Ours was a steel-framed aluminum covered trailer we "built". Dad came across a trailer tongue, and the rest was just an idea. We spent the summer of 1967 putting the whole thing together. I remember listening to Mario Andretti take his second win at Indianapolis on the radio while my little brother and his friend, Duggie (he pronounced it Guggie) painted the frame black -- as well as each other (where's the turpentine). It had various cargo compartments, including a vented, insulated fuel compartment for flammables, and the whole backend opened out into a pantry, complete with stove and cooler.

We were even able to pick it out 2 years later from an aerial photo in LOOK magazine. We were camped at Cape Canaveral to watch the Apollo 11 launch.

Not exactly the luxury item you tout, Tom, but a definite conversation piece at just about every KOA we pulled into. And not necessarily something to chuck to the pawnshop when thing go awry. Your complaining that people who suddenly have financial problems should sell everything they own needs a little work, I think.

No, I do not own a GPS.
Yes, I do have a DVD player.
Not much of a CD collection, unless you count my John Denver, Buddy Holly and Jerry Lee Lewis collections. That’s really it.
I do own about 3,000 fuzzy movies on VCR tape. These are throwbacks to my military years. (Never much cared for local programs when I was overseas.)
And my current RV is an ’87 Ford Taurus. My wife drives a 94 T-Bird with a shot tranny.

We are also a single income family, and not by “choice”. My wife has a heart condition that keeps her out of the market.

Money is tight, Tom. Damned tight. Sorry to be the one to let you in on it, but for me it is. And I, for one, don’t mind complaining about it from time to time.

Anyway, my current condition may soon change,
Dan