Anyone looking for a Casa Grande/ Chalet

[77blazerchalet]

Originally Posted by Redneck Rydes

Was at a shop yesterday.. guy had one of these ...Was this a GM option or was it installed aftermarket ...

Listed as an option on the vehicle RPO tag, but essentially it wasn't like something a customer could pick & choose, the whole vehicle came that way from the 'factory' as a joint thing between GM and Chinook. A particular color combo set of Blazers / Jimmys ('76 colors here, '77s here) were pulled off the line, sent somehow to Chinook who plopped the campers permanently on (bolted down with the camper electrics spliced into the main wiring), and then sent back to GM for distribution.

Regarding the one at the shop you saw, any chance you could return there and snag pics? I'm the guy who tries to track all of these still in existence, and I could especially use the camper serial # & build date, along with the VIN of the truck.

[1968k20]

Originally Posted by 77blazerchalet

Listed as an option on the vehicle RPO tag, but essentially it wasn't like something a customer could pick & choose, the whole vehicle came that way from the 'factory' as a joint thing between GM and Chinook. A particular color combo set of Blazers / Jimmys ('76 colors here, '77s here) were pulled off the line, sent somehow to Chinook who plopped the campers permanently on (bolted down with the camper electrics spliced into the main wiring), and then sent back to GM for distribution.

Regarding the one at the shop you saw, any chance you could return there and snag pics? I'm the guy who tries to track all of these still in existence, and I could especially use the camper serial # & build date, along with the VIN of the truck.

I've got one here in my neighborhood that I will have to get #'s for you

[77blazerchalet]

Originally Posted by 1968k20

I've got one here in my neighborhood that I will have to get #'s for you

No obligation, of course, but would be much indebted to you for that info.

12-17-18 Edit: Oh, wait - does the rig look exactly like this one, but with more pine needles on it now? A person on Facebook alerted me to this one, Chalet #1737, which I knew was last located in Chester, and he was taking to to nearby Weimar.