Oldest Truck Camper?

Shortly after we were married back in the 70's, we bought our first truck camper. It was a thing of beauty with an aluminum shell exterior, and gloss-white painted interior. No "bathroom facilities" graced the inside of our rig, and a night, you turned on a propane fired gas lamp to play cards by. Our dish water had to be heated on the top of the four-burner LP stove, and you hand pumped water out of the fresh water tank into the somewhat miniature sink.

We were the second owner of this glorious rig. The first owner worked for the company that build the rig. He personally oversaw the rig off the assembly line, then took his family from Washington state back to New York City for a big religious convention in 1958. As we recall, he had a BIG family (and sure enough, some of them must have ridden in the back all those long miles). With the kids grown and gone, we bought the rig to share with our kids.

Wish we still had a picture of that old rig.

But all this leads to our question: What was the oldest truck camper you've ever had? And do you have any pictures you could share? There must be some folks who even today have one of those "oldies but goodies" in their hands, and we'd love to share your thoughts and photos with all of our readers. Drop us a line at rdemaris at juno dot com (pardon the spell out, we're trying to ditch the automated email address "bots").