Who owns or has owned a travel trailer?

OK folks now that we're all gathered around the campfire, where's the camp stories?

 

And for those of you who were able to follow all of that...
I still have two trucks and two camping trailers.[/QUOTE]

Nice rig! That's a clean old Ford you got there. Our Trailers are very similar. Lights and interior appointments being the exception.

 

With something like that, you're almost in mobile home territory. All that's missing is the wash machine (or is it missing?). Depending on the wood used, that's what could tip the scale. If they used natural wood, the furniture and cabinetry would be at least one third lighter than those boards made from ground up scrap wood held together with glue. As nice and comfortable as all of that looks, you still have to tow that thing around. If not used as a mobile home, I would settle for giving up some of the coziness for something more spartan, just to make it towable. Like say with smart-looking aluminum cabinets, tables and sofa frame, for starters. Speaking of lightweight, I'm surprised nobody mentioned those vintage road blimps:

 

Thank you.
How is your Lo-Liner set up?

 

Mine centers around an old Ford panel truck, us two partying with our girlfriends and roasting venison

 

Did the party carry on with the carrion?

 

'99 4Runner. An adequate hauler with off road capabilities. <Desert Rats.

 

Yeah, it took going halfway through the medicine chest and breaking a couple mirrors, before we finally carrioned

 

I meant how is it setup inside, like the layout.
You mentioned interior appointments, so that's what I was thinking...

Sounds like the setup you use to haul it with works good for what you use it for. Not as cool as a vintage tow rig, but certainly geared toward what you want to do.

Here's the interior of my Aristocrat:

 

Melmac? I like the color.

 

Growing up, my family had a yellow 66 Ford Econoline "Travel Wagon" camper. Later, after the Econoline was traded in on a Country Squire, we ended up getting a 23' 1977 Terry Travel trailer. back in the day, it was easy to just take the old Squire wagon to a local trailer dealer and have a Reese hitch installed. If you plan on using the old wagon to tow a vintage trailer, there may not be a standard size hitch to fit your wagon. You may need to have a custom hitch welded up.

 

Did you yave Terry cloth towels in there?

As for the hitch the original owner bought this wagon specifically for towing, it has a trailer brake from 1972, has a receiver hitch installed from a place that doesn't exit anymore in California, had factory auto adjustable rear air shocks, also has the oil cooler... I just wish I knew who the original owner was since he loaded this wagon up from factory... Honestly it isnt missing many options.

 

Nope. Just dollar store stuff that had the right look.

 

My dad bought his 71 Country Squire, and later his 77 Country Squire specifically with trailer towing in mind. Loved the 71 with the 429 under the hood. Hated the 77 with the 400. The 77 didn't have enough power to get out of it's own way without the trailer. With the trailer I remember figuring out that the 77 got almost 7 miles per gallon.
Terry cloth towels? Yeah, but it was the 70's. We had Terry cloth shirts too.

 

Unfortunately that was pretty common across most brands during that time period.