Auto-Kamp Equipment Co.

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The Auto-Kamp trailer was among the first manufacturers and is very well known. They were manufactured in Saginaw, Michigan. According to May 17,1916 Motor magazine "the Auto Kamp Equipment Co., organized with a capital stock of $15,000. Automobiles, trailers, and other vehicles and appliances will be bought, sold and manufactured. The incorporators are C. W. McClure, Harry E. Oppenheimer, Allen D. Jackson, and W. O. Sustins." $15,000 in 1916 is equivilent to $296,726 in 2010.

The Auto-Kamp trailer featured a tent-style top, two fold-out beds that had sagless spring mattresses, fold-up dinette table, ice-box storage, complete kitchen outfit, and a two-burner gasoline stove. Originally the trailers were priced from $150 to $200 ($2,967 to $3,956 in 2010 dollars). And this included pneumatic tires, a huge plus for the time. The trailer could be purchased for less if you already owned your own camping gear. The weight of the trailer was about 1,100 pounds.