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offroadaction
02-06-2010, 07:46 PM
Recently, two readers have sent me photos of their 1975 and 76 Woodsman RV. They are having a tough time getting information or photos of them. They are based on Dodge running gear.

Anyone have some more information?

http://offroadaction.ca/1975-woodsman-4x4-rv

http://offroadaction.ca/another-woodsman-4x4rv
kerry
02-06-2010, 10:25 PM
Not familiar with them but they are very cool. Wonder what the purpose was for the hatch door. I know some Travcos of that vintage were converted to 4x4's. I think William Shatner had one done. I owned a 22' Travco with a 413. Great motorhome.
tamangel
02-07-2010, 03:58 AM
per the above mention, here's a 4X4 Travco, not Shatners..

http://www.chatwebdesign.com/mytravco/4WheelDrive.htm

and an old thread which talks about Shatners rig and others..

http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=23076

Mike
offroadaction
02-07-2010, 01:22 PM
Thanks guys!
LuckyDan
02-07-2010, 09:55 PM
While not familiar with the Woodsman model specifically, the "Torch" icon on the Woodsman nameplate is/was synonymous with Champion Motorhomes. I have no idea if they are still in business, but i know they were in the 70's and they used a lot of different Dodge Chassis-Powertrain for their base platform.
ntsqd
02-07-2010, 11:42 PM
Not familiar with them but they are very cool. Wonder what the purpose was for the hatch door. I know some Travcos of that vintage were converted to 4x4's. I think William Shatner had one done. I owned a 22' Travco with a 413. Great motorhome.

There is at least one Travco out there with 4WD. A guy in a semi-local 4WD club owned it the last that I knew. The story was the William Shatner, yes him, got it stuck somewhere in the SoCA desert and decided THAT wasn't going to happen again! The guy called it the "Enterprise".......
:sombrero:
Every Miles A Memory
02-12-2010, 04:20 AM
Is that thing coming or going?? Aweet looking rig that would be cool to fix up with current gear
jackmcar99
08-06-2011, 03:09 AM
well believe it or not i have actually seen one of these in a run-down trailer park I often pass going into newport beach along good old PCH but anyways i had always thought it was extremely interesting looking and had always wanted it but never took the time to go and ask if anyone would consider selling it, but i believe its now rotting away in the back storage lot of the(pretty much abandoned) trailer park wish i had gotten some picks, but yes there are some out there glad to see other photos of them :D