The dolly wheel is called a "Slimp wheel" which was one popular brand, although there were others. This was an accessory made for easy towing of heavy trailers behind unmodified cars. If you want to see one in action check out "The Long Long Trailer" a 1954 comedy in which they tow a 35 foot New Moon trailer with a Mercury convertible. They worked ok when towing speeds were 35 - 45 MPH, not so much today. You need one like a hole in the head, if you are towing an Airfloat trailer with a 1 ton truck. Back in the day if you hired a professional trailer mover to tow your trailer to a new site, that is what they used, a 1 ton truck. Without the dolly wheel. The dolly wheel or Slimp wheel went out of fashion when the load leveling hitch with spring bars came in. This was in the mid to late fifties. It's all part of the modern trend to overkill in tow vehicles. Lots of people today, tow Airstream trailers with dually trucks with 1000 pound spring bars. In a few years the trailer gets beaten to death.
Picked this gutted baby off the internet last year. Made the mistake of sanding on it with my mask around my neck. Got real sick and missed half the camping season. Redid the inside for my taste. Just use it for sleeping in. no cooking.
Cool carapark, have you seen the ones retro caravans have done on the Gold Coast? Posted using the Full Custom H.A.M.B. App!
Thanks. Maybe they weren't used in the midwest or I was too busy driving to notice. With my early RV's we never even knew about equalizing hitches and sway bars. That all came later as I got longer trailers that swayed. Never too old to learn from the HAMB.
Here's a few pics of my 15' Serro Scotty. It belonged to my wife's grandparents. They upgraded from a 13 footer when she was little so she could camp with them. Currently being refreshed. Posted using the Full Custom H.A.M.B. App!
There is usually a impressive amount of vintage camper that show up at The Steel in Motion show in Union,South Carolina. HRP
t We sold or '46 Spartan Manor, it's headed for France, and we'll be starting on Spartan #3 soon, a '47 Manor. Posted using the Full Custom H.A.M.B. App!
thanks,...no, that's hand-drawn on the wood with a Flair pen and pencil shading, then cleared with 2 coats of satin varnish brushed on....check out the Friday Art Show every week...
Yes, that's an UltraVan built like an airplane without a frame using the holding tanks and aluminum ribs to keep it together as a unibody. Front and rear are fibreglass. Less than 400 were made Corvair powered. After Corvair production stopped in 1969 some 40 small block Chevys were made and a short run of 350 Toronado complete drive train and subframes were built. Front suspention was modified Chevy II. Production costs and modern truck chassis motorhomes soon made the UltraVan obsolete.
It's a wheeled suppository. I happen to know a few people who are such big assholes they need something of this caliber!
Just picked up this 24' 1959 Airstream Tradewinds. Nearly all original, in nice shape, plan to restore it and trick out the interior in vintage tiki doodads. It'll double as our guest house, and as an AirBnB.
My old 1955 Carapark, in Australia they have the nickname "Aussie Airstream" or "The Toaster". When I first got it. Got out of hand. When it is finished. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/index.php?threads/My '47 3W Dodge build..960954/ My build.
so, do any of you know what it takes to restore a propane fridge? We have a 64 airstream that has been sitting since 83 and the fridge doesn't want to cool down. Any suggestion? Lary
Haha, that's my dog. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/index.php?threads/My '47 3W Dodge build..960954/ My build.
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