Wednesday, February 09, 2011

Sleeper Car, Bryce Canyon, Utah, 1958

The “Aero Cabana” is a clamp-on, airplane-wingette with a pop-up travel tent tucked inside. Doncha just love it?


This clever camping contraption isn’t clamped on just any ‘ol car, oh, no! This is a brand new, but dusty, 1958 Edsel Citation. The top of the entirely new, but ill-fated, line of cars introduced in 1957 by the granddaddy of American automobiles, the Ford Motor Company.

5 comments:

  1. 1958 was the first year, 1960 the last.

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  2. More pix of the "Aero Cabana" here: http://books.google.com/books?id=RJtJRxMWr8gC&lpg=PA116&ots=JXOIti1OGC&dq=aero%20cabana&pg=PA116#v=onepage&q=aero%20cabana&f=false

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  3. Thanks Scott. I want one of these!

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  4. Just found some photos of the Aero Cabana in it's full open glory:

    www.expeditionportal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=8148

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