This video is a valuable and Historical production that documented the leading edge of vacation trailers for their time. It is like walking into a classic Travel Home Museum. I thank all who did the research and editing all the photos and added a well done Narration to boot.
My late wife and I used to own a '78 Allegro 27' motorhome that we bought and fixed up. We had so much fun just taking weekend and vacation trips in that thing. Wish I could do something like that again but not enough time left, sadly.
Wow loved this video. Do more we want show. As a kid I remember our family moved here from Michigan. And all we could find to live in was a trailer park. I remember a few of these odd looking babies. These were my first loves.
Baby Boomers nowadays miss the "Good Old Days" & these Retro & Modern Retro Look RV's are being bought up ..we don't have a Retro Rig but we love ❤our 24 ft.2000 Gulf Stream Sport E350 Ford V10 "C Class"👍
Wow this was one of the most enjoyable videos. I can remember early 60s Shasta, we had mid 60s Fan saw 32 state’s with it through 69. Then College but a do have some great memories. Thanks for a walk through the past..
I lived for a year in a half in a 1971 Kayot ("coyote") 23' Class A, with a fiberglass body on a Dodge chassis. It had a powerhouse 413 engine that got 4 mpg. Gas was cheap in 71, lol. I've never, in all my years, seen another Kayot.
my granparents had a shasta. we borrowed it one summer and my parents took me to see the grand canyon, zion, bryce, and the hoover dam. caught mt lassen on the way home. I will never forget that trip or that camper.
The British Post Office van you showed is a Vauxhall Combo, not a Commer, a make which is long gone. Back in the day they used the van version to transport the post. There was a licencing deal between Commer and Dodge, so the later vans had the Rootes badges on them until they were bought out by Chrysler. I've got a 2009 Combo in white, a very common small van over here even if they are getting on a bit. Loved the vid, those fifth wheel monsters must have been awesome to live in, I liked the split level one best.
Circa 1965 a freind of my Dad's pulled a Shasta (with the two wings on the back as shown on the video) from LA to Marietta, GA, with an Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser. He and his wife and their SIX GIRLS made the trip. After visiting us for a few days they went on to DC where he had been transferred. How they survived I have no idea, but they seemed quite happy.
Fun nostalgia. Our family's first Class C was a 1970 Shasta. BTW, Shasta is pronounced with a soft a, like "cat," like the volcano in N. California and the soda pop, "It hasta be Shasta." (-:
Cool, just needs some shag carpet, red mood lighting, mirrored ceilings, sound system, maybe a window/ skylight that kicks out, racing shocks, some way to hose it out... Small's ok, just delete the dancer pole(s).
We bought a new 17’ Airstream Caravel in 1964 for about $4,000. Family of four used it every summer to travel to to Mexico and western US. We finally sold it last year for $10,000 and it is now in Great Britain being used as a bread and breakfast. What a history! Most perfect little trailer ever made. It had a full bath in back. We built a cabana for it so it was stored out of the weather.
I'm in the process of restoring my Vintage 1973 Streamline Imperial travel trailer...(32') Purchased from a friend of mine who had been using it at his Hunting Camp... The exterior will stay all original, which is all aluminum... The interior has way to much damage to keep original, but I will make it as retro as possible within my plans... No complaints from me, I bought it for only $600! Safe Travels Everyone ✌️ Enjoy the journey Footnote: My Streamline Imperial has a sticker at the door from the 1st Annual Royal Rovers meet up in Canada. I've done some research, the Royal Rovers group are still active, but I could not find who actually owned the trailer at that time, but whoever it was, they were one of the host, that's on the sticker as well...
Nice video. Unfortunately, the producers completely missed the very best motorhome of the 70's , REVCON (GMC got it's idea from them and was 2nd to use the Toronado drivetrain that powers both). I was a very early employee there and saw the beauty of this perfect coach. It was a direct descendent of Wally Byam's Airstream, as John Hall, the creator was the stepson of Byam. Too bad these 'retro videos' don't get the very best and unique coaches but I do understand. That said, where are the AIRSTREAMS here?
I agree a 100%! My Dad owned 4 Revcons, my favorite was either 22 or 24 foot I think? We were looking for a nice "bus style" Revcon last year, and ended up buying a 22 foot Barth class A. In my opinion one of the few motorhomes ever built that compares to a Revcon. Revcon Barth Airstream GMC These days if it ain't a $2 million dollar Prevost...it's junk. Hahaha, we don't need no wavy fiberglass with childish looking swirling paint jobs or graphics. 😅😂💣
In 71 when I started, there were only 25 footers. (We own 71-0004 which was built before I worked there. I was employee #18). In about '73, they built some 22's and one 28' that had a big rear overhang. They only made that one in the early Flatnose form. In '77 they made the dual rear wheel 27' and of course in '78 they went to the 'Slantnose', longer with a new front clip but retained the Revcon rear look. Made like an airplane/Airstream, these things just don't go away. Enjoy your Barth!
Hanomag Sdkfz.251/ 1. German half track of WW2 . That mobile home they made was nice. All of these mobile homes and trailers were nice. That Jeep one I've never heard of however.
Our first trailer was a used Shasta Loflyte, much the same look as your Airflyte, but not as tall. They made it lower by having a frame welded together out of pieces fitted around the axle. Unfortunately, that was a bad idea: we had to have it welded several times because it kept breaking. There was no battery, but it had a gas mantle propane light, which scorched the ceiling the one time we were without shore power and had to use it.
I have a 77 Executive with the 440 dodge, started out with a 1975 exec, I am rebuilding the 77 right now. It has the what one might call a "roll" over frame. 2x2 steal frame work about every 2 feet where possible. I would like to completely dismantle it and start over, it had some major water leaks before I bought it and as lot of the exterior wood needs replacing. BUUUUT maybe not. It runs great and gets me where I want to go.
13:58 Not 6x6 but rather 6x2. Drivetrain from the Olds Toronado with fwd made it possible to not have the drivetrain to the rear axles and therefore also no tunnel but instead a lot more ”room for activities”.
so.. that first trailer was my first RV.... took my family camping for the summer when our son was 3 I think... we ended up in Idaho... I brought it back to Arizona full of Idaho potatoes... it was a great trailer... I was unaware it might be a... vintage RV one day
Imagine that in 50s the highway palace was a behemeth 20 years later some one on every street owned a big tow behind fifth wheel and 70 years later and people are still turning heads and it will get most attention at camp grounds
This year (2022) one that is now owned by Marc & Trish of “Keep Your Daydream” is on display at (if I remember correctly) the RV museum. They travel Route 66 in 2021 in it.
Where is the UltraVan? It was a Corvair powered motorhome, constructed like an airplane, with all aluminum and fiberglass. Weighed about 3500lbs. Built mostly in the 60's, but they made a few 307 Chevy powered ones in the early 70's. Approx 500 or so were built. Mine was #382.
You left out the Flxible (spelled correctly) of the late 40s/early 50s. Jay Leno's crew restored one. Another was driven by Jeff Daniels in the movie "RV". I know of one rotting away in Anacortes, Washington.
Well the geniuses at GMC were obviously living in some crazy dream world thinking that everybody stood 5'10" or shorter. lt took about 20 minutes for my neck to quit hurting after l did a walk through of their wonderful motorhome. l'm 6'4" and there wasn't a snowballs chance in hell l would ever consider one of those. l couldn't even straighten up stand under the roof vent.
when I was a teenager, I really wanted a motorhome, not a huge RV just the basic small ones they had back in the 80s, thinking it would be enough to hold all my worldly belongings. Now I'm in my 50s, live in a 12 room house and it's still not enough room for all I own, that's what happens when you become a Harry Potter/Lord of the Rings and Twilight hoarder to mention others such as Disney, Star Wars etc.
All three of the Royal Windsor vans are owned by the same family. All three were originally owned by Billy Smarts circus. Only the one in this vid has been finished.
Hey! Ain't the west craft Coronado the model that Charlie Varrick lived in with his beautiful wife... Doreen? Better version of No Country. Charlie Varrick. My favorite movie.
At 1:42 you said the 1970s. That style was more the late 50s early 60s with those painted wheels to match the colour. I was born in 1961 and remember them. The 70s was Winnebagos. Ai bot Vox gets history wrong. Wasn’t around then doesn’t remember taught by someone equally uninformed.
We need campers that come empty. Customizable at home. Wired yes plumbing yes even WiFi satellite or the like yes Affordable bare bones...I don't want prefab kitchens and so many cabinets....rather space todo as we evolve day to day...per weather per place....per our space in time per huemans...using it.
6x6 GMC? Nope, 6x2. One of many mistakes by the narrator. The GMC was front wheel drive, borrowed from the Olds Toronado. I know of one that's been sitting in a climate controlled building for the past 35 years. For the most part, American made campers and motorhomes of old skinned them with poorly fitting thin aluminum that leaked like a sieve.
No Airstream or Silver Streak? No late 40s Boles Aero, or late 60s Travco jelly bean (my name) motorhome? Ya should have left the modern day "retro" ones off the list: The title said "Vintage".
You could have spent a little more time looking on the inside of these your cameraman spawn the camera around too much I really would like to seen the one that had a bathtub
This video is a valuable and Historical production that documented the leading edge of vacation trailers for their time. It is like walking into a classic Travel Home Museum. I thank all who did the research and editing all the photos and added a well done Narration to boot.
I'm living in a 30ft camper right now. Waiting for repairs to my apartment so this is my for now home. It's not bad at all. I have everything I need.
The less one has, the less one needs.
@@johnwest3287 Confucius?
That tear drop pullout blew my mind, it would have been nice to see how much more space it has !
The Gidget Teardrop is a brilliant design. Outstanding.
My grandparents had a shasta yellow camper…we kids would stay in it when we spent the night…it was like new back in the 70’s!
My late wife and I used to own a '78 Allegro 27' motorhome that we bought and fixed up. We had so much fun just taking weekend and vacation trips in that thing. Wish I could do something like that again but not enough time left, sadly.
In the next life maybe mate
@@hampshirelad3682 les souvenirs sont parfois plus puissants que les rêves ! Mon amis...
REALLY ENJOYED WATCHING VIDEO. HOPE TO SEE MORE
I LOVE THE HAPPY CAMPER!!!! SHE IS SO CUTE!!!! AND FUN TO HANG OUT WITH!!!!
Wow loved this video. Do more we want show. As a kid I remember our family moved here from Michigan. And all we could find to live in was a trailer park. I remember a few of these odd looking babies. These were my first loves.
Baby Boomers nowadays miss the "Good Old Days" & these Retro & Modern Retro Look RV's are being bought up ..we don't have a Retro Rig but we love ❤our 24 ft.2000 Gulf Stream Sport E350 Ford V10 "C Class"👍
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Beautiful memories
This seems a good solution to save time for looking for vintage properties. Such a nice trigger to think of a new phase in life.
Wow this was one of the most enjoyable videos. I can remember early 60s Shasta, we had mid 60s Fan
saw 32 state’s with it through 69. Then College but a do have some great memories. Thanks for
a walk through the past..
I lived for a year in a half in a 1971 Kayot ("coyote") 23' Class A, with a fiberglass body on a Dodge chassis. It had a powerhouse 413 engine that got 4 mpg. Gas was cheap in 71, lol. I've never, in all my years, seen another Kayot.
In #3. Loved seeing the original Stalwart tote bag in the chair!! True 1977 nostalgic.
I love old campers. I saw on that was a two story house at a campground. It was amazing
Those are the ones that fascinate me, the two story campers, how cool.
my granparents had a shasta. we borrowed it one summer and my parents took me to see the grand canyon, zion, bryce, and the hoover dam. caught mt lassen on the way home.
I will never forget that trip or that camper.
The British Post Office van you showed is a Vauxhall Combo, not a Commer, a make which is long gone. Back in the day they used the van version to transport the post. There was a licencing deal between Commer and Dodge, so the later vans had the Rootes badges on them until they were bought out by Chrysler.
I've got a 2009 Combo in white, a very common small van over here even if they are getting on a bit. Loved the vid, those fifth wheel monsters must have been awesome to live in, I liked the split level one best.
Wow, it looks like an amorous couple could really get one of those little trailers "rocking" on a romantic holiday.
Frankly! This was one of my dream to have something like this. Thank God.
Raj yup thank "god "well 50 % anyway ( good luck with that)god and ridiculous hubcaps really silly things you can't live without lol
While reviewing the Winebago, they kept showing the "Offroaderhome" built by Dirt Every Day. Way to go gentlemen!
Circa 1965 a freind of my Dad's pulled a Shasta (with the two wings on the back as shown on the video) from LA to Marietta, GA, with an Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser. He and his wife and their SIX GIRLS made the trip. After visiting us for a few days they went on to DC where he had been transferred. How they survived I have no idea, but they seemed quite happy.
Oh wow that Shasta trl freaked me out my grandparents had that exact trl when I was a kid !!
Fun nostalgia. Our family's first Class C was a 1970 Shasta. BTW, Shasta is pronounced with a soft a, like "cat," like the volcano in N. California and the soda pop, "It hasta be Shasta." (-:
Totally awesome. The first camper came out the year I was born.
Wow you do agreat job uploading the video's i love them
Awesome as always!
Obviously the word Veen acceptable out of this head❤
Love to have the blazer
Cool, just needs some shag carpet, red mood lighting, mirrored ceilings, sound system, maybe a window/ skylight that kicks out, racing shocks, some way to hose it out... Small's ok, just delete the dancer pole(s).
So that's what Charlie's been up too. Kinda hard ta disguise that voice!😂
4:24 Hunt Housecar builder even had the 1937 Ford automobile teardrop headlamps
This was just too cool!
What about the Airstream ?
Exactly
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Unaffordable .
We bought a new 17’ Airstream Caravel in 1964 for about $4,000. Family of four used it every summer to travel to to Mexico and western US. We finally sold it last year for $10,000 and it is now in Great Britain being used as a bread and breakfast. What a history! Most perfect little trailer ever made. It had a full bath in back. We built a cabana for it so it was stored out of the weather.
I'm in the process of restoring my Vintage 1973 Streamline Imperial travel trailer...(32')
Purchased from a friend of mine who had been using it at his Hunting Camp...
The exterior will stay all original, which is all aluminum...
The interior has way to much damage to keep original, but I will make it as retro as possible within my plans...
No complaints from me, I bought it for only $600!
Safe Travels Everyone ✌️
Enjoy the journey
Footnote: My Streamline Imperial has a sticker at the door from the 1st Annual Royal Rovers meet up in Canada.
I've done some research, the Royal Rovers group are still active, but I could not find who actually owned the trailer at that time, but whoever it was, they were one of the host, that's on the sticker as well...
Nice video. Unfortunately, the producers completely missed
the very best motorhome of the 70's , REVCON (GMC got it's
idea from them and was 2nd to use the Toronado drivetrain
that powers both). I was a very early employee there and saw
the beauty of this perfect coach. It was a direct descendent
of Wally Byam's Airstream, as John Hall, the creator was the
stepson of Byam. Too bad these 'retro videos' don't get the very
best and unique coaches but I do understand. That said, where
are the AIRSTREAMS here?
over rated?
I agree a 100%!
My Dad owned 4 Revcons, my favorite was either 22 or 24 foot I think? We were looking for a nice "bus style" Revcon last year, and ended up buying a 22 foot Barth class A. In my opinion one of the few motorhomes ever built that compares to a Revcon.
Revcon
Barth
Airstream
GMC
These days if it ain't a $2 million dollar Prevost...it's junk.
Hahaha, we don't need no wavy fiberglass with childish looking swirling paint jobs or graphics. 😅😂💣
In 71 when I started, there were only 25 footers. (We own 71-0004 which was built before I worked there. I was employee #18). In about '73, they built some 22's and one 28' that had a big rear overhang. They only made that one in the early Flatnose form. In '77 they made the dual rear wheel 27' and of course in '78 they went to the 'Slantnose', longer with a new front clip but retained the Revcon rear look. Made like an airplane/Airstream, these things just don't go away. Enjoy your Barth!
That is all and thank you sharing 👈 with you 😁
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Hanomag Sdkfz.251/ 1.
German half track of WW2 .
That mobile home they made was nice.
All of these mobile homes and trailers were nice. That Jeep one I've never heard of however.
You missed an interesting one, the Ultra Van. Egg shaped, with a Corvair drivetrain, they were very unique.
I’d love to have a GMC, they were 30 years ahead of everyone.
Our first trailer was a used Shasta Loflyte, much the same look as your Airflyte, but not as tall. They made it lower by having a frame welded together out of pieces fitted around the axle. Unfortunately, that was a bad idea: we had to have it welded several times because it kept breaking. There was no battery, but it had a gas mantle propane light, which scorched the ceiling the one time we were without shore power and had to use it.
The GMC off-road motorhome would be my choice because 1, it's American and 2, it's different and i like camping where few others can go in a vehicle
Je suis français et le fait que GMC soit américain n'est pas pour moi un gage
de... qualité. Néanmoins, il est vrai qu'il m'a aussi tapé dans l'œil...
Cool, this brings back memories. But they forgot the most important one.
Which one was that?
@@thomwessels2281 VW Campervan?
@@timothyokane9710
Airstream, this is my favorite, but the VW I like this one to.
Fajne campery😀
I have a 77 Executive with the 440 dodge, started out with a 1975 exec, I am rebuilding the 77 right now. It has the what one might call
a "roll" over frame. 2x2 steal frame work about every 2 feet where possible. I would like to completely dismantle it and start over, it had some major water
leaks before I bought it and as lot of the exterior wood needs replacing. BUUUUT maybe not. It runs great and gets me where I want to go.
13:58 Not 6x6 but rather 6x2. Drivetrain from the Olds Toronado with fwd made it possible to not have the drivetrain to the rear axles and therefore also no tunnel but instead a lot more ”room for activities”.
+1
so.. that first trailer was my first RV.... took my family camping for the summer when our son was 3 I think... we ended up in Idaho... I brought it back to Arizona full of Idaho potatoes... it was a great trailer... I was unaware it might be a... vintage RV one day
I'm getting an 88 Aero Cruiser 23 road ready at the moment... mid May in Arizona brings hot weather to Arizona... time to hit the road 🛣️
The Hunt RV reminds me of something Gru of "Dispicable Me" would own. Really cool!
👍awesome video
My mother had a 1976 Barth on a Chevy frame, gifted to me when she passed .
13 mpg, important now at 143.9 a litre.
DAMN 13 mpg!?
Our Barth gets 10 mpg...but we love it. 😎
@@fckjb284 so did we, awesome machines. Hers is a 21 foot. Gotta love the aircraft aluminum cover.
Very cool
nice mobile house.....
My favorite
Imagine that in 50s the highway palace was a behemeth 20 years later some one on every street owned a big tow behind fifth wheel and 70 years later and people are still turning heads and it will get most attention at camp grounds
Old man in area had a home built fifth wheel pulled by a 1 door 1926 Cadillac.
way cool
don't forget the Shasta wings
Do a video on the Bluebird Wanderlodge. Strongest RV ever built. Some real good renos out there.
Yep, the Wonderlodge was another one built "right". 👍
This year (2022) one that is now owned by Marc & Trish of “Keep Your Daydream” is on display at (if I remember correctly) the RV museum. They travel Route 66 in 2021 in it.
If GMC and Orion is mentioned, the Vixen TD 21 is definitly missing!
You need to show the inside of the campers! I love the look of the older campers but you didn’t show the insides of many older trailers!
My wife and I have a 68sprite
My friend bought a new camper few years ago that was pull behind and although made in 2005 it looked like It belonged behind a 50 Chevy nomad
Where is the UltraVan? It was a Corvair powered motorhome, constructed like an airplane, with all aluminum and fiberglass. Weighed about 3500lbs. Built mostly in the 60's, but they made a few 307 Chevy powered ones in the early 70's. Approx 500 or so were built. Mine was #382.
You left out the Flxible (spelled correctly) of the late 40s/early 50s. Jay Leno's crew restored one. Another was driven by Jeff Daniels in the movie "RV". I know of one rotting away in Anacortes, Washington.
cool
What about My 325 Airstream
That highway palace needs a remake now.
Its just had one.
Well the geniuses at GMC were obviously living in some crazy dream world thinking that everybody stood 5'10" or shorter. lt took about 20 minutes for my neck to quit hurting after l did a walk through of their wonderful motorhome. l'm 6'4" and there wasn't a snowballs chance in hell l would ever consider one of those. l couldn't even straighten up stand under the roof vent.
There’s a HW car of the GMC Motorhome
What happened to the Volkwagen camper they are some of the most sought after vintage campers.
Besitiee 🌵🏆
when I was a teenager, I really wanted a motorhome, not a huge RV just the basic small ones they had back in the 80s, thinking it would be enough to hold all my worldly belongings. Now I'm in my 50s, live in a 12 room house and it's still not enough room for all I own, that's what happens when you become a Harry Potter/Lord of the Rings and Twilight hoarder to mention others such as Disney, Star Wars etc.
Annnnn probably should have waited for the description, lol
I have a 1947 lintz craft 14 ft. Still doesn't leak! Alabama.
Why did the Chevvie Chalet info have the Cj5 Jeep image and text all over it?
All three of the Royal Windsor vans are owned by the same family. All three were originally owned by Billy Smarts circus. Only the one in this vid has been finished.
Learn the difference between vintage and retro.
Hey! Ain't the west craft Coronado the model that Charlie Varrick lived in with his beautiful wife... Doreen? Better version of No Country. Charlie Varrick. My favorite movie.
You haven't mentioned so far as video is there air conditioning in these retros
Yes.
This narrator sounds kind of like Charlie Sheen.
Ahh...the 1950 Westcraft Coronado is *_NOT_* almost a hundred years old.
71 years is 'rounding third'.
The GMC was NOT a 6x6, it was front wheel drive only.
Towing brave wins
At 1:42 you said the 1970s. That style was more the late 50s early 60s with those painted wheels to match the colour. I was born in 1961 and remember them. The 70s was Winnebagos. Ai bot Vox gets history wrong. Wasn’t around then doesn’t remember taught by someone equally uninformed.
We need campers that come empty. Customizable at home. Wired yes plumbing yes even WiFi satellite or the like yes
Affordable bare bones...I don't want prefab kitchens and so many cabinets....rather space todo as we evolve day to day...per weather per place....per our space in time per huemans...using it.
Giget TearDrop trailers has been out of business for a few years mate????
The video was good but the music in the background covered the narrator's voice a lot and was pretty distracting but again the video aspect was great.
Riverside . . . how much $ ?
6x6 GMC? Nope, 6x2. One of many mistakes by the narrator. The GMC was front wheel drive, borrowed from the Olds Toronado. I know of one that's been sitting in a climate controlled building for the past 35 years. For the most part, American made campers and motorhomes of old skinned them with poorly fitting thin aluminum that leaked like a sieve.
Would have been nice if the narrator had a clue how to pronounce Shasta, he's definitely not from California.
So many things in this video made me ask "who wrote this?"
No Airstream or Silver Streak? No late 40s Boles Aero, or late 60s Travco jelly bean (my name) motorhome? Ya should have left the modern day "retro" ones off the list: The title said "Vintage".
I own a 1947 Lintz craft. Still doesn't leak! Alabama
"Shosta" does sound more cosmopolitan than "Shasta".
Whats a Shawwsta?! HaHaHa!
You could have spent a little more time looking on the inside of these your cameraman spawn the camera around too much I really would like to seen the one that had a bathtub
i thought i was listening to charlie sheen!
GERALDS
miss-leading caption
How could you NOT mention the TRAVCO 210 or 270??