Thursday, May 26, 2016

Rebuilding the Amerigo–Small Epiphanies

[image]During my last entry I posted several pictures of my work in demo-ing the cabover bed area.   One thing that had puzzled me during that process was the odd little blocked in corners in the frame. 

 

At the time I was thinking, “Naw, that can’t be for a cab-over strut, only Lance camper had those….”

 

Then during my hunt for brochures and other things camping from the 70s and 80s, I came across this old GMC/Amerigo ad from 1974 (Trying to find any old materials about Gardner Industries and KOA’s partnership during the 70s).

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Well Damn, that looks like cabover struts!

Posted by Big Matt at 11:49 AM
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2 comments:

  1. Erik's RV Blog May 27, 2016 at 7:27 AM

    Interesting window up front. With those cab over struts, the bed can twist differently than the front of the truck, can that affect the cab over structural integrity?

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  2. Big MattJune 22, 2016 at 1:26 PM

    Each one of those is just a shock absorber on a ball mount. They're of no use on my rig, because its an extended cab and I wouldn't even know where to look for an original Amerigo set, I doubt few still exist.

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