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Brena and Queenie - vintage glamping in style
May 4

May 4 Brena and Queenie - vintage glamping in style

Peggy Barthel
RV stories, Vintage RVs

A story and pictures about Brena Sullivan and her 1953 King Travel Trailer “Queenie”.

A forklift company builds motorhomes
Apr 23

Apr 23 A forklift company builds motorhomes

Tony Barthel
RV stories, Vintage RVs

The Clark Cortez motorhome was a unique, front-wheel-drive motorhome built by the Clark fork lift company. This unique vehicle was purpose-built from a steel unitized body and featured a lot of innovation.

The flying Winnebago - Winnebago Heli-Home
Mar 25

Mar 25 The flying Winnebago - Winnebago Heli-Home

Tony Barthel
RV stories, Vintage RVs

In the 1970s Winnebago thought the idea of an RV based on a helicopter would fly. We’ve got the story on the Winnebago Heli-Home, a true flying RV that was even FMCA compliant.

A motorhome designed by an aircraft engineer
Mar 9

Mar 9 A motorhome designed by an aircraft engineer

Tony Barthel
RV stories, Vintage RVs

The Corvair-powered Ultra Van was truly one of the most groundbreaking RVs of all time which made sense as the Corvair, too, broke a lot of new ground as well as being a stand out classic nowadays. This aircraft-inspired RV is a unique collectible that still is uniquely advanced.

An iconic motorhome even decades later
Mar 2

Mar 2 An iconic motorhome even decades later

Tony Barthel
RV stories, Vintage RVs

In the 1970s General Motors created a unique motorhome that, to this day, is still class-leading in a lot of ways with collectors still restoring and modifying these beautiful coaches in significant numbers.

Toyota RV-2 RV concept
Feb 24

Feb 24 Toyota RV-2 RV concept

Tony Barthel
RV stories, Vintage RVs

Toyota’s concept RV-2 pointed to the company thinking about creating a unique RV and sports car blend in the early 1970s. Ultimately the car-RV appeared on the pages of Penthouse magazine but not before getting a lot of attention.

When car makers made campers
Dec 17

Dec 17 When car makers made campers

Tony Barthel
RV stories, Vintage RVs

When car makers made RVs - cars as campers.

The Chevrolet Corvair as a Camper
Dec 13

Dec 13 The Chevrolet Corvair as a Camper

Tony Barthel
RV stories, Vintage RVs

Chevrolet offered their Corvair as a van and made camper kits available for those vans. Today those are rare but cool collectible vehicles.

Breaking new ground in affordability - the 1966 Winnebago
Sep 27

Sep 27 Breaking new ground in affordability - the 1966 Winnebago

Peggy Barthel
Vintage RVs

The story of our family’s 1966 Winnebago Lifetime Premier motorhome.

Tonka Winnebago - a million miniature miles
Sep 15

Sep 15 Tonka Winnebago - a million miniature miles

Tony Barthel
Road Trips

A million miniature miles in my Tonka Winnebago. 

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