Very, Very Old Camper

[Wandering Tassie]

Met a guy at golf the other day who commented on having an old Camper Trailer.
Went around today to have a look.
Brand is Auto-Kamp, built in the USA between 1910 and 1920.
Owner still has all the original paper work. I will try and post some up as it is good reading.
Cost was $230US.
Looking at it not a lot has changed in all this time.
Current owner tows it with his Model T Forn.
Does anyone know of an older camper than this.

[Wandering Tassie]

Not sure what happened to all the photos. Try again

[earle]

Wow, looks like something you might 'circle-up' in an old western movie.

[Wandering Tassie]

and again

[Wandering Tassie]

Last one

[Wandering Tassie]

Sorry, stuffed that up. will try again for last one. ps couldn't work out how to post more than one at a time.

Trevor

[Mace]

Love that "pitch camp in 7 minutes" 

[GU Rich]

Thanks for posting! Very interesting!

[Disco EMU]

Love it!

Especially love the fact that the tyres are the same for the car as for the trailer ... and the trailer wheels follow the same tracks as the car! What ... no solar panels?

Note the non-genuine jockey wheel.

[barneys]

love the set up i was wondering  do they use it as a show car or in car rallies .
if you put it up in carvan parks i think you would be very busy telling every one about it ,not that would be a bad thing

[barneys]

emu maybe it was a prototype

[GU Rich]

A google search and I found this

http://www.popupcamperhistory.com/autokamp.php

Rich

[Bushman]

An Original Camprite 


Friends of mine own a couple of model T's  wonder if they know the owner, might have to send him the pic and ask.

[Wandering Tassie]

Barney, yes they do tow it around for the vintage car rallies.

Rich, interesting read in your link. It mentions that they came with a 2 burner gasoline stove. Photo attached.

[GU Rich]

I have a stove almost the same as that under the house!

[D4D]

Yeah my Coleman dual fuel looks almost identical

[dno]

I recon a pic of that somewhere in the myswag site banner ( maybe above the clock on the right hand side) would look good.

[scoot]

That's fantastic. I love it that people maintain and use these things. And the advertising copy. Sets up in 7 minutes, not 6, not 8 but 7! Not much has changed in that regard. Truma hot water systems take 34 minutes to reach 70 degrees, not 35!

Scoot

[lov2getaway]

That is unreal!! Thanks for sharing it with us 

[savanahkelpy]

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ld-BaHeSET0&feature=related

[darren]

Looks a bit like a camprite

[Variflex]

Even back in those days they were matching the trailer rims to the vehicle 

[Bushman]

Looks a bit like a camprite

ya a bit behind there Darren

An Original Camprite 


Friends of mine own a couple of model T's  wonder if they know the owner, might have to send him the pic and ask.

[gruesome]

Thanks for posting mate, that is a really good read, brings a smile to your face to see the effort people still go to to preserve these old vehicles, good stuff,
cheers Andy

[darren]

ya a bit behind there Darren

just goes to show i dont read most threads....