Throw back to early 2000's to the present

[tattoobob]

1986 Camper package the I bought and fixed up, The truck need some work before we could even move it we paid $1700 for the package

What I found strange that is that they attached the rear Happie-Jac to the bed instead of the bumper. The old tv antenna had to be held up with a bungie cord

We sold the truck about 5 years later because we wanted 4x4 so we could go on the beaches here in Ma. and bought this




That truck lasted 3 or 4 years when at a beach clean up going over the dune onto the beach we cracked an exhaust manifold and when fixing ing it it was so rusty a hole was put in the head and antifreeze was leaking , after trying to replace all the heads, freeze plugs and every blt & nut imaginable (long story) I sold it for a parts truck.

The camper sat in the yard for a couple of years be fore we could afford to buy this truck in 2011



3 years ago we came back from the beach and the right rear side of the camper was sitting on top of the bed rail, the structure had collapsed I supported it the best I could but didn't feel safe with taking it to the beach anymore so we sold it and bought this 2000 Lance 1010 from Bugs a member here from NH

[Camper_Jeff___K]

Nice evolution of the truck camper.

[tattoobob]

Boatycall wrote:
Is that a Real-Lite camper? I used to have one years ago and it looked a lot like that.

I loved my camper, It had everything the lay out was the best I've ever seen, the the side door I really liked and it was light enough (almost) for a SRW

That's a nice looking rig

[Boatycall]

Is that a Real-Lite camper? I used to have one years ago and it looked a lot like that.

[tattoobob]

profdant139 wrote:
Believe it or not, there is an ancient riddle or paradox that says that if you have an item and replace the components at several different times, the item is still the same item -- you had the original camper on a truck, replaced the truck using the same camper, replaced the camper on the same truck, replaced the second truck, and then replaced the original camper.

Example: "This is my grandfather's axe. My father replaced the haft, and I put a new head on it. It's still my grandfather's axe."

So according to this logic, it's the same rig that it always was!

Here is a link to a long discussion of this concept:

Ship of Theseus

That's interesting I've never looked at it that way but in some ways it makes sense

[tattoobob]

Lwiddis wrote:
Great set of pictures!

Thanks

[tattoobob]

ScottG wrote:
Great progression.
I wish I had some organised pics of our camping history like that!

Well if it wasn't for my wife I would have nothing too, she always has a camera with her

[tattoobob]

joerg68 wrote:
Thanks for the pictures! Nice setups, all of them!

Billerica? I had ham radio friends in Tewksbury back in the 80s, and went to see them a few times.

I was just in my late teens early 20's in the 80's, My son lives in Tewksbury now

[profdant139]

Believe it or not, there is an ancient riddle or paradox that says that if you have an item and replace the components at several different times, the item is still the same item -- you had the original camper on a truck, replaced the truck using the same camper, replaced the camper on the same truck, replaced the second truck, and then replaced the original camper.

Example: "This is my grandfather's axe. My father replaced the haft, and I put a new head on it. It's still my grandfather's axe."

So according to this logic, it's the same rig that it always was!

Here is a link to a long discussion of this concept:

Ship of Theseus

[Lwiddis]

Great set of pictures!

[ScottG]

Great progression.
I wish I had some organised pics of our camping history like that!

[joerg68]

Thanks for the pictures! Nice setups, all of them!

Billerica? I had ham radio friends in Tewksbury back in the 80s, and went to see them a few times.