Vintage RVs Archives

Vintage Trailers Magazine adds auction element

RV Travel - August 15, 2023

Automotive auction platform and enthusiast community Bring a Trailer (BaT) and Vintage Camper Trailers, the leading online destination for vintage camper enthusiasts, have partnered...

WOW! Restored 1950 Westcraft Coronado vintage trailer tour

Video Editor - August 9, 2023

By Cheri Sicard As the video below is over a year old, I am assuming the vintage trailer in question, a 1950 Westcraft Coronado, is...

RV Daily Tips. Tuesday, August 8, 2023

Newsletter Editor - August 8, 2023

Issue 2182 Welcome to RV Travel’s Daily Tips Newsletter, where you’ll find helpful RV-related tips from the pros, travel advice, RV videos, product reviews and...

Tour the Long, Long Trailer: 1953 New Moon trailer just like Lucy’s

Cheri Sicard - July 28, 2023

If you have fond memories of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz in The Long, Long Trailer, join the team from Camping Therapy and trailer...

RV Daily Tips. Thursday, July 20, 2023

Newsletter Editor - July 20, 2023

Issue 2169 Welcome to RV Travel’s Daily Tips Newsletter, where you’ll find helpful RV-related tips from the pros, travel advice, RV videos, product reviews and...

Super rare remodel: 1951 double-decker RV Lighthouse DuPlex

Video Editor - July 19, 2023

By Cheri Sicard In the video below, Ethan Langley from American RV Restoration shares one of the rarest-ever RVs on The Art of RVing YouTube...

A modern classic: Riverside RV Retro 171DRD travel trailer tour

Cheri Sicard - June 28, 2023

Josh the RV Nerd is back to give us a tour of a travel trailer that might look retro but is actually brand-new, the...

Retro style ‘glamping’ in the 2023 nuCamp Barefoot travel trailer

Cheri Sicard - May 15, 2023

Looking for retro style without the expense and hassle of restoring a vintage RV? nuCamp’s Barefoot travel trailer might just fit the bill. This cute...

Incredible vintage RV roundup video: Explore hundreds of crazy vintage RVs!

Video Editor - February 24, 2023

By Cheri Sicard If you are a vintage RV fan you are definitely going to want to check out the amazing roundup video below created...

RV Daily Tips. Monday, January 23, 2023

Newsletter Editor - January 23, 2023

Issue 2041 Welcome to RV Travel’s Daily Tips Newsletter, where you’ll find helpful RV-related tips from the pros, travel advice, product reviews and more. Thanks...

Jaw-dropping super rare 1970s Camelot Cruiser RV

Video Editor - January 22, 2023

By Cheri Sicard This super rare, only one of three, vintage 1970s Camelot Cruiser RV is like a perfectly preserved time capsule of the swinging...

Amazing 20-year dream 1935 Bowlus restoration is completed

Paul Lacitinola - January 12, 2023

In the current issue of the Vintage Camper Trailers Magazine, we featured two of Monte Osborne's vintage vehicles: his King slide-in camper and his...

Stylish vintage Shasta trailer renovation on a budget

Video Editor - December 20, 2022

By Cheri Sicard Join the team from Playing with Sticks as they completely restore their 13-foot vintage Shasta Compact trailer. According to them, this is...

Incredible 1937 Packard motorhome in mint condition, worth six figures

Paul Lacitinola - December 16, 2022

In 1937 you could buy a new house for $4,100, or you could rent a home for $26. Hamburger was 12 cents per pound,...

Trailer-teardrop hybrid: Innovative vintage Shasta trailer remodel

Video Editor - November 6, 2022

By Cheri Sicard Check out this unique vintage Shasta trailer remodel that adds teardrop functionality to a Shasta Compact trailer. According to Matt, whose project this...

Why would a gift basket company build these trailers?

Paul Lacitinola - April 22, 2022

Quite possibly the holy grail of the trailer world is the Geographic Model X, produced by Harry & David, better known for their mail-order...

Two incredible vintage Airstreams that were NOT made of aluminum

Paul Lacitinola - April 7, 2022

The admiration of all things vintage is the founding principle of The Gulley Museum Collection. The owners, David and Mary Gulley, collect everything from...

RV Daily Tips. Tuesday, March 29, 2022

Newsletter Editor - March 29, 2022

Issue 1827 Welcome to RV Travel’s Daily Tips Newsletter, where you’ll find helpful RV-related tips from the pros, travel advice, product reviews and more. Thanks...

For sale: Super sketchy vintage camper conversion. Don’t try this at home!

Tony - February 18, 2022

While I write a daily RV review here at RVtravel.com, I also love vintage RVs. In fact, I’m in the middle of restoring one...

RV Review: Vintage Airstream Funeral Coach

Tony - October 31, 2021

I normally like to write about new RVs here, but I found one you might be dying to know about. You see, the folks...

RVs 10 years or older are being turned away from campgrounds. Should this be allowed?

Nanci Dixon - October 1, 2021

As a massive number of RVers scour the country for a place to camp, more and more RV parks are turning away folks with...

Vacation in 1970s style: This Camelot Cruiser is for sale and you’ve GOT to see it

Tony - September 10, 2021

If you ever wanted to relive the glory years of the 1970s and have a bunch of money burning a hole in your pocket,...

RV Daily Tips. Tuesday, June 29, 2021

Newsletter Editor - June 29, 2021

Issue 1632 Welcome to another edition of RV Travel’s Daily Tips newsletter. Here you’ll find helpful RV-related and living tips from the pros, travel advice,...

You just missed the chance to buy this rare Italian RV restoration

Russ and Tiña De Maris - April 28, 2021

By Russ and Tiña De Maris If you were looking for a unique RV restoration project, you just missed it. A French automotive auction house,...

RV Review: Relic Custom Trailers

Tony - February 5, 2021

By Tony Barthel Many of the RVs I review here fit into a mold or are very defined by their category. Others... not so much....

RV Daily Tips. Friday, January 1, 2021

Newsletter Editor - January 1, 2021

Issue 1505 Welcome to another edition of RV Travel’s Daily Tips newsletter. Here you’ll find helpful RV-related and living tips from the pros, travel advice,...

Should you buy that “vintage” RV?

RV Staff - December 31, 2020

Steve Savage submitted this article to RVtravel.com when he was a Master Certified RV Technician with Mobility RV Service. We used to just call old...

RV review: 2021 Holiday House 18RB

Tony - October 26, 2020

By Tony Barthel There are plenty of examples of “retro-style” trailers that have come and gone. I believe most of them have gone because they...

What’s a Super Bugger? A VW camper conversion, of course!

James Raia - October 9, 2020

By James Raia The Super Bugger was the result of a wacky idea of an entrepreneurial company in Costa Mesa, California. In the mid-1970s, the...

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