| For almost 20 years various manufacturers made the | | | | Escaper motor home, while Coachman produced the |
| Toyota motor home in several models. During its | | | | popular Coachman and Savanna models. Leisure |
| heyday, this little camper was produced in over 60 | | | | Odyssey was building the Americana, Santa Cruz, and |
| different models and styles of motor homes. | | | | the Laguna campers. |
| Beginning with the rather small Toyota Chinook | | | | The Mini-Mirage was built by Mirage industries, while |
| camper and carrying on through the largest of the | | | | the still very popular SunRader was constructed with a |
| Toyota based Winnebago and Itasca models, the | | | | fiberglass body by Gardener Pacific. |
| Toyota based motor home help to establish many | | | | By the late 1980s the length of the camper body had |
| manufacturers in the RV industry. | | | | expanded to 22 feet. This caused a severe overload |
| Because of the large number of manufacturers it is | | | | problem on the original half ton pickup axle. A national |
| not uncommon to see similar campers and very | | | | safety recall was issued by the United States |
| different names. The small overall size had to limit the | | | | government to correct the problem. Most of the |
| variety of floor plans available. This caused a lot of the | | | | models were given a new one ton axle. However |
| manufacturers to build virtual duplicates that varied only | | | | there are still a few units available today that have the |
| in some of the fit and finish type of details. | | | | unsafe axle. Caution is advised if you are looking at in |
| It wasn't long until the manufacturers began to expand | | | | 1980s version of this very popular camper. |
| the size of the camper bodies. Using conventional | | | | In 1989 V6 appeared on the market in the Toyota |
| manufacturing techniques found in the travel trailer | | | | chassis. This increased horse power became very |
| industry, the stick and staple type of construction with | | | | popular with the camper owners and production |
| aluminum siding became the standard. | | | | continued until 1994 when Toyota stopped supplying |
| In the decade of the 1980s production of the Toyota | | | | the pickup chassis to the camper manufacturers for |
| motor home peaked. Many different companies were | | | | safety reasons. Winnebago produced some of the |
| producing many different models. Some of the larger | | | | last V6 versions in 1994. |
| companies that were in this business were national | | | | During its production lifetime, the Toyota motor home |
| RV, the producers of the very popular Dolphin series. | | | | enjoyed a great popular success and was widely |
| They also produced the Seabreeze models. At the | | | | distributed across the country. Today the greatest |
| same time Winnebago was producing the Brave, the | | | | number of units on the road seem to be concentrated |
| Warrior, and the deluxe Itasca Spirit models. | | | | on the east and west coast areas but these motor |
| Damen Corporation of Elkhart Indiana produce the | | | | homes will turn up just about anywhere in the country. |