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05-22-2014, 12:01 AM | #1 |
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Show me your Mobile Home/Camper!
Anyone build a mobile home/camper/shack using the chassis of a Model A/AA or any other old car/truck? I want to build one someday to take on long trips, to music festivals, far away swap meets, and be able to sleep and cook in it. I've seen some pretty cool old ones, mostly home made, while doing searches on google images, but it'd be great to see some of the Fordbarners creations for some inspiration! Please post photos of anything you've built, including inside pictures if possible. I'd like to build something with a boat-builders way of making the cabin compact and every nook and cranny efficiently used for storage. And definitely a wood-burning cook stove!
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05-22-2014, 02:40 AM | #2 |
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I am building one atm for my 28 CCPU.
Will post pics tomorrow. Not a wood burning stove, but a chimney. |
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05-22-2014, 03:00 AM | #3 |
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Here are a few that I have collected pics of over the years. Ford and other brands allike. It will give you an idea of the "look".
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05-22-2014, 08:34 AM | #4 |
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A friend of mine bought a Scarab from the Harrah's collection. It was the craziest looking vehicle I ever saw. All streamlined, powered by a flathead Ford V 8 and in his, the entire interior furnishings were rattan.
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05-22-2014, 11:38 AM | #6 |
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05-22-2014, 11:43 AM | #7 |
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Also, that old white truck next to the buggy looks like it's at the Cloud Museum im Arizona.
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05-22-2014, 11:56 AM | #8 |
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Here's one from the Net...
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05-22-2014, 10:50 PM | #9 |
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Hey that's great! I wonder if that's in Pulaski, I don't like too far away from there. Seems like its in some sort of museum.
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I don't think that is where I got that pic. Below is the link to my pics from there. http://www.fordbarn.com/forum/showth...t=cloud+museum
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05-23-2014, 09:50 AM | #11 |
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Here's a real photo, old post card, showing a very early camper, built, probably, in the early teens.
They weren't too concerned over the weight, back then. MIKE (mikeburch) CLICK ON PHOTO TO ENLARGE - Twice |
05-23-2014, 11:25 AM | #12 |
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Wow, look at that tile floor! The sure weren't concerned! I wish I wasn't either, but I feel like I should only go so slow, with traffic these days. But at least I'll stay off the interstate, and maybe sport some big bright orange triangles on the back, especially if I end up building on a double A.
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05-24-2014, 01:43 AM | #13 |
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Backroads, here is my current project....custom sized to fit my 28 CCPU.
Will be woodgrained painted on outside with a fold down rear porch with awning over. Has shower / toilet and have red velvet curtains and red trim . Some guys here don't like cars that are not strictly stock in every way, so I will send you by PM how it sits on my CCPU . Last edited by pooch; 05-24-2014 at 02:30 AM. |
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That looks like it is going to beautiful !!, but heavy. MIKE (mikeburch) |
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Thanks Mike, yeh, I have to judge everything I put into it.
The brass lamps I traveled 120 kms to lok at were too heavy, so I got lighter ones. Half of the frame and all the cladding is aluminium. The heaviest parts are the stove and the window glass . Gunna be interesting when I do weigh it. Backroads, here's some more for inspiration.... |
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Those are great ! I bet that first one has real sod, for their yard. MIKE (mikeburch) |
05-26-2014, 11:41 AM | #18 |
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Google "Autocamps to Airstreams: The Early Road to Vacationland" This was an exhibit at the Peterson Automotive Museum in 2008. My daughter wrote and article for Motorhome Magazine about the exhibit. There was everything from a Model T converted to a motorhome to early Airstream trailers. The Peterson web site has some photos. If I can find some of the photos we took, I will post them.
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05-26-2014, 04:18 PM | #19 |
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with a platform AA its large enough to setup a decent sized tent on the back of it
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