another piece of LD history August 19, 2005, 10:50:29 pm Yahoo Message Number: 57033Here's an interesting branch on LD's evolutionary tree: a 1970 truck camper mounted on the frame of a truck (instead of sitting in the bed of a pickup). http://adcache.rvtraderonline.com/3/1/2/80577412.htmDoes onyone know when LD started making truck campers?--oryoki
Re: another piece of LD history Reply #1 – August 20, 2005, 12:31:06 am Yahoo Message Number: 57034Quote Does onyone know when LD started making truck campers?--oryoki Never knew they did, and I still doubt it. There's no ID on the pic, and none of the lines or design details I see remind me of anything LD. I suspect some manufacturer made a 'Lazy Daze' model, or else the ad copy is simply wrong. This is also not a 'camper', just a pickup chassis instead of van chassis, class-C. I don't see any logical reason LD would have done this.Steve
Re: another piece of LD history Reply #2 – August 20, 2005, 01:02:09 am Yahoo Message Number: 57036That is how all this got started, building pick-up campers. Go to http://www.lazydazecaravanclub.org/html/club_history.html and go through the pictures. You will see a number of pick-up campers. Dan Zoll
Re: another piece of LD history Reply #3 – August 20, 2005, 01:13:54 am Yahoo Message Number: 57038"Dan and Tina Zoll" wrote:Quote...You will see a number of pick-up campers... Here's a photo from the LD Caravan Club site that shows a frame-mounted truck camper. It looks like the truck is a 1960's vintage Chevrolet. Thanks, Dan! http://www.lazydazecaravanclub.org/images/club_history/early_caravaners1.jpg
Re: another piece of LD history Reply #4 – August 20, 2005, 02:36:53 am Yahoo Message Number: 57043Just a Short note on this particular photo- it was taken by my father, paul newton,i remember this outing still quite well; the man, was(now deceased)Ray "Doc" Farrell, the gal doc is looking at i don't know who she is, the galwith the scarf on her head, the witty, bright, world traveler/aventurer, Florence Bevington, also now deceased). Don Nelson's current rig is her last lazy daze she owned after quite a few from dad's factory. Ask Don Nelson how many campers my dad produced, you will be quite amazed, as i was, growing up in the "Lazy Daze Caravan Club"..............still the best out there...Just thought this could help.See You In Cheyenne!
Re: another piece of LD history Reply #5 – August 20, 2005, 12:50:46 pm Yahoo Message Number: 57054Quote"...a 1970 truck camper mounted on the frame of a truck......Does onyone know when LD started making truck campers?"--oryoki oryoki and all Deja vu! I wanted one of these so bad my teeth ached. I cannot vouch for whether this is an authentic LD but the body style, "Chassis Mount", is valid and there were many makers in that time period.Steve S. Lazy Bones
Re: another piece of LD history Reply #6 – August 21, 2005, 02:22:09 am Yahoo Message Number: 57080QuoteThat is how all this got started, building pick-up campers. Go to http://www.lazydazecaravanclub.org/html/club_history.html and go through the pictures. You will see a number of pick-up campers. Dan Zoll How about that! I know LD had m'homes on a van chassis in the '60's, and wouldn't have guessed they'd switch to a pickup at a later date. Thanks all for the links!Steve
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