![]() ![]() Although these many sad foreshortened vacation trips didn’t exactly trigger the kind of rampant flood of lawsuits they undoubtedly would today, the manufacturers knew that this was only going to get worse, as the campers got ever bigger and the loads ever heavier. That usually didn’t end so well for Sally, Dick and Jane up there Mom and Dad’s odds of surviving were probably somewhat better. On weekends and vacations, the camper was mounted, turning it into a rolling Holiday Inn/rec room.īut Americans are prone to overloading, and these rigs became famous for their proclivity to end upside down in the ditch. The slide-in pickup was a splendid invention it gave Dad a truck to drive to work during the week while Mom kept the Ranch Wagon. Here’s a more typical example: awesome, especially for keeping the kids out of the driver’s hair, up there in the penthouse (I got to ride in one once, and what an improvement compared to sitting in a cramped sedan). Ok, that’s a bit of an extreme case, but during the Great Pickup Camper Craze (1950-1973), slide-in campers got bigger and bigger. It was the only American pickup of its kind, and still keep an eight foot bed. Yes, they’re further back, thanks to an extended wheelbase. Maybe this will help, especially if you direct your eyes to the rear wheels, or more specifically, their relative location compared to the regular version above it. Notice anything different or unusual about this Ford pickup? ![]()
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