THE CAR-TOP unit pictured here, the Carrier Craft, contains a boat which serves as a light, convenient, fishing or pleasure pram by day, and has the unusual function of becoming the waterproof roof of a sleeper at night.
The pram has a length of nearly 8 feet, a beam of 522 inches, and handling by two persons (or even one) is a simple matter. Adequate performance can be obtained from an outboard motor of 2 or 3 hp. The maximum power is 72 hp.
When used as a sleeper, a length of 7 feet is provided with no crowding of the feet as the full transom height is included in the interior dimensions. The canvas closure snaps onto inner edges of the gun- wales and closes snugly with a slide fastener to provide a 4-foot width.
When the rig is being hauled, the space under the boat is used as a waterproof luggage compartment. This sleeper-boat is made by the Carrier Craft Corporation, Newfield, New Jersey.
The trim trailer shown attached to the Falcon wagon is the Pak-Craft Imp. The boat is unfolded and detached from the trailer to become a fast 9-foot pram which can handle outboard motors of from 7 1/2 to 10 hp. It has a beam of 67 inches and weighs 130 pounds.
When on its trailer, the Imp serves as a weather-proof cargo carrier. The total weight, including trailer, is 246 pounds. The Imp is manufactured by the Pak-Craft Company, 2774 East Walnut Street, Pasadena, California.
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source: Ford Times, February 1962
