Chinooks seen on the road

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This very rough Chinook is a few miles from our home. I guess it goes with the surroundings. Could use a bit of rehab. An early 70's Dodge. (1973?)
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I was in Moab, UT this week (5/21-5/23) without the rig. I happened across 2 Chinooks while there. Didn't get any pics but one was in the Sand Flats Recreation Area campground (90's model concourse) and another was an 80's model 18+ that I can't specifically remember the location. I didn't get to stop and say since I was on a moto adventure with a buddy.

Was that anyone who frequents this forum?
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We've been on the road for two weeks today, leaving Santa Cruz, CA, driving through Nevada, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, South Dakota and now on our way home. We've seen one Chinook - looked like a 90's Concourse. They are pretty rare beasts.
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A fellow Chinooker honked (friendly ones) at me early this week, then he disappeared into CA-22. It has a buggy in tow.

Then today, I spotted a Chinook, maybe 1998 or 1999, from Oregon, in the Borrego Palm campground.

First time see a Chinook for two days in a week. Any of you were the driver of these rigs?
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After reading this post, it got me kind of curious...Does anyone have any actual production numbers of how many Chinooks were built each year? Realize it's a shot in the dark but I'm interested...
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I spotted this antique at a camp ground in Florida. Any idea what year it is?
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Not on the Road, but I saw 21 Chinooks at the Chinook Rally at Colfax, Louisiana on April 1, 2019.
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rgmullins wrote: April 6th, 2019, 5:03 am I spotted this antique at a camp ground in Florida. Any idea what year it is?
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Dano wrote: March 24th, 2019, 5:54 am After reading this post, it got me kind of curious...Does anyone have any actual production numbers of how many Chinooks were built each year? Realize it's a shot in the dark but I'm interested...

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I was wondering the same thing...so I googled "Chinook RV production numbers" and the first entry was a referral to this forum-https://www.chinookrvforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=315

I'm sure you'll want to read all the posts from that thread, as there are some very original and inventive proposals for finding an answer. But in case you're pressed for time, the post from that thread which came the closest to finding an answer (imho) contained the following info from the updated "Tin Can Tourist": According to an interview with the company owner, Chinook made up to 450 units a year during it's heyday in the early 2000's.

Since it was a private company, you probably need to "know someone" in order to get the exact figures, but that's close enough for me
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The trick for quoting is to type your response after the [ /quote ], and it will not look like it is part of the quote.

Anyway, there are a few outliers when I look at the chassis numbers that some members posted, so I don't know if there are some bad numbers. Maybe Premier have a different sequence than the Concourse? Why someone has a chassis number starting with the letter "S"?
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