I just read where the Scamp Trailer Factory burned down last night. It brings back fond memories for the Everhart Family.
In 1978 - we bought a Scamp new directly from the factory for $2200 cash. It weighed 950 pounds - and slept four - tightly.
It was delivered directly from Minnesota to Pennsylvania in March by a young man with a pickup truck - pulling a flat bed trailer with three Scamps on it.
The driver said we have a nice trailer with a good furnace because he spent that night in it and the temperature went down to 15 degrees outside - but it stayed toasty inside.
After a few local trips our first long range trip was a 30 day trip from Pennsylvania to the West Coast and back. We pulled that trailer roughly 7000 miles with a 1977 Chevy Chevette - with automatic transmission and no AC. My son was only six months old - my wife 24 - and my Dad was 62. Dad always wanted to see the Pacific Ocean and I was glad we took him because he died 4 years later - too young - with the dreaded Miner's disease - Black Lung.
The Chevette and the Scamp both performed flawlessly. We went to South Bend - Chicago - Mount Rushmore - Yellowstone - Salt Lake - Elko - Reno - SF - Morro Bay - LA - Disney - Vegas - Grand Canyon - Amarillo - St Louis - Indy - Pittsburgh - home to Tamaqua.
30 straight nights of four folks in that little fiberglass egg was a real test. On the second night of the trip in South Bend in July - we bought a little "carry cool" AC for the trailer window.
We have some absolutely fabulous pictures of my six month old son (now a doctor) - my 24 year old wife (now a professor type doctor) and my 62 year old Dad - now gone 28 years. Man RV's are great.
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