Vintage Winnebago Star of the Movie
I saw the movie The Pleasure Seeker last week and a 1975 Winnebago Indian was featured. Here is a link to a discussion on the Winnebago used in the movie with a movie trailer at the bottom. Movie wa...
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I believe that was before the P Series chassis. My family had a 1970 Winnebago when I was growing up. I believe it was an Indian, 23' maybe. It was on a Dodge chassis.
The first time I watched the movie RV, I knew where many of the gags in the movie came from. Not as common in modern RVs, but just a few years ago... From my earliest memories, the Winnebago had no working parking brake and putting the transmission in park really just put it in neutral. If I recall correctly, the parking "brake" shoes were separate brake shoes that engaged the drive shaft, so you can imagine how effective they were just based on the size. I usually had the duty of jumping out and chocking the wheels when we parked so it didn't roll away... Dad always said he had the transmission fixed multiple times and it always failed quickly. In the later years we owned it, the master cylinder leaked and you had to top it off and pump up the brakes before driving it. Then there were the poorly designed exhaust manifolds that always cracked. Not to mention I'm pretty sure it was severely overloaded before you put gas in the tank.
There were a lot of things to hate in that motor home, but I didn't know any different back then. Not sure if there were "better" alternatives at the time. But we loved that RV. We traveled all over the country in it sometimes tying it together with literal bailing wire (or coat hangers) and duct tape to make it back home. Ah, those were the days ;).
The first time I watched the movie RV, I knew where many of the gags in the movie came from. Not as common in modern RVs, but just a few years ago... From my earliest memories, the Winnebago had no working parking brake and putting the transmission in park really just put it in neutral. If I recall correctly, the parking "brake" shoes were separate brake shoes that engaged the drive shaft, so you can imagine how effective they were just based on the size. I usually had the duty of jumping out and chocking the wheels when we parked so it didn't roll away... Dad always said he had the transmission fixed multiple times and it always failed quickly. In the later years we owned it, the master cylinder leaked and you had to top it off and pump up the brakes before driving it. Then there were the poorly designed exhaust manifolds that always cracked. Not to mention I'm pretty sure it was severely overloaded before you put gas in the tank.
There were a lot of things to hate in that motor home, but I didn't know any different back then. Not sure if there were "better" alternatives at the time. But we loved that RV. We traveled all over the country in it sometimes tying it together with literal bailing wire (or coat hangers) and duct tape to make it back home. Ah, those were the days ;).
