The Cortez is a small motorhome that originated with Clark Forklift Company in 1963. They designed a chassis from the ground up rather than use an existing truck chassis. It was 95 inches wide, however. To gain headroom without height, they elected to use front wheel drive. They also designed the chassis to have independent suspension on all four wheels.
Suspension uses torsion arms with conventional shocks in the front, and air bag shocks in the rear.
Length grew a foot. Clark Forklift sold the division in 1970 to Alco-Standard. In 1971, the Oldsmobile Toronado front wheel transaxle with the 455 cubic inch engine was used along with the GM 3-speed automatic. Length grew to 21 feet. In 1975, the company was acquired by 26 owners of Cortez coaches and production continued through 1978 when the company folded.