The good ole days of Alaska travel
A few years ago, I bought part of a collection of slides that were shot on a drive to Alaska in 1948. I got 160 of them, a friend in Germany got 120 or so, and there were probably more that went to pl...
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In the 70's my Dad bought a used 1959 International Harvester 4 wheel drive, 1 1/2 ton, dual rear wheel truck with a 10 ft custom chassis mounted camper. The camper was constructed of steel tube framing with the typical 50's styling interior and aluminum siding found on travel trailers of that era. The original owner had it built specifically for traveling from Southern California to Alaska for hunting and fishing trips.
My wife and I bought it from my Dad and that was our first RV. We had lots of great trips in it. We traded it in when we bought a new TT and truck in 1978. I have tried to find it many times over the years. It would be fun to have and restore...it probably got crushed and is part of some dam in China.
These are the roads it was setup to traverse.
My wife and I bought it from my Dad and that was our first RV. We had lots of great trips in it. We traded it in when we bought a new TT and truck in 1978. I have tried to find it many times over the years. It would be fun to have and restore...it probably got crushed and is part of some dam in China.
These are the roads it was setup to traverse.
