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Old Campers...Let's see what you got!

Discussion in 'The Antiquated' started by mctim64, Jun 4, 2009.

  1. Rusty O'Toole
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    The dolly wheel is called a "Slimp wheel" which was one popular brand, although there were others. This was an accessory made for easy towing of heavy trailers behind unmodified cars. If you want to see one in action check out "The Long Long Trailer" a 1954 comedy in which they tow a 35 foot New Moon trailer with a Mercury convertible.

    They worked ok when towing speeds were 35 - 45 MPH, not so much today.

    You need one like a hole in the head, if you are towing an Airfloat trailer with a 1 ton truck. Back in the day if you hired a professional trailer mover to tow your trailer to a new site, that is what they used, a 1 ton truck. Without the dolly wheel.

    The dolly wheel or Slimp wheel went out of fashion when the load leveling hitch with spring bars came in. This was in the mid to late fifties.

    It's all part of the modern trend to overkill in tow vehicles. Lots of people today, tow Airstream trailers with dually trucks with 1000 pound spring bars. In a few years the trailer gets beaten to death.
     
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  2. roughneck424
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  3. TooManyFords
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    from Peotone IL

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    Picked this gutted baby off the internet last year. Made the mistake of sanding on it with my mask around my neck. Got real sick and missed half the camping season. Redid the inside for my taste. Just use it for sleeping in. no cooking.
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  4. Jim
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    36 truck and 58 Corvette trailer.


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  5. b-bop
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    Not mine, but a very early pop up camper


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  6. Anymore pics of the caddy and camper together?


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  7. Buddy Palumbo
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  8. Model T1
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    Thanks. Maybe they weren't used in the midwest or I was too busy driving to notice. With my early RV's we never even knew about equalizing hitches and sway bars. That all came later as I got longer trailers that swayed.
    Never too old to learn from the HAMB.
     
  9. NewportNic
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  10. Here's a few pics of my 15' Serro Scotty. It belonged to my wife's grandparents. They upgraded from a 13 footer when she was little so she could camp with them. Currently being refreshed.

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  11. There is usually a impressive amount of vintage camper that show up at The Steel in Motion show in Union,South Carolina. HRP
     
  12. flynbrian48
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    We sold or '46 Spartan Manor, it's headed for France, and we'll be starting on Spartan #3 soon, a '47 Manor.


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  13. Maverick Daddy
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    021915220211-1.jpg Dont know what it is, saw it in Wyoming.
     
  14. Corvair powered UltraVan
     
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  15. ...I like anythng old on wheels including old trailers,...here's one I recently drew woodart all 014.jpg
     
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  16. Oldstrk
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    A picture of our rig and our little stand I painted to go along with it wagon5.jpg pin68.jpg
     
  17. Tatorboy
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    There will also be a swap meet. Not that kind of swap meet Pappy!
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  18. Clik
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    Is that burned into the wood? Cool.
     
  19. thanks,...no, that's hand-drawn on the wood with a Flair pen and pencil shading, then cleared with 2 coats of satin varnish brushed on....check out the Friday Art Show every week...
     
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  20. Model T1
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    Funny Ultras (3).jpg
    Yes, that's an UltraVan built like an airplane without a frame using the holding tanks and aluminum ribs to keep it together as a unibody. Front and rear are fibreglass. Less than 400 were made Corvair powered. After Corvair production stopped in 1969 some 40 small block Chevys were made and a short run of 350 Toronado complete drive train and subframes were built. Front suspention was modified Chevy II.
    Production costs and modern truck chassis motorhomes soon made the UltraVan obsolete.
     
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  21. Clik
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    Burned in or not, I like the style.
     
  22. daddio211
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    It's a wheeled suppository. I happen to know a few people who are such big assholes they need something of this caliber!
     
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  23. Thank you.
     
  24. Just picked up this 24' 1959 Airstream Tradewinds. Nearly all original, in nice shape, plan to restore it and trick out the interior in vintage tiki doodads. It'll double as our guest house, and as an AirBnB.
     

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  25. And it came complete with the sheep, too! Very cool... :)
     
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  26. unklgriz
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    so, do any of you know what it takes to restore a propane fridge? We have a 64 airstream that has been sitting since 83 and the fridge doesn't want to cool down. Any suggestion?

    Lary
     
  27. Lol, my apologies to your pooch! :eek:
     
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