Yes, Ford did make those fiberglass campers for a while, I believe they were labeled, "American Road" and you can see them in the 74 truck brochure. I think you are right that perhaps Starcraft made them for Ford and then ended up not selling hardly any, plus it's my understanding that they were very expensive and had some "issues" because of the molded fiberglass/plastic causing some kind of "gas" problems? I saw one on Craigslist a few years ago and it appeared to be in excellent shape and it was dirt cheap. I thought about buying it and I wish I did as it would have looked great on my 74 SCS. I do know that the 140 wb was introduced to accomodate the larger slide-ins that were startiing to become popular, up to 12'. I think Ford did it, in addition to the big super single rear tires, to compete against Chevy as GM had rolled out their dually in 73 and Ford didn't roll one out until 1980, so they had to make modifications to the 350 to accomdate a 10K GVWR without having a dually. Ford attempted to market it as a "positive" that they had the big 350 and 10K GVWR without the cumbersome dual tires, but eventually they had to roll out the dually to compete.

 

I probably posted this stuff on the American Road Camper.
I will post it again for the newbie's.
I once talked to the brother of an original owner of a '75 F-350 Super Camper Special we almost bought and he said the price tag with the camper was $15,000. Probably not true...

1973 Ford F-350 Pickup Truck American Road Camper Ad

'73 Super Camper Special Ad

1974 Ford F-350 Super Camper Special

'74 American Road Camper

'74 Chicago Auto Show 3

Page 1 of The Recreation Section of the 1974 Ford Light Trucks Facts Organizer.

 

1st 4 Pictures are more from the Recreation Section.
Next 2 pictures are of a '77 Super-Cab with an American Road Camper.
Last picture is of me sitting on the hood of the '76 Super Camper Special. (I removed the driver side mirror to get rid of the incorrect '80-'86 mirrors & to put the right ones on & haven't gotten the hardware.)
We bought a rebuild kit & new air cleaner filter. Total price $72
We're gonna rebuild the Holley (again) in a little while when it gets warmer outside.

 

Here is a Picture at the last Aeros & Autos show in texas, the 73 Nova is my Uncles car he did a frame off resto on.

 

does anyone know where I can buy a title and vin plate for a 79 f350 super cab?The letter at the begining of the vin will be an X I have one for a 150 but not a 350

 

Anthony, those are some sweet pics of the American Road camper and trucks. I'd like to get my hands on some of those original recreational truck brochures. Thanks for posting them!

 

Thanks for the heads up, link fixed.

Anthony has some awesome pics!

 

Warmer outside? Sheesh Anthony, you're in LA.

Some guys looove their Holleys... but if it'll pass smog I'd rather slap a nice Carter AFB (aka Edelbrock) on there. Tune it once and forevermore enjoy the glory of an FE with four optimized barrels.

 

i dont think Anthony could run out of pictures if he tried, always keeps us knee deep in truck ****. thanx guys for keeping this thread going while i've been in "hiatus"

 

ya,cold,i live in upstate n.y. we had 15 below zero yesterday and someone said it was 20 below this morning about ten miles from me.so,i have a pair of the bias ply rear tires they put on the back of the super camper specials they are 12/16.5 and they are like condition.i would like to see 250 out of them plus what ever shipping would be.depending on where you live a friend of mine drives tractor trailer and can deliver these for a much cheeper price than say shipping them through another source.i do have pics if anyone is interested in them.no weather checks or cracks,tread is very deep,these are a highway tire

 

Please send pictures allstagesplumbing@yahoo.com

 

plumber01,i have sent pics of the tires to you let me know what you think.

 

I'd also be interested in the tires and some pics.

terry-lisalee@earthlink.net

Thanks!

 

Here is a video of my SCS that I made today.

1974 F350 Super Camper Special 460 Walk Around - YouTube

 

Your a lucky SOB. Wish I could have found a truck like that.