The Glenwood post., 1920-02-07
4 PALACE FlIvVER

The current Issue of the Ford
Owner gives the following very inter
esting account of the Ford ohuse
eNpmsat arranged BY the Pratt
families Of this city, who drove their
Pullman Ford from here to An Diego.
California, where they are now spend
ing the winter:
|, It took 9 Colorado family to solve
the problem Of making one Ford DO
what two had always done before. The
man who made two blades of grass
grow where one had grown before has
always come in for lot of encourage.
ment from the Agricultural Journals
and the Spring Poets, but any Flivver
Fan will agree that the inventor of a
really praeticalt commodious and COM
Portable two family land yacht body,
suitable for long distance overland
touring, is worthy of the Grand prize.
1t was the idea Of using beaver boa, a
that turned the trick in the first place,
out then there was the perplexing
question 1t Dimensions. The problem
of the fourth; dimension has never been
solved, 50 Mr.. and Mrs. LIE Roi Daniel
Pratt, Of Glenwood Springs, Colorado,
their son and his wife, and the latter =
three small boys, had just three posi-
piiities to figure on if they were all to
realize their ambition of making the
trip to Southern California in a single
Ford
You see this family wanted comfort,
they were experienced campers, and
Ny believed that the foundation of
camping happiness consists, above ev-
efything else, Of eating we'll and Sleep
~ wsl after good companionship is
assured 30 they felt that any outfit
they might construct should have room
for real honest, and truly beds with
springs, And also for stove right IN
the house, = real substantial stove that
would cook three or four things at
once.
NOW this takes space and space must
be provided for two families on some
kind Of double house plan. They
thought of duplex apartments, but real.
ized that two story land yacht would
~ snaGgsd And pulled apart on the:
hrst bridge 1t went under, essneif. IL
were never driven beneath an over
hanging tree. Spreading the body ont
sidewise to a width that would suit
their ambitions in the housekeeping
line was of course unthinkable, 80 there
remained just one thing to do, make a
body long enough for each family to
nave an apartment and provide for the
etc, which both would
ENJOY in common. The happy idea Of
telescoping construction came to them
and they carried out this novel idea n
most practical way, in fact when the
writer discovered the astonishing outfit
it was extended out to it's full length.
giving more space by neighboring
campers in one of the large automobile
camp grounds of the southwest.
The rear room Of the land yacht. con.
aiming the springs, bed and personal
Effects of one family, was in n box
which, in the extended form, was sup
ported by legs reaching to the ground
rom the rear corners. Within the body
he order Of arrangement, working
rom the rear, left an open space in
he body proper just in front of the
ear compartment. With the truck cx-
ended for camping, this open space
vas used for a kitchen and living
DOM. But when moving, the boxlike
ear section was simply telescoped into |
he rear end of the main body and fas-
ened there, making the body short and |
properly balanced for even desert and
travelling.
A three burner kerosene camping
tovc made it possible to cook several |
Kings at the same time, and to cook
hem right, in either wind or rain.
Storage for clothing and supplies Of
Ill kinds was provided in number
# lightly constructed boxes ana 81.
nets. The largest of these was built
n the left side of the cab, at the front
nd, while Others were arranged prin.
ipally at the tops Of the side walls
Though some smaller boxes for spec
al purposes were braced lower down,
md others hung beneath the body
The three boys found sleeping &C
ommodation in the cab by special
arrangement Of supports and cushions
vhich was easily made.
The construction employed might not