Pet peeve

[wbmiller3]

My dad's first camper in the 60s was a Cox. Canvas top, heavy as hell beds that were just hinged and you had to lift them up and out. I remember us going through I don't know how many tires on a trip to Arizona in 1969. As an 8 year old kid I insisted on being able to watch the moon landing, so took along a tiny B&W portable TV.



(Picture from www.popupcamperhistory.com)

Note in the brochure, both the humans, and the trailers, are referred to as "campers".

[Wavery]

Originally Posted by wbmiller3

My dad's first camper in the 60s was a Cox. Canvas top, heavy as hell beds that were just hinged and you had to lift them up and out. I remember us going through I don't know how many tires on a trip to Arizona in 1969. As an 8 year old kid I insisted on being able to watch the moon landing, so took along a tiny B&W portable TV.



(Picture from www.popupcamperhistory.com)

Note in the brochure, both the humans, and the trailers, are referred to as "campers".

My 1st trailer "Camper" was a "Nimrod" and it looked just like that one. You can see it up against the garage door in this pic from 1975. Before that, I only had traditional slide in truck campers.

[oldstick]

You guys are stirring up fond memories for me too. I seem to vaguely remember the name Kwick-Camp but not sure if I ever saw one, but seem to remember seeing some that resembled that type of design. And I definitely remember seeing the Cox style.

1960s for me also. Our first family excursion was with another family that had bought a small trailer, I believe the name was Eager Beaver. Dad borrowed an old canvas army tent (olive green, of course) from my uncle for us to sleep in. And interestingly both of us were families of 6. Eight kids total.

Then low and behold a few months later, he came home with a brand new Nimrod (appropriately named) pop-up with plastic roof that slept all six of us. Couple years later, he traded it for a deluxe sized (to us anyway) Starcraft that slept 8. We traveled many miles in that one, including fairly long trips to DC and the Blue Ridge Mts. and such places.

And if I recall, the Eager Beaver and both or our pop-ups were towed by Ford Galaxy station wagons of that era.

[Kmikesell]

love these old camper designs!

[wbmiller3]

I remember seeing Nimrod campers.

[cRay60]

Cox was my first camper, loved it! Easy to set up in the rain which I did more than once!