The mobile home in this video was home to me and my family when I was a child. The black 49 Dodge and the Blue 56 Dodge were my fathers Pickups. The picture of the trailer with the white picket fence has my two oldest sisters Karen and Dava leaning up against the fence. We would love to get copies of the photos that you have and share some that we have of this home and give you some early history on it as well.
Thank you so much for adding your story to the trailer, that’s amazing. You could make a mini series here on TH-cam telling your stories and adventures with your family. 🩵
@@john.ediggs9034 -- Well, my 1960 Chevy Apache is stock with the 235 I6 and it has 135 HP gross and 115 HP net, torque is 195 at 2,000 RPM net. This is according to the 1960 shop service manual. However, it cruises just fine at 55 to 60 mph on the highway at around 2,200 RPM. I've owned this truck for over 25 years and have taken more than a few trips with it. No problems. However, I do stay off the interstates where the speed limit is 70+. By the way, I've also taken it over a few steep mountain passes (I'm surrounded by them) and no problems. 6% grade at 50 mph. Sure a V8 would be faster and more powerful, but if I want that I would drive a modern vehicle.
As a senior of only 74yo I grew up with three brothers during the 50’s where camping was the only vacation option. My mother was a stay at home Mom. Families back then did not travel far from home for vacations. Of course flying or cruises did not exist like today. Our first trailer was a canvas tent on a platform. Lots of good family fun. Cooking on a campfire.
Someone showed me your video. Better make that 8 surving campers. There is a family in Henrico County Virginia who has one that is in excellent shape. Grandfather bought new, worked for Firstone his entire life, passed down to his son who passed it down to his daughter. All original, but updated electric and tanks added. Every year her grandfather and then her dad put a sealant on the underside. When it was passed onto her, her husband had the underside sandblasted and sealed with a bed liner material. While on a trip in Florida many years ago, they encountered Mr. Eyck. He introduced himself, advised he had designed their camper and they invited him to look at it. They still have the original paperwork from when it was purchased, he signed the inside of the book and thanked them.
As a retired RV Mechanic I have great appreciation for such detailed work. I painstakingly restored a 1967 Frolic that was a trade in at our dealership. It was destined to be scrapped and I gave a mere $100 dollars for it. After upgrades and a 95% original restoration I sold it for 6K. I've seen other company's attempts at Double deckers but I think this one is the nicest layout. From one Langley to another ...NICE JOB!
I owned a 1959 Elcar 10 x 42 for many years. The trailers were built to be used as a primary residence in a trailer park. I never recall seeing one being pulled down the road for camping. Mine had 30 AMP service. Two glass fuses in a fuse box in a kitchen cabinet. They were built prior to smoke and CO detectors. The heat was provided by a gravity feed kerosene heater with a blower. Inefficient and dirty. I replaced the heater with a Miller Gun modern furnace, much more efficient and provided decent warmth. On the positive side, I did live in it after coming home from my tour in Vietnam in 1968. A major improvement in living conditions. It was my living quarters while attending college. I moved it to the Adirondack Mountains and used it for a summer camp for many years. It served me (us) well.
I'd like to see Tiny Houses adopt this same floor plan. Those upper story rooms are genius. Far more genius than the loft spaces that tiny houses usually have.
Almost speechless! But my God how awesome is this ? We used to make the coolest things back in the day ! Way better than the slide out boxes we have today and thanks for bringing this part of history back to life !
We did make the coolest things back in the day. I'm not sure what happened to the art & science of design, but it seemed to get severely boring in the late 80s and its been downhill ever since.
Actually, those weren't designed to be vacation tailors back then, they were "park tailors" that people would usually live in as their home in tailor parks. They were designed to be mobile, but not something a family would drive around with on vacation, hitched to the family vehicle. They didn't even include water tanks or an onboard power source because it was assumed that you would be parked somewhere with hookups. So, you would hire a large vehicle to move it.
I spent three months in one of these in Anchorage AK when we moved up there in 1971. It was run down then and disappeared by the end of the year. Quite an experience. Your video brought back some great memories.
This RV is unbelievable. Absolutely bonkers in the most beautiful way. So happy to see you gentleman taking the time to bring her back to her former glory. I too have 5 kids and if I tried to raise them in that, I would have blown my brains out. But for a family w/only one kid? Absolutely perfect (for vacations), lol. Thanks so much for this.
I do really like it has been restored to its original condition great restoration on this caravan l do like any vehicle caravan restored to its original condition
This is a magnificent ode to that era. Ive never heard of these before. Not even when randomly googling retro caravans. Ostentatious yes, but just gorgeous. Great you were able to save some of the original pieces.
Problem is States don't want them. There's county regulations about outdoor privy's too. Something like this works for off grid but many counties say no.
@debrapaulino918 seems like every time somebody comes up with a really unique idea, somebody else passes a law that says you can't do it. There's nothing wrong with that trailer. I think what we need to do is throw out the laws, not the trailers.
It would be amazing to visit and see this trailer in person. You should plan to bring it to Florida and come to Florida Flywheelers and possibly a couple of the RV shows. Showing off antique RV lifestyles.
I loved the 1956 pink Stewart double decker Flyte Camp purchased. When I was a little girl in southern Missouri, a new highway was going through in front of my grandparents farm. The construction superintendent had a pink Stewart and I always wanted one. When I saw Flyte Camp had purchased one I wanted to know its history but learned they sold it without restoration.
I saw the first video of this back when I started the resto on my '73 Prowler. Honestly Im glad you guys have stuck with it and the resto is almost done! Love that you preserved the original light fixtures
I have to hand it to you. The trailer is Gourgous what you did to it. You don't get the charm in a new trailer like you do the old! Keep'em coming The very best like the up stars so cool!🎉
I've never seen one of those trailers before. It's a really great idea they had. Fits a whole family comfortably for vacations. My family would have had a lot of fun in one of those.
I'd love to own one like that. I found looking back in time that the old ways were actually in some cases the best ways. I miss seeing things like this,I think there so cool and the engineering on these things were ahead of there time. Absolutely awesome 👍👍. Peace 🙏
Wow if they could replicate the building of this trailer today it would be an absolute gold mine! It is thoughtfully designed and well proportioned it each space. I love the wood BUT I think I would have chosen Baltic Burch just for the lightness in color to give it a spacious feel. The color it is, is pretty much the color of most older travel trailers of the day. That is THE COOLEST travel trailer I've ever seen. I wonder if there are floor plan drawings and wiring schematics? It would be cool to try to do a modern day replica of it as long as it didn't infringe on the RV Pattent? What do y'all think?
My Wife’s Parents had a lighthouse trailer like this at Lake Pend O’Reille in Bayview, Idaho. It was on 5th street most all it’s Original life. They Sold the Property and trailer about 1998. Locals told me a few short years later a collector from Eastern USA. Bought and towed it back East to restore. I still have one picture, maybe more if we dug for it. It was certainly a novelty and Cozy place to spend a weekend at the Big Lake in North Idaho.
There was a dealer in my hometown. They would have an open house every year. My best friend and I toured that model. We loved the two stories. I would have been maybe 13, so maybe 1961? Later that lot became the home for my dad’s pharmacy.
I love the older trailers. My grandparents had a singlewide at the lake. It was probably 45' long. Big front sitting area & kitchen then bathroom in the middle with big bed in the back. Dining table of course was a bed.
Those pictures are of my family my daddy pulled that trailer back and forth across the United States 4 times from coast to coast. The two little girls are my sister and I and the truck and trailer is one of us traveling across the country. There were six of us living in it full time.
I remember when in 1958 my dad and mom went to look at one these in San Fernando valley Calif I remember well to this day it had a up stairs, being I was only 8 at the time I might be wrong on location. But can and see in my mind what it did look like much of your video thank you great job done.
I heard of these, but never knew how few still exist. Beautiful resto! Ever since seeing one of my favorite movies, "The Long, Long, Trailor", I've been fascinated with these. It must be so cozy in them on a rainy night.
When you showed the before I remember watching that first video! So nice to see it has progressed to this stage. Hopefully it and our travel plans will meet up.
@@ChrisLee66 Any patent that the creator whom I did a story on many years ago had on this trailer is long since past the 20 year life of the patent. I would have to see this patent you talk about because I have never heard of a patent on a trailer design. That's why so many other manufacturers copy each other. I don't believe you can get one.
This caravan is amazing and the first caravan I have seen with an upstairs in it. You have done a fantastic job in restoring it to it's former beauty. I would much prefer to holiday in one of these lovely vintage caravans than the modern caravans. Well done to you for the dedicated work that you have put into it. I would also find some original nik naks of the time this caravan was made to complete that nostalgic look.
I have one of those couches and it is going to fit perfectly in my 18ft 1969 Fireball travel trailer. The couch without the box it sits on, fit right on top of the trailers existing box of one of it's 2 single person beds /bench seat/ flip-up storage area that also has 2 draws under it. The 2nd bed box on the other side, houses the water holding tank and and hot water heater. So it doesn't need to flip up ,so, I made that a base for a little wood stove and entertainment center with computer and surround sound with subwoofer. I'm really looking at that split system now though.
Wow pretty neat!I have never seen one of these kind’s of travel trailers before.I guess there’s a first for everything lol 😆 The work in restoring this beauty is going to payoff in the end.Also your workmanship is incredible 👍👍
The mobile home in this video was home to me and my family when I was a child. The black 49 Dodge and the Blue 56 Dodge were my fathers Pickups. The picture of the trailer with the white picket fence has my two oldest sisters Karen and Dava leaning up against the fence. We would love to get copies of the photos that you have and share some that we have of this home and give you some early history on it as well.
Thats awesome!! I hope they reply to you. Out of curiosity, how well did your fathers pickups pull this camp trailer, especially up hills?
Thank you so much for adding your story to the trailer, that’s amazing. You could make a mini series here on TH-cam telling your stories and adventures with your family. 🩵
I hope you hear 🙉 from them.
@@ironcladranchandforge7292slow and steady those trucks was probably 100 hp or less it was all about the gears back then trucks were used as trucks
@@john.ediggs9034 -- Well, my 1960 Chevy Apache is stock with the 235 I6 and it has 135 HP gross and 115 HP net, torque is 195 at 2,000 RPM net. This is according to the 1960 shop service manual. However, it cruises just fine at 55 to 60 mph on the highway at around 2,200 RPM. I've owned this truck for over 25 years and have taken more than a few trips with it. No problems. However, I do stay off the interstates where the speed limit is 70+. By the way, I've also taken it over a few steep mountain passes (I'm surrounded by them) and no problems. 6% grade at 50 mph. Sure a V8 would be faster and more powerful, but if I want that I would drive a modern vehicle.
Love older campers. Thank you for saving them and giving them new life
As a senior of only 74yo I grew up with three brothers during the 50’s where camping was the only vacation option. My mother was a stay at home Mom. Families back then did not travel far from home for vacations. Of course flying or cruises did not exist like today. Our first trailer was a canvas tent on a platform. Lots of good family fun. Cooking on a campfire.
Six brothers and camping was the Boy Scouts or for me was the Girl Scouts summer camps.
It takes a bodacious amount of SKILL to use 2023 technology and materials, while retaining the design of the early 50s. Well done! 👍
Someone showed me your video.
Better make that 8 surving campers. There is a family in Henrico County Virginia who has one that is in excellent shape. Grandfather bought new, worked for Firstone his entire life, passed down to his son who passed it down to his daughter. All original, but updated electric and tanks added. Every year her grandfather and then her dad put a sealant on the underside. When it was passed onto her, her husband had the underside sandblasted and sealed with a bed liner material. While on a trip in Florida many years ago, they encountered Mr. Eyck. He introduced himself, advised he had designed their camper and they invited him to look at it. They still have the original paperwork from when it was purchased, he signed the inside of the book and thanked them.
WOW, Great story!
Fantastic
What a remarkable tale. I just love stuff like this!!
As a retired RV Mechanic I have great appreciation for such detailed work. I painstakingly restored a 1967 Frolic that was a trade in at our dealership. It was destined to be scrapped and I gave a mere $100 dollars for it. After upgrades and a 95% original restoration I sold it for 6K. I've seen other company's attempts at Double deckers but I think this one is the nicest layout. From one Langley to another ...NICE JOB!
I have NEVER seen any trailer this Cool in my entire life! I’m sure apply to see them bring this Trailer back to life. Thanks for showing us around!
yeah there was a definite reason to restore this thing, this thing is fucking BANANAS.
I owned a 1959 Elcar 10 x 42 for many years. The trailers were built to be used as a primary residence in a trailer park. I never recall seeing one being pulled down the road for camping. Mine had 30 AMP service. Two glass fuses in a fuse box in a kitchen cabinet. They were built prior to smoke and CO detectors. The heat was provided by a gravity feed kerosene heater with a blower. Inefficient and dirty. I replaced the heater with a Miller Gun modern furnace, much more efficient and provided decent warmth. On the positive side, I did live in it after coming home from my tour in Vietnam in 1968. A major improvement in living conditions.
It was my living quarters while attending college. I moved it to the Adirondack Mountains and used it for a summer camp for many years. It served me (us) well.
I'd like to see Tiny Houses adopt this same floor plan. Those upper story rooms are genius. Far more genius than the loft spaces that tiny houses usually have.
I agree
To be fair most tiny houses are trying to maximize usable living space and meet modern expectations of open layouts, spacious bathrooms, etc.
Thank you for making him giving the name of his aluminum friend. That is the kind of thing that is gonna make things so much easier for someone else.
Almost speechless! But my God how awesome is this ? We used to make the coolest things back in the day ! Way better than the slide out boxes we have today and thanks for bringing this part of history back to life !
We did make the coolest things back in the day. I'm not sure what happened to the art & science of design, but it seemed to get severely boring in the late 80s and its been downhill ever since.
I would love to see these types of RV's come back, or used in tiny homes.
Me too!!!❤❤❤
..and they used to build vehicles strong enough and dependable enough to pull those behemoths. Man that's gonna be nice!
Pre-emissions days when fuel efficiency and useable power were still the standards they built for.
Actually, those weren't designed to be vacation tailors back then, they were "park tailors" that people would usually live in as their home in tailor parks. They were designed to be mobile, but not something a family would drive around with on vacation, hitched to the family vehicle. They didn't even include water tanks or an onboard power source because it was assumed that you would be parked somewhere with hookups. So, you would hire a large vehicle to move it.
This trailer has modern day tiny home design elements..everything old is new again.
What a labor of love! 💕👏👍
It’s a true piece of artistry the restoration that has been done on this RV. Well done!
I spent three months in one of these in Anchorage AK when we moved up there in 1971. It was run down then and disappeared by the end of the year. Quite an experience. Your video brought back some great memories.
Whoa, that is awesome!! Only 7 in existence... Wow! I've never seen or even heard of one of these, so very cool! 😃😃
Beautiful rebuild. Priceless. The stove alone would cost big bucks.
This is classic vintage Wheel Estate!! I've never seen anything like this so just for that was worth it 👌 You guys are truly talented.
Great job! Love the tour! I was born in 1950 and it’s fun to see mobile trailers from that era. Thank you!!!
This is an incredible transformation. You all did a great job fixing this up !!!
This RV is unbelievable. Absolutely bonkers in the most beautiful way. So happy to see you gentleman taking the time to bring her back to her former glory. I too have 5 kids and if I tried to raise them in that, I would have blown my brains out. But for a family w/only one kid? Absolutely perfect (for vacations), lol. Thanks so much for this.
What a cool restoration. Great to see a new video from you guys.
I do really like it has been restored to its original condition great restoration on this caravan l do like any vehicle caravan restored to its original condition
Excellent job restoring such a unique RV. You saved a piece of American History.
Outstanding very well redone camper !!! I give this a A+ !!!
This is a magnificent ode to that era. Ive never heard of these before. Not even when randomly googling retro caravans. Ostentatious yes, but just gorgeous. Great you were able to save some of the original pieces.
Need to start building those things again.
Problem is States don't want them. There's county regulations about outdoor privy's too. Something like this works for off grid but many counties say no.
@debrapaulino918 seems like every time somebody comes up with a really unique idea, somebody else passes a law that says you can't do it. There's nothing wrong with that trailer. I think what we need to do is throw out the laws, not the trailers.
First time at this site and so glad I found it! Your work on this Historic RV is astounding. Subbed immediately.
Whoa, that is awesome. Created a year before I was born. It is huge for an old trailer! Love it.
OMG I LOVE this!! I want one for sure. coolest RV camper I've ever seen~~!!
Wow, I love this. It is so gorgeous. Great work!
I just saw y’all on highway 20 right now! I’m going to Marshall Texas!
That camper is fantastic" and kudo's to the remodel job" Beautiful !
I could live in that mansion"
Thank you for sharing...
I can only imagine, what it feels like, to have such skill. Amazing!
It would be amazing to visit and see this trailer in person.
You should plan to bring it to Florida and come to Florida Flywheelers and possibly a couple of the RV shows. Showing off antique RV lifestyles.
I loved the 1956 pink Stewart double decker Flyte Camp purchased. When I was a little girl in southern Missouri, a new highway was going through in front of my grandparents farm. The construction superintendent had a pink Stewart and I always wanted one. When I saw Flyte Camp had purchased one I wanted to know its history but learned they sold it without restoration.
This is the coolest trailer that I have ever seen in my life I want it!
Really cool find and restoration work, y'all!
What a great job beautiful trailer
I saw the first video of this back when I started the resto on my '73 Prowler. Honestly Im glad you guys have stuck with it and the resto is almost done! Love that you preserved the original light fixtures
That is bad ass great to see someone fixing them right❤
What a ROCK AND ROLL restoration!!!
Nothing better than a brand new ruff. I hope the ruff is made very watertight!
I have to hand it to you. The trailer is Gourgous what you did to it. You don't get the charm in a new trailer like you do the old! Keep'em coming The very best like the up stars so cool!🎉
I've never seen one of those trailers before. It's a really great idea they had. Fits a whole family comfortably for vacations. My family would have had a lot of fun in one of those.
Hi Mark! What a beautiful RV restoration!
That is so cool!!! Love vintage trailers. Great job👍🏻
Amazing restoration job. This is so cool!
Caravan looks amazing 👍 Graeme
You talk about the history to have happened in this trailer. Me and my family LIVED it. My Mom and Dad, and my 3 siblings lived in this trailer.
Awesome!! Be curious to see what pulls it, has to be heavy as all get up. Really cool
I'd love to own one like that. I found looking back in time that the old ways were actually in some cases the best ways. I miss seeing things like this,I think there so cool and the engineering on these things were ahead of there time. Absolutely awesome 👍👍. Peace 🙏
What a cool find, I hear way back in the day, it was common for some people to ride in the camper trailer as it was going down the road.
That is so amazing, way ahead of its time
Or behind it's time. Practically light and nimble is the way to go.
Work of art! Hope to see this beauty in Mount Vernon, WA!! Thank you for sharing! 😊
Awesome build!! Great craftmanship!!
I admire guys that can do that kind of work.
What an amazing caravan, I could live in that LOL great to see you. Hope all is well.
That's so nice a different..
Wow if they could replicate the building of this trailer today it would be an absolute gold mine! It is thoughtfully designed and well proportioned it each space. I love the wood BUT I think I would have chosen Baltic Burch just for the lightness in color to give it a spacious feel. The color it is, is pretty much the color of most older travel trailers of the day. That is THE COOLEST travel trailer I've ever seen. I wonder if there are floor plan drawings and wiring schematics? It would be cool to try to do a modern day replica of it as long as it didn't infringe on the RV Pattent? What do y'all think?
This is a work of art.
Awesome I LOVE THOSE OLD RV'S THEY WERE BUILT TO LAST. 👍👍👍👍
What a great find and restoration job
My Wife’s Parents had a lighthouse trailer like this at Lake Pend O’Reille in Bayview, Idaho. It was on 5th street most all it’s Original life. They Sold the Property and trailer about 1998. Locals told me a few short years later a collector from Eastern USA. Bought and towed it back East to restore. I still have one picture, maybe more if we dug for it. It was certainly a novelty and Cozy place to spend a weekend at the Big Lake in North Idaho.
Will guys be showing the past films you spoke of? Amazing, unique and beautiful! Would love to see the films. Thank you
Amazing work ! So glad you did an update.
I'd love to see it!!!! Congrats on saving it.
There was a dealer in my hometown. They would have an open house every year. My best friend and I toured that model. We loved the two stories. I would have been maybe 13, so maybe 1961? Later that lot became the home for my dad’s pharmacy.
Absolutely Awesome!!! Love, love, love this!!
I love the older trailers. My grandparents had a singlewide at the lake. It was probably 45' long. Big front sitting area & kitchen then bathroom in the middle with big bed in the back. Dining table of course was a bed.
Wow so cool love the upstairs everything about it
Those pictures are of my family my daddy pulled that trailer back and forth across the United States 4 times from coast to coast. The two little girls are my sister and I and the truck and trailer is one of us traveling across the country. There were six of us living in it full time.
I remember all the pictures Mom and Dad took of the house.
I remember when in 1958 my dad and mom went to look at one these in San Fernando valley Calif I remember well to this day it had a up stairs, being I was only 8 at the time I might be wrong on location. But can and see in my mind what it did look like much of your video thank you great job done.
This totally awesome
I heard of these, but never knew how few still exist. Beautiful resto! Ever since seeing one of my favorite movies, "The Long, Long, Trailor", I've been fascinated with these. It must be so cozy in them on a rainy night.
Nice restoration job😎😊
It's really nice.
Great video!
Love that trailer
I've never seen this but its beautiful 🤩❤️
Really good rebuild! Thank you for sharing!!
When you showed the before I remember watching that first video! So nice to see it has progressed to this stage. Hopefully it and our travel plans will meet up.
That camper is totally awesome!! it's just so cool and somebody should start producing these again!
The creator has a paten on the design.
@@ChrisLee66 Any patent that the creator whom I did a story on many years ago had on this trailer is long since past the 20 year life of the patent. I would have to see this patent you talk about because I have never heard of a patent on a trailer design. That's why so many other manufacturers copy each other. I don't believe you can get one.
Amazing rebuild or is it a build, love to see it on the road. Thanks for sharing 👍
How much did it sell for new and what did you need to tow it with?
OMG that thing is AMAZING!!!
That's a pretty awesome trailer
Wow, that camper is awesome, I love it. I never. seen one like that before that is. awesome. What a awesome job you guys did.
That is a ingenious use of space. Those could sell like mad today.
Two story campers always fascinated me, I’d love to own one some day. Heck I’d live in it 🐾✌️🇺🇸
This caravan is amazing and the first caravan I have seen with an upstairs in it. You have done a fantastic job in restoring it to it's former beauty. I would much prefer to holiday in one of these lovely vintage caravans than the modern caravans. Well done to you for the dedicated work that you have put into it. I would also find some original nik naks of the time this caravan was made to complete that nostalgic look.
Countertop my Parents Kitchen Table 🔝
This I say cool!!!!! ThAnk YOU for sharing this!!👍👍
Wow where have you been??? Nice seeing you again.. that's nice I love it
Amazing, would absolutely love one of these, would be a perfect tiny home, and craft home.
I have one of those couches and it is going to fit perfectly in my 18ft 1969 Fireball travel trailer. The couch without the box it sits on, fit right on top of the trailers existing box of one of it's 2 single person beds /bench seat/ flip-up storage area that also has 2 draws under it. The 2nd bed box on the other side, houses the water holding tank and and hot water heater. So it doesn't need to flip up ,so, I made that a base for a little wood stove and entertainment center with computer and surround sound with subwoofer. I'm really looking at that split system now though.
Wow pretty neat!I have never seen one of these kind’s of travel trailers before.I guess there’s a first for everything lol 😆 The work in restoring this beauty is going to payoff in the end.Also your workmanship is incredible 👍👍
very cool. good job brother 👍