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1921 - 1930
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Up
until the 1920s, the campers were custom built. In
the 1920s, several manufacturers built bodies, which
could be mounted on auto chassis to create house cars.
These bodies were sold and shipped to the purchaser
to be mounted on Model T or other car chassis. In
the 1920s, Ford Model Ts were by far the most common
make of automobile.
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1922,
Travel Coach
Photo Courtesy of
Atlas
Mobile Home Directory
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Two-wheeled
wooden trailer with front and back legs and door at
the back. |
1923,
Tourists' Camp in Orillia
Source: National Archives of Canada
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Tent
mounted on one side of the car. |
1923,
America First
Photo Courtesy of
Atlas
Mobile Home Directory
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This
homemade motorhome from 1923 is built on a Chevrolet
chassis. Owners of first campers usually gave them
names. Words "America First" are painted
on the sides of the camper. The camper body is made
of wood. |
1923,
Nomad House Car
Photo Courtesy of www.trombinoscar.com
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Nomad house car from 1923 add on the Ford TT chassis.
Note chimney and window shade on roller.
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1925,
American Tourists in Ottawa
Source: National Archives of Canada
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American
tourists in front of Parliament building in Ottawa.
Auto is a Franklin and carries a canoe on top and
camping gear on running board and rear luggage rack. |
1927,
Flordellen
Photo Courtesy of Jim Holzschuh
www.ms-t-inc.com/c-hall/flordellen.html
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1927
Leonard S. Whittier from Elmira, New York, had a custom
built recreation vehicle, Flordellen. The car was
31' long, 9'2" high and 7' 6" wide and was
built on a Brockway model "H" bus chassis. The master
quarters had accommodations for two with a Pullman
style bed, wicker chairs, wardrobe, bookcases, built-in
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radio system, spinet desk and ample storage space
in the lockers and cupboard. The refrigerator and
the sink were on one side of the kitchen, with the
electric stove and water heater opposite. On the right
side of the vehicle was a complete bathroom. There
was a shower bath and a chemical toilet with a large
septic tank beneath the floor.
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1928,
Curtiss Aerocar
Source: Smithsonian Magazine
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In
1928, Glenn Curtis created Aerocar Land Yacht. It
was constructed on aircraft principles with a frame
of light metal tubing braced by wire cables. It featured
four berths, a galley, running water, servants quarters,
multiple bathrooms and observatory cockpit with a
glass roof.
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1928, Road Yacht
Photo Courtesy of
Atlas
Mobile Home Directory
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Road
Yacht from 1928 was one of the first regularly produced
motor homes in 1928. |
1928,
Gilkie
Tent Trailer
Source: Unknown
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1928
Gilkie tent trailer, manufactured by E.P. Gilkison
& Sons, Indiana. Features of campers include:
two 54" beds with sagless mattresses, large wire
screen windows, waterproof, mildew proof army duck
tent, rust proof metal drawer. On the road, the rig
looked like a normal flat, two-wheeled trailer. When
parked, two front and back telescoping legs were dropped
into position and the rig was leveled. The tarp is
removed. Two arches are then raised, one at the front
and one at the rear. The sides's arms fold outward
on each side of the trailer to hold the bed springs. |
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A PERSON SPENDS 1 HOUR AND 6 MINUTES PER DAY
ON TRAVELLING
The amount of time that people spend on travel
has been consistent at 1,1 hours per person
per day in all societies. The average distance
travelled is 12 000 km (7,400 miles) per year.
In total, the world population travels more
than 23 trillion km (16.6 trillion miles)
per year, 53% of which is by car, 26% by bus,
9% by rail, 9% by high-speed transport such
as aeroplanes, and 3% by bicycle, boat and
other means.
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PARK... AND DIE!
The
first paved roads were processional ways leading
to the great tempples and festival sites in
the cities of the Babylonians and Assyrians,
and along them were carried idols of the goods
of these early Mesopotamian civilisations.
the Assyrian were the first to make road-building
state business. Rules of the road were strict.
King Sennacherib , who ruled Assyria in the
early 7th century BC, decreed that anyone
putting up a building or parking a chariot
alongside the processional way in his capital,
Nineveh, should face death by impaling.
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THE
WORST DRIVER IN THE WORLD
The
record of the worst driver is tied between
2 candidates; first a 75-year-old man who
received 10 traffic tickets, drove on the
wrong side of the road 4 times, committed
4 hit-and-run offenses, and caused 6 accidents,
all within 20 minutes on October 15, 1966.
Second, a 62-year-old woman who failed her
driving test 40 times before passing it
in August, 1970. By the time, she had spent
over $700 in lessons and could no longer
afford to buy a car.
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