CLynn85 said:
Nah I haven't made it back up there yet, but I'll try in the spring.
You should start a registry for these things.
Done! ....., but not quite, I'll add more as we-all find more. Quit my last job, starting a new business in a couple of months, but in the meantime I had time to put together the "mother of all spreadsheets" for every Blazer Chalet & Casa Grande I could dredge up, with photos to ID 'em or distinct descriptions so they can't be confused with others. My list is up 125 so far. Sure would like find the current whereabouts of old descriptions such as....
.....this one: At this brochure & magazine scan site
http://brochures.slosh.com/index.shtml?chalet scroll down the left column and click on the
Treasure Search link. Anybody seen the Chalet in that article or know the owner Ken Doe? The most noticeable features are the Cepek tires, driving lights under the bumper, evap cooler on the roof, black fender flares, and Egyptian icon decorations in the interior. After an extensive google search, I can turn up nothing on the publisher of
Treasure Search, Ken Doe or find out anything more about the magazine other than a couple of back issues for sale on eBay. It isn't published anymore (?) According to the article, Ken's primary treasure hunting area was southern California.
That magazine article is currently our primary source for the "1,780" total production figure for Chalets & Casa Grandes, which leads me to wonder how Ken Doe knew that. I have leads for two other former Chinook Mobilodge top management guys, we will get to the bottom of the absolute total production figure eventually....