1970s Apollo Motorhome [Down On The Street]

Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. Since I started doing Down On The Street, I've been hoping to find an old street-parked Airstream for the series. There are a few on the island, but they're stubborn driveway dwellers, never venturing out into fair DOTS territory. However, a Hell Project Apollo motorhome, parked with most of its windows removed in an upscale East End neighborhood full of million-buck Victorians is almost as good!

I can't figure out the date of manufacture of this monster, other than placing it sometime in the 1970s; this Apollo fan site provides some history for you vintage RV buffs. Apparently the Chrysler 440 was a popular engine for Apollos, but I must assume that one this big requires the torque of a diesel to get it rolling.


As for rolling, this Apollo seems to be undergoing some sort of restoration. It's a newcomer to the neighborhood, so it stands to reason that it drove here under its own power... or maybe it was dragged in behind a tow truck, much to the horror of the neighborhood. Let's hope the owner gets the windows- or at least some tarps- in it before the rainy season gets rolling for real.

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Welcome to the honeymoon suite – the log cabin COE

I’ve been meaning for a while to highlight the extensive cab-over engine trucks thread on the H.A.M.B. – most flavors and styles of COEs are represented, from stock grain trucks to lowered hot rod haulers. One of the most unique COEs on there was recently posted by Josh Madsen, who said he spotted this Dodge COE with a log cabin bolted to the back in front of Mountain Ridge Motel and RV in Hatch, Utah (see it on Google Maps here), which Josh figured was set up as another hotel room. I’d stay in it!

As for the year of the truck, Dodge built cab-overs in this bodystyle from 1940 to 1947 (excepting the war years of 1943-1945). The holes in the cowl suggest it was once equipped with parking lamps, which were introduced in 1941. I called up the motel, and they informed me first that it’s a ‘47, second that it runs and drives and was recently inspected, and third that it doesn’t serve as an actual room to rent at the hotel.

Though, funny enough, it did originate in a little town called Beaver, Utah.

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