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Starcraft RV. Starcraft RV is a subsidiary of the Jayco Family of Companies, headquartered in Shipshewana, Indiana. The company was founded in 1903 as a farm equipment manufacturer and later expanded into marine manufacturing before shifting its focus to recreational vehicles (RVs) in the 1960s. [16]
An especially notable feature of 1995 model Sunlines was the addition of power slide rooms [20] to two fifth wheel models. The slide room concept had been around in the RV industry since the 1970s and power slide outs since 1990, [21] but this was Sunline's first application of them. 50,000th Sunline, a 2000 T-2370. 8/26/99.
In North America, typically 3 ⁄ 4 - or 1-ton pickup trucks are used for hauling full size slideout-equipped campers (e.g., the Chevrolet/GMC 2500 through 3500 range, the Ram 2500 through 3500 range, and the Ford F-250 through 350 range), usually with long box bed lengths and sometimes with dual-mounted rear tires for the heaviest camper models.
What is believed to be the world's largest truck camper (18 foot, 6 metre) was manufactured by Interior RV (now defunct) of Penticton, BC, Canada. It was a one-of-a-kind concept unit. It was sold in 2008 or 2009 and its current location is unknown. Interior RV was also the first company to develop a slide out for a truck camper.
The firm originally built slide-in campers for pickup trucks. [citation needed] Sometime around 1974, the company began building Class C motorhomes, commonly called "minis". The motor homes were built on a Chevrolet and Dodge chassis with either a Chevrolet 454 or Dodge 440 engine. In the mid-1970s, the company opened a motor coach repair ...
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Fleetwood RV's origins date back to 1950, when John C. Crean formed Coach Specialties Company in southern California, as a maker of window blinds for travel trailers. [2] Around 1953, Crean renamed the company to Fleetwood Trailer Company, a name inspired by the automotive bodies incorporated into various Cadillac lines of automobiles . [ 2 ]