It's been too long since we had a decent camper.
The first one I can remember us having was a neat little Toyota cab and chassis with a big camper on the back, it was a nice little thing, but really didn't have enough power to haul itself around.
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Next was a 1977 Winnebago Elandan II. It was in super good shape, but it had a big block Dodge that loved gas. It took us to southern Alabama twice, but it just got too expensive to feed. Fun Fact, it had squarebody Chevy truck taillights.
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After that we got a slide in, I forget what the model was, but it was a slide in, pop-up that was short enough to fit inside a long bed with the tailgate up. It went on one trip around Lake Superior in the back of the Cummins, We've got pictures from that trip somewhere, I'll see if I can find them.
It wasn't too bad, but it was getting some serious water damage around the soft sides.
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Next we went to New York and bought a 1964 8 ft Alaskan slide in, pop up camper. Over the next year my Dad completely restored it, new sheetmetal, almost totally new insides, new wiring, Basically a whole new camper, that looked like it was from 1964. This one went on three trips to Canada, Twice more in the Cummins, and once in the green 7.3 Ford, flat towing a YJ wrangler behind it. I've still got this camper, but nothing to put it in, as the silver Dodge is a short bed half ton, and the Cummins has a flatbed on it now.
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Next we tried a trailer, My dad bought a really nice 1987 28 ft Shasta, It was really, really nice inside and out, It looked almost new. We took it on it's first trip down to our old house in Tennessee to check on the property and pick up a few things. About 1/3 of the way down there, the bodywork started to split right at the door, we pulled over and ended up duct taping it back together, and apparently that was solid enough for it to make the rest of the trip down there and back. When we got back we found out the bodywork was actually coming off the frame. We then sold it to our neighbor who used it while he was building his new house.
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Last one we bought was a 1975 28 FT Argosy, which is essentially a painted aluminum Airstream. My dad went to south Georgia to pick this one up. His plans were to restore it like he did the Alaskan, but he passed away before he could really get started on it. I've still got it, but it still sits exactly as he left it, No carpet in the front, with new floors layed, the kitchen halfway tore apart and the bathroom pulled out. I haven't even moved any tools really from inside it yet.
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The one thing my Dad always wanted to find was a Blazer Chalet, But we never did find one. We did see one for sale locally once, but when we finally got ahold the guy selling it, he had already sold it.
