervan conversion...
I liked this so much, I had to watch it again!!!!
the GMC MOTORHOMES were ahead of their time also!
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6:40 is priceless. ok, these were already great videos. Pat Boone's No more mr nice guy is the best. and yes folks, that album really happened lol. +1 sub :)
I owned in the early 1970's a slide-in camper made by Starcraft but designed and sold exclusively by Ford Motor Company. Fiberglass with a fiberglass liner and a very tall roof. It was extremely roomy and at 11 1/2 ft. Very Heavy. But a real treat. Sold well until the gas crunch of 1973.
I love the shadow. Its so cool, just gotta fab a small rack attached to the roof. no drilling required. for the king pin . easyly trip people out😛
I love the housecar I could live in that nicely .
The VW looks really cool. It looks like it was easier to maneuver than a lot of fifth wheelers.
Several companies offered small fiberglass campers in the sixties and seventies. I own and am restoring a 1972 Hunter industrees Compact II 13 foot camper.
The last one is perfect camper!
👍👍Thank you! Thank you!
They are all uniquely designed and they are pretty amazing
Last one, perfect for car camping.
I would have definitely loved the Shadow.
Beautiful has my vote for ugly or beautiful campers! never met a camper I didnt love!!!
I am with you Beverly!!!
The Hille Ranger was bought out by Forlyn mfg. of Minneapolis MN and mfg. the trailer in to the early 60's. It was called the Ranger till Ford sued for rights of the name. My father was the owner. The trailer was also sold to 7up as a soda trailer for the Fair and shows. also was sold to a casket company to haul Casket's this had fixed walls and would haul six caskets.
The Apache hard sided pop up should have been on the list. It was innovative but the price drove it off the market. It was priced higher than a canvas sided popup and the monthly payment was almost equal to what you would pay a month for a Class C motorhome. The length of the payment term was shorter than a Class C, but it was harder to justify such a high payment for a popup. Most camper buyers went elsewhere.
What makes you think it isn't on one of our other many camper videos? Keep in mind this is not our only video. Thanks for the feedback.
Nice ... Thanks much :)
Okay. That Shadow is kind of brilliant.
Yes, it is. And would be very useful in today's market. Good idea, but the hitch not so well thought out.
NUMBER 2 WOULD BE MY CHOICE. LIKE THE WAY YOU PARK IT! LOL
I think you meant to say " ahead of other peoples' time " .
The builders were fine - the Bucky Fullers of this world are always underappreciated .
Hi Wow you're a Genius, I will definitely keep your ideas in mind
The Airstream Torpedo looks almost like my Basecamp!
Very neat and cool
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#8 @ 1:59 *"1st Crossover!"*
I like it!
Hi Glen, I waited to finally see the submarine! But where, oh where is the VW Westphalia??? I had a VW vanagan and toured all over Mexico in it in the days when no passports were required....I converted it myself into a camper but when I finally got the real-deal Westphalia with the pop top, kitchen, upstairs/downstairs beds I was a truly happy camper...well, until a crooked mechanic got hold of it. Maybe the Westie doesn’t count as sufficiently vintage since so many must still be on the road(?) though no longer following the Grateful Dead around the country...(I later graduated to a 22’ class c GMC mounted Winnebago but after touching base in every state in the South, am currently back in the market for a Dodge caravan I’ll build a camper into (now that my Volvo stationwagon art-car blew its engine). As a traveling musician I’ve also car-camped and couch-surfed. Get in touch. Watch the video about me living in my storage and in “the Notorious Brattmobile” (the GMC Class C motorhome). Depending on your location it’d be fun to do a phone interview about all of this. I don’t have a podcast but I do have my FCC radio broadcast license from my graduate days...My youtube channel is where you’ll find that video and a few more. Janet Bratter 737 703 7243 call/and-or text....rsvp!!
Good suggestion thank you and I'll be sure to include it in one of the next camper videos.
Epic!
I love them.
I had a 1969 LEE liner 16 foot with bad former shower small kitchen but it was super rusty and I walked through the floor 10 years ago I try to build some of it but it the tires on it were 35 years old I still have the paperwork on it I meant if somebody got it out and literally went right through the whole thing I don’t have the key to it I still have the information on it. I did have a 3125 Watt generator. It is gas powered tarda believe it’s 14 years old now I still use it I bought it for 300 bucks I got the camper for nothing it was given to me and I had it for 10 years and then I went out and bought a brand spanking new camper which now is a 2016 heartland prowler 18 LX My camper now it’s all under 23 feet long 8 feet wide and 10’ x 9” high I just want to say it’s an upgrade to that since a double axle now you’re the one is a single axle but this one has a shower a decent shower and I want to upgrade to another Camper for at three so what’s a toy holler or are you off fifth wheeler I also want to have a side-by-side in it so I can go riding around with it
LOVE THE HOUSE CAR CAMPER ,I WOULD BUY ONE LIKE THAT NOW DAYS!!!
Lol, the last has a license plate of Ravensburg/Germany, wich is about 20 miles from my home. Sweet. :)
Lol. Of course! It is a "Vindspiel!" 🤭
I've heard of the FMC motorhome, but sadly it wasn't on the market for very long, from 1973 to 1976.
Yeah but Danny got one.
@@chaosdemonwolf1 Who?
#10 - I thought replicas were supposed to actually resemble what they're replicating.
#1 - The only one I _really_ like.
this ia an a plus vedio. love the campers. this is class the way it was meant to be
I love the VW Phoenix camper!
My favorite was #6. Groovey.
That bubble camper in the beginning is very cool looking.
I liked number 2 it would be even cooler if a person could make one longer with 2 or 3 slide outs, and the top bunk tall enough to stand up in.....
Nice video
A lot of those are really cute!
The last one was the best !!
8 is a like, cause it's a caravan and transport combined.
6 as well, wonderful.
4 looks luxurious, but i would need a license for big busses.
2 would fit 💯% for my mom.
Lindberg's trailer looks all the world like a likely forerunner to the Airstream.
I don't like the blunt front end
The Boler campers were hugely popular in the mid 70's to the early 80's in Canada. They are still in demand and there are Boler clubs that have meets.
This make me want to cry. My Grandfather was Water E Hille Number 5. For so long he never got recognition. Now his name is every were. And just for claification the E at the end of Hille is not silent. It Hill(e). :D My brother was given everything that had to due with his trailer designs and because he was a selfish person it all burned up in the Camp Fire. Oh well . But this is great. Oh ps my maiden name is Hille.
Hello Susen Freemyers, thanks for the feedback!
When we upgraded our horse pulled wagons, awesome!
Missing the Orion, based on Hanomag-Henschel (later Mercedes-Benz), built of two halfs (left and right) of glass fiber laminate...
...and the Vixen!
good video
8:42 would make a good prop for a Star Trek shuttle pod.
Great
If ever in northern Illinois stop by the Volo auto museum. They have a collection of old rv’s. Like the ford shown in the video
I like the vw trailer combo the best. That is sweeetuh.
FMC made another vehicle that made an awesome camper that i slept in many times. the M113 Armoured Personnel Carrier. there was heaps of room to sleep in the back of them. we always used to say we park out tent not pitch it.