Vintage 1975 Trailer: Apache Mesa Solid State Caravan Hard Side Pop Up

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join us on a delightful journey down memory lane as we explore our beloved vintage 1975 Apache Mesa Solid State Caravan Hard Side Pop Up Trailer. This iconic piece of history holds countless memories and is a true gem of the past. Prepare to be transported back in time as we showcase the meticulous details and unique features that make our Apache Mesa an extraordinary find. From the solid construction to the charming vintage design, this caravan has stood the test of time and continues to turn heads wherever it goes. Throughout this video, we'll take you on a virtual tour of our cherished caravan, highlighting its spacious interior, functional amenities, and cozy sleeping arrangements. You'll get a taste of what it's like to travel in style and comfort, with memories waiting to be made at every destination. But that's not all! We'll also share some interesting anecdotes and shareable experiences we've had while owning and traveling with our 1975 Apache Mesa. From the open road to scenic campsites, this remarkable trailer has taken us on countless adventures, creating lifelong memories that we hold dear. If you're a vintage enthusiast, a history buff, or simply curious about classic recreational vehicles, this video is a must-watch. Our goal is to not only entertain but also to inspire and ignite a love for timeless craftsmanship and the joy of exploring the great outdoors. So, sit back, relax, and enjoy this captivating glimpse into our vintage 1975 Apache Mesa Solid State Caravan Hard Side Pop Up Trailer. Join us on this nostalgic trip down memory lane and experience the magic for yourself. Don't forget to leave a like, comment, and subscribe to our channel for more captivating content like this. Thank you for being a part of our journey! Stay tuned for more amazing adventures and discoveries. Happy exploring!
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@jasonarner6917 2 ай бұрын

I'm going to get one of them this weekend.It's the same color as yours🎉❤😊

@carolmockler3321 9 ай бұрын

Oh my gosh! My parents had one of these that they bought in 1975. Theirs was copper colored on the bottom. Their best friends had the identical one to yours and my parents liked theirs so much they got one too. I’m glad to see some are still around. And yours is in great condition!

@EagleArrow 2 жыл бұрын

Those were the 'rich' campers back in the day. 😄 We grew up camping (6 of us) in many state parks around beautiful lakes/oceans in the Coleman Pop Up with the canvas in the 60s and 70s. (4 kids) We camped all the time from May to Oct. Have fun!

@billyfromla1117 Жыл бұрын

It was a palace. My Pop took us around the states in one of these. We were high class!

@annepeterson1450 11 ай бұрын

Excellent! Beautifully decorated!!!

@BossaNovaLife 11 ай бұрын

Thank you! 😊

@mariepinkerton4285 4 жыл бұрын

Finally! Seriously fun campers and am intrigued by the Tiki interior idea, keep us updated please.

@francissmith9443 Жыл бұрын

The first camper I remember as a child was a green 1978 Apache Ramada. We also had a green Add-A-Room.

@randygriffith1209 Жыл бұрын

All of you have amazing trailers

@fafafohi2boss533 4 жыл бұрын

I remember... This trailer.. as a kid... My aunt had one brand new... In the 70's...

@misspimake4578 4 жыл бұрын

Cute camper! We recently just purchased a 78 Apache Ramada and we love it!

@waynegutschmidt7586 4 жыл бұрын

Another great video. I would have loved to see it been put up or taken down. In the late 70s when i was growing up my parents had a Cabana here in Australia. The ends of the caravan would roll out as the pop top went up. Thank you and your friends for the tour.👍

@SunRunnerNY 4 жыл бұрын

You two are living the life. Congrats.

@richardvg7670 3 жыл бұрын

Great video guys and I really love your Apache trailer that is really awesome I am a big fan of things from the 70s I have recently gotten a pop-up camper and mine is a 1995 Skamper but I really like the ideas on what you guys have done with stuff and it's really nice and it's all original and even if you added a few things to so I would change it I can't wait to take mine out in the summer and get to enjoy it the way you guys have been enjoying yours and hello from Ohio

@aarpranch9082 3 жыл бұрын

Love, love, love your trailer! We're hoping to buy ours soon!

@allantaylor3288 4 жыл бұрын

Olive is so cool and what a beautiful camping spot you were in👍

@dupchurch100 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome stuff guys!

@simonsrattanroom 4 жыл бұрын

I am loving these solid state campers, had no idea they exist! Could you do a vid of setup and teardown? Would be really neat to see how long it takes to make/break camp.

@BossaNovaLife 4 жыл бұрын

Actually that's a plan in the spring.

@korybeckwith834 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the vid. My parents had a Ramada model for a short time in Arizona. Unfortunately they didnt have it very long, but I enjoyed the memories. In colder climates I imagine these can keep the heat in a little better than a standard canvas pop up.

@Missmurder8905 Жыл бұрын

I want a Ramada myself!

@Missmurder8905 Жыл бұрын

I want a Ramada! One day. I have a bigger travel trailer… but I definitely want something smaller. And I love these.I have kids so a Ramada would be perfect!

@davidmedina8577 3 жыл бұрын

Had no idea about these. Very cool!

@DelfiaC 10 ай бұрын

😊 Looks really nice. You did amazing with the decor.

@BossaNovaLife 10 ай бұрын

Thank you! 😊 We sold it some time ago, but it was a favorite.

@valeriefrench9405 Жыл бұрын

I’ve been dreaming of these but literally every time I’ve found one on fb market place they sell within hours of being listed. I love how they fold down but are solid with no canvas to rip or dry rot. And so much more secure

@wranglerdave6452 Жыл бұрын

I just purchased one for 2500... And I'm going to start working on it getting ready for a camping trip. But mine is a Ramada

@bruceg383 4 жыл бұрын

The Apache Mesa is so cool! I had a little Apache Chief that was very light. Pulled it with a '65 Rambler American. You could easily go camping with a Nova/Falcon/Dart/Valiant/American and an Apache Chief - or pull the bigger Mesa with an older full-size car, no problem at all. (my current very 70's thought is a Pacer wagon and a Scamp or Casita camper, both in a pastel Easter egg color)

@BossaNovaLife 4 жыл бұрын

Once we get our 66 back we will look at rides.

@bruceg383 4 жыл бұрын

@@BossaNovaLife - a '66 Caddy or Buick duece and a quarter are both truly awesome. Anyway, love your videos.

@chronoboat11 3 жыл бұрын

That's really clean. Nice

@gerardgiudice8303 4 жыл бұрын

OUTSTANDING

@juliegrey5280 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome trailer! Would be so fun to have one! Also, try your French 75 with cognac instead of gin sometime! 🙂 Happy camping!

@eutimiochavez415 3 жыл бұрын

I own a 1975 Mesa trailer love it was free great shape

@jeannihighlander9098 Жыл бұрын

My family camped in an Apache Mesa!

@kdm71291 4 жыл бұрын

Looks good!

@BossaNovaLife 2 жыл бұрын

This video was made for the regular viewers of our channel Bossanova Life, and never intended for the general public to pick up on. I honestly expected 1000 views and done... so we apologize as we had no idea anyone else would be watching it for details on the trailer, thus why we didn't spend much time on that. I doubt very much we will have time to take her out for a full video anytime soon as we are working on a new trailer, but if we do we will see if we can shoot more. Thanks.

@katreilly3094 Жыл бұрын

If you do I'm very interested on how they are put together

@randygriffith1209 Жыл бұрын

I love your trailer 😍 it's very cool

@alexschwerzler2987 4 жыл бұрын

great tour of your apache tribe i watched it as i was inside my 1974 Ramada in the rain in southwest washington with no leaks by the way. hope to some day meet up and camp together thanks for the viedo

@jeffanthony3686 4 жыл бұрын

Love the vintage campers and the Blue Heeler!

@tonyengland9744 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. Super info.

@heatherlinkous3780 4 жыл бұрын

I'm fixing to buy one

@ronkemp9528 3 жыл бұрын

Very nice shape. We bought a 76 Ramada $400 every part was broken in some way all good now.

@SK-qc6fb Жыл бұрын

There was one year that they had canvas slide outs and hard sides for the living area.

@Toad1973. 4 жыл бұрын

Very cool.

@user-sm2ql7nq4l 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome possum!

@johnmulhern8822 10 ай бұрын

My father sold those like hotcakes in the Northeast & Canada..awesome

@JC-dh4gq 2 жыл бұрын

Where is that camp sight? I heard Oregon. Beautiful ……

@robertreyes6276 4 жыл бұрын

Nice!

@h2ofield 4 жыл бұрын

...in olive her glory!

@matthewverhulp9407 Жыл бұрын

I love mine . cant wait to open mine this spring. Just picked it up in november 2022 and it was free. It was up right in the canadian winter for 2 years. I am canadian so i apolgize if my terms for things are different. Here we call it hard side tent trailer. I just picked it up packed it up and cant wait to open it. Its rough inside so any tips you have would be greatly appeacated. My sister is in texas for the winter doing the rv life. So if their is anything she can pick up and bring back to Ontario let me know. I would love to get a Yuma 1 it has a out door kitchen.

@BossaNovaLife Жыл бұрын

We no longer use the Apache. Glad you found something you enjoy! They are fun trailers, but always plenty of maintenence. :)

@michellebrown9127 11 ай бұрын

I just bought a 72 Yuma. I fell in love with Apaches after watching your video. Do you know what kind of bracket is that your friend is using on the back of the board resting on the bedslide rail? I've looked at Home Depot , Lowes and online and haven't been able to find.

@BossaNovaLife 11 ай бұрын

I wish we could help. We sold Olive and no longer have the brackets.

@lifewithpitaa6753 4 жыл бұрын

Hello! Where did u get the material for the awning on your Apache Mesa ?!

@doct0rnic 2 жыл бұрын

That looks like Fort Stevens,. I also camped there with my Apache Mesa

@kkbear243 3 жыл бұрын

I got a 1974 apache a year ago. I've been updating it. But did you say Oregon coast. I'm at Mt, hood. Got mine from a neighbor.

@iamdangavin 4 жыл бұрын

I found the link you shared in the Apache Forum, but I think it's for an older version of how you rigged up the Awning. Would you mind sharing some details about the Poles & other items needed to get the awning to be supported from the camper itself like you have in this video? We are currently trying to figure out the same situation. Thank you so much!

@sommer2323 3 жыл бұрын

I would love to know this too!

@danielswayne4645 4 жыл бұрын

Be careful on that extra bed, I have heardif there in no mattress pad there to help support the top parts you put too much stress on the main hinge and it will eventually break.

@MSchwartzNWV 3 жыл бұрын

Mine did. It's just particle board. You can't expect too much out of it.

@BossaNovaLife 2 жыл бұрын

@@MSchwartzNWV There is no partical board in ours. Solid plywood, and after 3 years, zero issues.

@gilbertb5395 3 жыл бұрын

Where is that camp ground ? place looks beautiful.

@adanthespt6746 4 жыл бұрын

I love your little camper! We recently received a 1974 Apache Ramada and love it! I was wondering how you were able to put the awning on your Apache? Do you have a list of what you bought and how you installed it?

@BossaNovaLife 4 жыл бұрын

We discussed this inside of the Apache Camper Preservation Society on Facebook. facebook.com/groups/201182856613333/

@BossaNovaLife 4 жыл бұрын

Enjoy!

@bugsmoran21 4 жыл бұрын

Love the trailer. What is the headroom? Cheers, Bugs

@BossaNovaLife 4 жыл бұрын

Over 6 ft... as I can stand in it from end to end.

@andreaaitken973 3 жыл бұрын

I would love to chat! My husband and I just bought that exact one but it needs a little love.

@camryqueen2767 3 жыл бұрын

I love your video. How did you find someone no to restore your Apache? I am about to buy one in Florida and I need it revamped.

@BossaNovaLife 3 жыл бұрын

We found it in that condition. As stated it was stored in a unit since 1989

@EagleArrow 2 жыл бұрын

How are they in cold weather?

@MSchwartzNWV 3 жыл бұрын

Our first camper was a 78 Apache Ramada. Love seeing the secret table! I always wondered what that hole was for in the bench as ours never had the table. How are your lift systems holding up? That was the weak spot in mine.

@BossaNovaLife 3 жыл бұрын

We replaced the original plastic geared ones with solid aluminum geared ones. :)

@domineckyurchick6282 2 жыл бұрын

I understand that but can u show me what it looks like close up hinges and corners inside how it folds down on both sides and bed sliders how they also fold down and fold up or snap together

@BossaNovaLife 2 жыл бұрын

Ahh. Olive is put away for the winter. I would recommend you reach out to the Apache Pop Up groups on Facebook. They are the experts.

@barbmelle3136 4 жыл бұрын

Beautiful condition for it's age. Is it heavy? what do you pull it with?

@BossaNovaLife 4 жыл бұрын

I think it's 1700 pounds. Nothing super heavy duty. A Mazda Cx5 will pull it, but our 4 cyl XTerra Struggles Up Mountains, like 45 mph.

@barbmelle3136 4 жыл бұрын

@@BossaNovaLife to keep with the whole BossaNova life thing, I think you need a 1952 DeSoto or Chrysler to haul it around, Maybe an olive green one.

@BossaNovaLife 4 жыл бұрын

@@barbmelle3136 If you want to gift one to us we won't say no :) But seriously hopefully in a couple years our expenses will cover that.

@jasonalias 4 жыл бұрын

Can you tell me what the horizontal projection is on your awning?

@BossaNovaLife 4 жыл бұрын

We discussed this inside of the Apache Camper Preservation Society on Facebook. facebook.com/groups/201182856613333/

@wranglerdave6452 Жыл бұрын

Where did you get the awning from. I have a Apache Ramada And mine is missing

@BossaNovaLife Жыл бұрын

Custom made.

@bryanstein9240 3 жыл бұрын

Are they hard to set up

@apedfish8374 4 жыл бұрын

This is probably a dumb question but I need to ask anyways....can you drive/tow this with it popped out?

@BossaNovaLife 4 жыл бұрын

No... No you cannot! The facebook group on Apache trailers has all the answers.

@apedfish8374 4 жыл бұрын

@@BossaNovaLife ok thank you so much! My only hesitation with a pop up is that I feel like we may want to do boondocking/just pull over for the night at a parking lot and this is too much work for that sort of thing.

@BossaNovaLife 4 жыл бұрын

@@apedfish8374 20 mins work

@rainbownesskiss2007 3 жыл бұрын

Hey, where do you get parts and upgrades for it?

@BossaNovaLife 3 жыл бұрын

Apache Preservation Society on Facebook.

@christophermckinnon4920 2 ай бұрын

How about a post on camper set up. Start to finish

@BossaNovaLife 2 ай бұрын

We sold Olive a few summers back

@kululv 2 жыл бұрын

hello since you are experienced Apache campers, I would like to ask an important question, since I'm looking to buy one. Are these Apache watertight, can you get them watertight with a reasonable amount of work or do they just notoriously leak? thank you for your time. And is there a forum for them?

@BossaNovaLife 2 жыл бұрын

There are two Apache groups on Facebook that can answer all your questions. :)

@BossaNovaLife 2 жыл бұрын

Also we live in Oregon. It rains 50% of our trips... as it did during this video. No leaks.

@kululv 2 жыл бұрын

@@BossaNovaLife thank you so much. That makes me a lot more confident to pursue me g one. After listening one his comment it sounded like leaks come with this trailer model. Thanks again also for the referral to the FB group

@debrascheer4577 8 ай бұрын

How much do they weigh?

@domineckyurchick9558 2 жыл бұрын

I just pur a pop up 1987 Palamino needs restored has no roof so have to design a roof and jas 2 slider beds. Want to make it a hardside fold up and down exactly like yours.. Can u send me some type of instructions. Step by step please

@BossaNovaLife 2 жыл бұрын

We did not build this trailer, they came from the factory this way in the 1970s.

@joshawaburns1 3 ай бұрын

What's ceiling hight of olive inside

@BossaNovaLife 3 ай бұрын

Oh boy. Over 6ft, but we sold her last summer.

@Designs_Decor63 Жыл бұрын

Are you going to sell it

@gerardconsidinejr.2802 4 жыл бұрын

Can you please tell me where you sent this off to get restored the name of the company please

@BossaNovaLife 4 жыл бұрын

We purchased this from a gentleman who had stored it since 1986 in a heated garage. We have another 1966 Trailer we sent off for restoration.

@rebeccainiguez2277 3 жыл бұрын

Where did you send your other Apache off for restoration? Can you share info?

@aroundthefiremedia 3 жыл бұрын

I have an apache and I am looking for an awning set up similar to this one. Can you give me some info on it? Thanks!

@Adammustrick 4 жыл бұрын

How much did you pay for yours

@BossaNovaLife 4 жыл бұрын

$2500 They are rarer on the West Coast. Midwest a mint one would go for like $1500

@kathleensauerbrei5199 9 күн бұрын

I have to say three minutes in what I thought would be a really neat little video, but the cuteness has just killed me dead. Sorry, but I’m out of here.

@BossaNovaLife 9 күн бұрын

Thanks for sharing your thoughts on a random throwaway video from the previous decade. Lol. It made my day.