When the man at the Auburn auto repair shop told me that
it would cost $1400 to fix my car's air conditioning, I
just laughed at him and said, "Hell, I can fix it myself
for a whole lot less than that!"

MY MOMMA DIDN'T RAISE NO FOOL !!!!!!!

   P.S. That'll shut that mechanic up!!

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Joel, I am not so sure this isn't a Contintal Camper. I have seen this retro fit many time a various campgrounds. Another reason I summerize this is the tailights look to be very RVish. This may be their way of getting around paying those personal property taxes that the RV folks have to pay. Either way this is definately someones idea of cool...

Larry, you have a good eye, and memory!! It is actually the VERY rare, optional "Rear A/C"(RPO B-CUL), mainly ordered by the knowledgable "Mature" travelers, some of whom did not have space in the trailer parks for a full-sized camper/motor home.
The problem with this particular "B-CUL" optioned vehicle, tho, was the unfortunate demise of the "B-CUL" power module, located in the right rear of the trunk area. (This was done by an unthinking, no driving s.o.b in a Denny's parking lot one morning, after a very successful night of drinking in a local strip joint. )
With the loss of the power module, and the unavailability of same(due to the rareness of the option), we had to come up with another source to power the "B-CUL" unit. This was the only solution that would work.(It also powers the aux. heated seats, and refridgerator)
btw....the tail-lights had to be replaced at the same time, but are still available from FORD. These are the factory "Service Replacement" parts.

Joel,
You crack me up.... I was wondering if the fridge is in the area of where the back seat might have been? This would explan why the power unit was on the trunk rather than in the trunk.
Hopefully the drinks were cold, the show was hot, and the day was cool when the owner walked out to find the power unit missing.

The fridge is in the rear seat area, the waterbed in the trunk, drinks were overpriced, show sucked, 105` outside temp.

In the spirit of historical accuracy, I would like to bring attention to the previous model.   While this one is powered by gasoline and creates electricity, the original was powered by propane.

RV sites always have propane to refill bottles, so it was not a problem, unless you hit the road and skipped the refills.

While skipping the generator, the unit was still larger in terms of space use in the vehicle due to the size of the propane bottles.   In older models, propane was not compresses as much as it is now, so this was even bulkier.

If you recall, the old camper refrigerator units were also propane, so were the heaters and stoves.  The tricky part was the barcoliner.  Without the electric motors, the propane was used to pressureize cylinders to provide adjustments.  Letting the chair back down created similar noises to a whoopie cushion, so this option never really caught on.  It was even worse with a smoker.  To solve the problem of lack of repeat customers, the newer electric version you see here was established.

Although I can't see it I am will to bet there is a Black and Decker cord reel hidden somehere in the advent there was no gasoline available. After all, once you hit the campground you want to plug er in and use the elctricity. (You paid for it when renting the site.)