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Wed Apr 04, 2012 5:12 pm

http://www.gtamarketing.com/1937FordHousecar.html

someone sent me this link, very neat!

Wed Apr 04, 2012 5:18 pm

That's awesome. I'd drive that with almost as much pride as the westy! (almost)

Wed Apr 04, 2012 5:22 pm

:bay_blue: I'll take the pop top, cool! :D

Wed Apr 04, 2012 5:24 pm

I think I remember seeing a motor home built on a Model T type chassis at the RV/MH Hall of Fame in Elkhart, Indiana. It had wood wainscot paneling and a pot belly stove in it. I think it would be a few years earlier than this one. There is a slide in the show below that shows stuff from the 1910/20's

http://roadtripmemories.com/2010/02/13/february-10-2010-rv-mh-museum-elkhart-indiana/

Wed Apr 04, 2012 5:40 pm

The Henry Ford museum has a Model T camper (in a photo with the Ford and Firestone families camping) from 1917ish.

Thu Apr 05, 2012 2:36 pm

I dig it, I really like the rustic cabin look inside, Looks roomy and comfortable.

Thu Apr 05, 2012 2:40 pm

Kute! I thought this was going to be another age thingie and I was going to tell you about NellieBell. :lol:

Fri Apr 06, 2012 6:09 pm

Very cool, indeed!

Although, I wouldn't call it the "first camper"; I'd call it the first modern camper. Why? Because of this:

Equipped with built-in cabinets and a spring mattress bed.

Pretty plush for the 1800s.

:wink:

Sat Apr 07, 2012 8:20 am

Kam, what's the horse power on that? Is it air or water cooled and does it recycle in any way :lol:

Sat Apr 07, 2012 8:37 am

kamzcab86 wrote: Very cool, indeed!

Although, I wouldn't call it the "first camper"; I'd call it the first modern camper. Why? Because of this:

Equipped with built-in cabinets and a spring mattress bed.

Pretty plush for the 1800s.

:wink:

Thats cool what is that 2 horse power?

Sat Apr 07, 2012 1:20 pm

DAIZEE wrote: Kam, what's the horse power on that? Is it air or water cooled and does it recycle in any way :lol:

sixfootdan wrote:
Thats cool what is that 2 horse power?

I imagine at least 2, but possibly even up to 4 when fully loaded. Unfortunately, there weren't any details on it and the museum was closed that day. I didn't notice it at the time, but I see now that it was probably part of a wagon train; so multiple horses, if not oxen probably pulled it.

And Zee, both air and water... the first hybrid engines! :lol:

Sat Apr 07, 2012 2:10 pm

kamzcab86 wrote: DAIZEE wrote: Kam, what's the horse power on that? Is it air or water cooled and does it recycle in any way :lol:

sixfootdan wrote:
Thats cool what is that 2 horse power?

I imagine at least 2, but possibly even up to 4 when fully loaded. Unfortunately, there weren't any details on it and the museum was closed that day. I didn't notice it at the time, but I see now that it was probably part of a wagon train; so multiple horses, if not oxen probably pulled it.

And Zee, both air and water... the first hybrid engines! :lol: Nope. That's a sheep wagon. They were and still are used by the sheepherders who are out in the summer pasture with the sheep. In the old days usually pulled by 1 or 2 horses, now usually pulled up top where they spend their summer by a pickup. Lots of them still in use in Idaho by the Basque sheepherders.

http://idahosheepcamp.com/

Sat Apr 07, 2012 2:38 pm

Interesting. I'm thinking they are also close to what the Gypsy or "Roma" lived in on their nomadic freestyle.

Sat Apr 07, 2012 2:40 pm

kamzcab86 wrote: DAIZEE wrote: Kam, what's the horse power on that? Is it air or water cooled and does it recycle in any way :lol:

sixfootdan wrote:
Thats cool what is that 2 horse power?

I imagine at least 2, but possibly even up to 4 when fully loaded. Unfortunately, there weren't any details on it and the museum was closed that day. I didn't notice it at the time, but I see now that it was probably part of a wagon train; so multiple horses, if not oxen probably pulled it.

And Zee, both air and water... the first hybrid engines! :lol:

I did not see someone else used the horsepower joke before me, I have that wack job lady on my ignore list. Cool wagon though. 8)

Sat Apr 07, 2012 5:59 pm

before i clicked on this and opened it up i thought it was going to be about some VW Geezer that has been bus camping since 1950some-odd! :wink:

Sun Apr 08, 2012 5:48 am

"wack job lady" not Kute but funny from my point of view :lol:

Sun Apr 08, 2012 9:52 am

When was corrugated, galvanized steel sheeting invented?
:-k

Sun Apr 08, 2012 1:01 pm

notchback wrote: Nope. That's a sheep wagon. They were and still are used by the sheepherders who are out in the summer pasture with the sheep. In the old days usually pulled by 1 or 2 horses, now usually pulled up top where they spend their summer by a pickup. Lots of them still in use in Idaho by the Basque sheepherders.

http://idahosheepcamp.com/

Thanks. Nice to know what the original traveling camper was/is used for!

KTPhil wrote: When was corrugated, galvanized steel sheeting invented?
:-k

"CGI [corrugated galvanized iron] was invented in the 1820s in Britain by Henry Palmer, architect and engineer to the London Dock Company. It was originally made (as the name suggests) from wrought iron.
...
Wrought iron CGI was gradually replaced by mild steel from around the 1890s."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corrugated_galvanised_iron.

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