Camping in a Model A

[Ziggster]

This vid popped up in my feed. Pretty cool stuff.

https://youtu.be/ctIcG1LZShQ?si=llF4PXew7IpLCcMO

 

[nkaminar]

Nice video, thanks. When I grow up I want to make a camp car. Some samples below.

 

[David in San Antonio]

https://www.mtfca.com/phpBB3/download/file.php?id=171874&mode=view
Here’s a Model T “pea picker’s house” photographed by Dorothea Lange during the depression, working for the Farm Security Administration (FSA).
I worked with a handyman in the 1960’s who built a plywood superstructure on his military surplus Jeep. Not as a house but to make driving in The Pennsylvania winters tolerable. I’d consider it a great luxury to have a Model A with a body in poor enough condition to have me clapping together a slab sided camper body on it.

 

[ModelA29]

Ed Tolman and his grandsons travel the old Mojave Rd and camp every couple years. Off road and a couple water crossings.
It seem the Model T guys do a lot more camping than the A guys - maybe we just look for more luxurious 1930s motels to stay in with our modern fancy cars......
This is a great video about Oregon's Tbums - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyVXQ0wn440

 

[Synchro909]

This vid popped up in my feed. Pretty cool stuff.

https://youtu.be/ctIcG1LZShQ?si=llF4PXew7IpLCcMO

How the heck do you lay down to sleep in that? I have considered something similar but with a slide out section at the rear to give room to sleep laying down.
I'm feeling inspired all over again!

 

[ModelA29]

There were the tents you could add to one side of the car.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAS4-vr9_6I


I'm gathering parts to build an AutoKamp trailer. They used Ford Model T wheels so you could get parts anywhere.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGus-F0OxB8