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several years before and after 1920, the self-styled
"Vagabonds", Henry Ford, Thomas Edison, Harvey Firestone, and
John Burroughs, participated in a series of motor camping caravans,
which have been described as the first notable linking of the automobile
with outdoor recreation.
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This
custom 1922 Lincoln served as the camp kitchen in Henry Ford's fleet of camping
cars and, as with other personal cars, was rebuilt using many later
model Lincoln parts. This truck is equipped with an 81 horsepower, 60
degree V8 engine.
In planning his
first camping trips Mr. Ford would have a staff person set up tents around the
Powerhouse and residence to assure their reliability. Often, tents of
varying sizes would be assembled several times to assure all aspects of
travel would be in check. Also, the staff person was
one of the
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significant individuals to go along on the trips to assure the camping
equipment worked smoothly.
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