Made to educate Chevrolet sales personnel, this 1972 film focuses on Chevrolet recreational vehicles. The film looks at the proper pairing between vehicle and trailer as well as available equipment according to Chevy. It opens with a montage of cars being loaded up for vacation or recreational activity ending with the El Camino (:23). The Chevy Custom Camper 20 fleetside is shown carrying a slide in camper (1:10) and equipped with a girder beam front suspension (1:10). A closer look at the front stabilizer bar is given (1:26). Throughout the film, contrast between Chevy models and competitor models are given including one here without a front stabilizer bar (1:38). The popular shell camper (2:17) sits on top of the Chevy C10 fleetside pickup. An excerpt from a Chevrolet television commercial follows with a look at the water resistance of the front disk brakes (2:45). The engines Chevrolet had available are shown including the most powerful V8 they had and these could be run on leaded, unleaded or regular gasoline (3:51). A demonstration between the Chevy double paneled roof and the competitor’s roof plays out (4:07). Other features include the inner fader liners (4:21) and the double wall pickup box construction (4:30). A diagram showing that 55% of 1956’s Chevrolet models were still on the road (5:02) follows. The El Camino, which was considered a half truck half car vehicle, is pictured towing a travel trailer (5:07). Its features include bucket seats, center control console (5:18), adjustable air boosters, and rear shock absorbers (5:39). An add on feature is the fifth wheel hitching or trailering device (5:45). The Chevy Van with a raised roof camper conversion (6:00) follows with a close up of the stabilizer bar (6:27), factory installed air conditioning, and power steering (6:36). Mini motorhome conversions were built on Chevrolet Van Chassis with a specially designed camper body (6:52). Full motorhomes (7:05) came equipped with private bedrooms, bathrooms and cooking facilities (7:15). Standard equipment included a 350 V8 turbo hydromatic, front disk brakes, and dual diaphragm power brake boosters (7:37). A list is presented of the many makes and manufacturers at the time (8:10). This segment ends with a montage of the vehicles (9:18) and a look at the 1972 Chevrolet Trailering guide. It was produced by the Bill Sandy Company Inc. (9:30). The next segment is called ‘Hitch up to Chevrolet’ (10:22) and it will include a sales representative who specializes in trailering and examples of customers looking for the right vehicle for their trailers. It opens with a Chevy towing an Airstream as sales of recreational vehicles had been on the climb (11:29). By 1980, they expected to see seven and a half million recreational vehicles on the road (11:38). In order to determine the right towing vehicle for customers, a minimum combination of engine, transmission and axel ratio was necessary (12:32). An example of a couple with a 29-foot model weighing 6,000 lbs. when loaded follows (13:29). The salesmen points to the charts behind him which were created by Chevrolet Engineers and paired towing vehicles with trailers (13:55). After pointing to the various equipment and add on’s available, the installation of Chevrolet’s equalizer hitch platform is shown (15:39) and the Caprice, which came with attachment holes pre-punctured in its frame. Another customer incidence includes a medium trailer which weighed 4,000 lbs. when loaded (16:27). Here the Nova is recommended (16:00). A demonstration of sporty couples including one with motorbikes and another with skis and snow mobiles follow (19:51). He recommends the Chevy Blazer (20:00) for both and the film concludes. It was produced for the Chevy Motor Division by Regan Productions Inc. (20:49).

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