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Posted: **Wed Feb 27, 2019 12:52 pm**

Hi all,
Im still hunting for early auto camp items. I collect civilian auto camp specific things such as coolers, kitchens, folding canvas items, shovels etc.

thanks for looking

Posted: **Wed Mar 13, 2019 12:29 pm**

camp fire grids? Snake bite kits? Goodyear tourist tube carrying bag????

Posted: **Wed Mar 13, 2019 12:43 pm**

Auto Camp Stoves, Medical kits......

Posted: **Wed Mar 13, 2019 12:46 pm**

binoculars.....

Posted: **Wed Mar 13, 2019 8:26 pm**

If you are really serious, this set is for sale. Contact me thru PM.

All the Best,

Hank

Posted: **Thu Mar 14, 2019 12:25 am**

Hank, very nice .........

Posted: **Tue Mar 19, 2019 12:48 pm**

thank you henry for the wonderful Wilder Luncheonette!
I am very excited for it to arrive in the mail!

Im still hunting for other antique camp items! Anything that you would take along in the car on a long trip that fits the era. Yale flashlight with stand, coleman auto camp catalogs, accessory driving lights ......

Thanks guys!

Posted: **Thu Mar 21, 2019 11:33 am**

compasses were marketed to auto campers as well.

Ceebynite, leedawl, and Telaway were some of the catchy names they used for marketing to everyday people

Posted: **Thu Mar 21, 2019 12:22 pm**

Send me your mailing info - I have a "camper" brochure to send your way.

Posted: **Thu Mar 21, 2019 12:45 pm**

PM sent

Posted: **Thu May 09, 2019 4:01 pm**

Rajo,
I got your brochure a while back. I have been meaning to thank you. Have not seen such thing before. Very happy to add it to my catalog collection.

Posted: **Thu May 09, 2019 4:02 pm**

And I am still hunting! Any other items that you guys might have I am interested in hearing about them!

Posted: **Thu May 09, 2019 5:55 pm**

You are most welcome, Linus - glad you liked it !

Posted: **Thu May 09, 2019 7:22 pm**

Just found this thread and believe it may be my favorite for the year...

Posted: **Fri May 10, 2019 11:59 am**

what about this item-

the folding portable bathtub! Mine is made by the Gold Medal Folding Furniture company of Racine, wisconsin

Posted: **Fri May 10, 2019 12:04 pm**

Or the Riddle Sheet metal auto kitchenette with an AGM stove built in.

Posted: **Fri May 10, 2019 12:06 pm**

from a 1926 journal that I found

Posted: **Fri May 10, 2019 1:48 pm**

oh yes!
I also am interested in canvas tents! This one shown belongs to the local HCCA chapter president. That is his 1923 Willys Knight at our auto campout.

Posted: **Sat May 11, 2019 2:45 pm**

Here is a running board cooler that is in pretty nice shape for its age- had it up on the shelf for way too long and should belong to someone who can put it to better use. Cloth is in great shape other than a few stains. If anyone is interested, send me a PM.
Dan

Posted: **Sat May 11, 2019 11:15 pm**

Mike- I replied to your PM. Dan

Posted: **Sun May 12, 2019 1:19 am**

Thanks Dan, I replied to your PM. I look forward to receiving it. Thanks again.

Posted: **Mon May 13, 2019 10:05 am**

i guess I should pay more attention to my own thread.

Posted: **Sat May 18, 2019 1:49 pm**

Mike- please check your messages. Dan

Posted: **Sat May 18, 2019 8:17 pm**

Linus,
This is a Crescent Co cooler,patent 1902. From the days when ice was cut out of a lake or river in January,buried in sawdust and dug up as needed for ice box or cold drinks. In this thing the lemonade was put in the porcelain tank and sawdusty branch water ice put behind it. $125 plus shipping. The other ting is a Crosley Icy Ball refrigeration device from the thirties. The left ball was put in the cooler,right ball stayed out.$175 plus shipping. PM me if interested.

Posted: **Mon May 20, 2019 9:44 am**

Hi grizwaldo-
that crosley ice ball is sure unusual. I guess crosley was making coolers in those days werent they?

For auto camping, they seem a little large for me. I have a good water cooler already so I think they are better suited for someone else. I will share them with some of my other auto camp friends and see if i can help you make a sale.

Thanks again for sharing!
Linus

Posted: **Mon May 20, 2019 9:45 am**

also- is the crack in it one that would leak if you tried to use it?

Posted: **Mon May 20, 2019 9:10 pm**

That valve is not tight but,yes it would need to seal first in the drink tank and then in the ice section or water from the melted ice would run out the crack.

Posted: **Sun Jul 28, 2019 2:16 am**

Still hunting auto camp items. Travellak1@gmail.com. Let me know what you have.

Posted: **Fri Apr 03, 2020 2:53 pm**

still looking for antique auto camp equipment.

Runningboard kitchens, folding cots, folding tables, axes, shovels. Things that say AUTO CAMP on them. Tents, stoves, stove stands, cook kits, water buckets, medical equipment. You name it! Things from the 20s or 30s.

We had to cancel our antique auto camp this year which was disappointing but perhaps we can have another one later in the year.

Posted: **Fri Apr 03, 2020 3:08 pm**

Linus,

I have these camping stove lighters, lantern lighters, fire starters, cigar lighters I could probably part with IF we can agree on the price!

Posted: **Fri Apr 03, 2020 3:57 pm**

I have a set of binoculars in a leather pouch which I don’t use any more. They are dated 1918 and belonged to a J Cripps, probably in WWI. I have no idea what they are worth. I bought them in London about sixty years ago.
Contact me by email so I can send pictures if you are interested at tonybowkerATaol.com

Posted: **Sat Apr 04, 2020 12:37 pm**

Thought you might be interested in a original auto campers Tin Can Tourist radiator badge in excellent original condition with great original patina. It measures 3 inches in diameter. It is solid brass sheet with a original lacquer coating. It is the only one of these I have ever seen in years of collecting auto camping period accessories. I am asking $100 plus postage.

Please use this email address below and NOT the personal messaging system to contact me, Thanks!

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Posted: **Sat Apr 04, 2020 3:09 pm**

Perry,
those are fantastic lighters! I would buy them except I already have a set!

Tony,
I have a pair of binoculars already that are called "tourist" binoculars and they are shown in one of my antique auto camp catalogs. I really appreciate the thought though. Thank you.

Jay,
Im thinking about that badge - ill send you an email.

:linus

Posted: **Sat Apr 04, 2020 11:12 pm**

Jay, If Linus does not buy it, I may be interested.

Posted: **Thu Apr 09, 2020 10:59 am**

Linus, I sent you an email.
Rich Jesteadt

Posted: **Tue Apr 14, 2020 4:46 pm**

still hunting for more auto camp items.

Thanks jay for the TCT badge. Its perfect. The company that made it is still in business. I think they have been around for 160 years.

Here are some pics of the riddle sheet metal runningboard kitchen. Made in SF. I have one of the kitchens but not the brochure.

L

Posted: **Mon May 25, 2020 5:48 pm**

dreaming of more auto camping on this three day weekend. Its pretty hot here so I am hiding in the basement. Still hunting for more camping gear!

Posted: **Fri Mar 26, 2021 5:37 pm**

I figured I would bump my auto camp post. Still collecting 1920s era camping equipment. Anything that mounts to a running board, any canvas tents or folding cots. Stoves, lanterns, hand crank flash lights, folding tables.... anything marketed to car owners for long distance driving. Chains, pumps, wipers....

thanks,
Linus

Posted: **Wed Apr 13, 2022 4:44 pm**

still looking for auto camp items

Please let me know if you have anything that might have gone in a car for a long trip in the 1920s. It doesnt have to be specifically a camping item - it can be any type of accessory that you might need to undertake a long trip.

Thanks!

Posted: **Wed Apr 13, 2022 5:46 pm**

I had one of thoughts Tin Can Tourist badges . I put it on the door of a1948 Airstream Wee Wind I restored, To cover up a hole . The trailer is in a collection in Arkansas . You can see it on you tube look up 1948 wee wind and it should come up . I have a lot of early camper accessories . portable washing machine just stuff.

Posted: **Tue May 17, 2022 9:58 pm**

https://eauclaire.craigslist.org/atq/d/ ... 07724.html

Posted: **Thu May 19, 2022 11:42 pm**

Well the kamp look set was already sold. Shoot.

Posted: **Fri May 20, 2022 3:09 am**

https://www.ebay.com/itm/304485693033?h ... SwVylifRXw

Posted: **Fri May 20, 2022 11:34 am**

That is also a kampkook yes but this previous one was an 1896 patented kamp kook kit which was a large tin box with a cook grill around it and contained a full cook set inside.

Stoves are easier to find and I have a few but thank you very much for looking our for one for me.

Posted: **Fri Oct 07, 2022 8:58 pm**

Still hunting for auto camp items!

Tim can tourist memorabilia
Auto tents
Folding beds
Camp tables

Anything that says “auto camp” on it!

Posted: **Thu Jan 19, 2023 2:30 pm**

Bump for auto camp items

Badges, fishing stuff, running board ice boxes, photos, brochures, catalogs, chairs, tables.....

Posted: **Sun Jan 22, 2023 10:55 pm**

Linus, send me an e-mail to dobro@artelco.com I have a few things extra in my collection. I have a few brochures and misc.

Posted: **Wed Jan 25, 2023 12:27 pm**

dobro,
I sent you a PM

thanks

Posted: **Mon Mar 13, 2023 10:00 pm**

Still searching for any auto camp related items.

Cots
Catalogs
Stoves
Lights
Axes
Chairs
Runningboard mountable items
Canteens

Anything you would take with you when camping in the 1920s

If I dont have it I’ll buy it!

Posted: **Mon Mar 13, 2023 11:44 pm**

Linus,
In case you didn't already know, that large touring car stuck in the mire in the photo above is a late teens-early 20s Hudson. The white triangle on the radiator shell gives it away.

Posted: **Sat Jul 29, 2023 9:51 pm**

https://www.ebay.com/itm/266352419539?h ... R6bK4Me0Yg

Posted: **Sun Jul 30, 2023 5:09 pm**

Good find. Thanks for thinking of me. I have one of these and it’s far away otherwise I would buy one. Great find for someone though.

Posted: **Fri Oct 20, 2023 4:29 pm**

Bumping my post since theres been some talk about the Auto Kamp trailer that is for sale.

Still looking for auto camp equipment.

Posted: **Fri Oct 20, 2023 7:48 pm**

Optimistic as ever

Posted: **Sat Oct 21, 2023 3:38 pm**

Ive gotten some good stuff from these friendly T guys!

Posted: **Wed May 29, 2024 9:50 pm**

https://eauclaire.craigslist.org/atq/d/ ... 36341.html

Posted: **Thu May 30, 2024 6:16 pm**

Thanks for the link.
I bought that kook kit.

Much appreciated.

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