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| By
the end of World World I, Americans took to the road in camping
out of their cars with tents, beds and cooking facilities added
to their family car. |
As nearly as 1920, RVers often
camped in simple wooden house structures built in their backyard
and added to a model T chassis to recreate their home
environment on the road. |
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| RV camping clubs date back to the
Tin Can Tourists of the 1920s and 1930s. Tin Can Tourists
were RVers who brave the dust and mud to drive their tin Lizzies
across the U.S. before transcontinental roads were paved,
camping by the side of the road, heating tin cans of food on a
gasoline stove and bathing in cold water. |
RVs on the market in the 1930s
used aircraft-style construction and offered travelers the
convenience of beds, dinettes, electricity and water. |
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| With the popularity of RVs came
the need for campgrounds with more facilities. |
After World War II, the RV
industry flourished as Americans answered the call of the open
road. |
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| From tiny do-it-yourself kits to
plush 30-foot models, travel trailers came into their own as
true towable RV by 1950. |
Many of today's RV manufacturers got their start in the 1950s and 1960s. |
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| Advances in aerodynamic design and
interior comforts abound along the RVs evolutionary path. |
Some of the newest luxury RV's are
actually buses with turbo diesel engines, with expandos
(slide-outs) that
rival luxury apartments. |
