Classic American

HAPPY CAMPERS

Husband and wife Ed and Louise Bennett share a strong love of old American cars. They’ve built up a sizeable collection, including a 1968 Mustang that Louise has owned since 1996 and is currently under restoration, a 1956 Cadillac Sedan deVille and a large number of mid-Fifties Pontiacs, one of which Louise drives virtually every day. “We just love older cars,” explains Louise, “and fortunately tend to share similar tastes. That was the case with this camper; it was love at first sight.”

The truck was spotted at the Portland Swapmeet in Oregon in 2015. “The seller had a sign on the camper saying to come inside and look around it,” remembers Louise. “He was asking $8750 for both parts, or he would sell the camper and truck separately. A friend who was with us said: ‘If you don’t buy it, I will,’ but by then we

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