Yeah, I have a 14 foot 1960 Shasta Airflyte and it has different windows and the cool wings! In the process of re-painting it....
jalopy junkie//// thank you for posting all these great pics have a 63 scotty myself love the damn thing!
We just picked up a batch of 1940s travel trailer magazines and catalogs. The catalog is cool in that it has all the spare "pieces" you could need. Latches, appliances, furniture and things like that. The magazines have great road trip articles and manufacturer ads. Here's a promotional Silver Streak postcard we have.
Very cool! This is the only shot of my Shasta...a little "wing" action....re-painting it white and baby blue....
Some people want to go to Disney for vacation,some on an African safari,some to Universal Studios,but this photo to me sums up the perfect vacation [with the most modern convience being an AM radio]
Man, did this thread all of a sudden gets super cool or what? Jalopy, thanks for posting the coolest vintage camping pictures I have ever seen. I have to save all of those to my hard drive for sure! As for the tire discussion, it is pretty well hashed out here: http://repairingyesterdaystrailers.yuku.com/topic/162 This is a new board with some of the best information I have found on vintage trailer restoration. FAQs 1,2, and 3 on this page: http://repairingyesterdaystrailers.yuku.com/forums/78 are a must-read. Especially, if you are new to the idea of building a back half to your hot rod. Peace PS still not 100% sure what to do about the tires... My trailer keeps getting heavier and heavier the more that I do to it. 6 gallons of miscellaneous paint, varnish, urethane and undercoating. A whole other layer of interior paneling, propane refrigerator, battery and inverter, air-conditioning... I have no idea what it will weigh fully loaded... but I gotta have those white walls!
Here is mine. It is a homemade unit from about mid 30's. It was so old it had a wooden frame and tongue. The tongue was made from two 2x4's and measured a true 2"x4". hardwood. I rescued it out of the hills of Idaho. It was being used as a storage shed. The interior was in pretty good shape and we liked its patina along with the windows and inside roof vent. Built a new steel frame, replaced a few pieces of aluminum siding and remodeled the rear cooking area for our needs. DA sanded the whole thing so the new pieces matched the old stuff. We love it and camp all over the NW pulling it behind one of my rods.
Back to the rear suspension question. What did everyone do to the rear for towing? I was going to bag my car but am thinking the cash isn't going to be there this year. I still want to lower my car, but I need to tow. Do I get new lowered coils? Use air shocks???? 59 bel air...
I used a frame mounted 2” receiver system I built and a small set of Easy-Lift bars on mine. 330 lb I think! I also added a shock mounted parallel to the hitch to keep side swaying down or you can use a Reeses sway bar. I also had air shocks on the rear of my 38 Chevy. The pickup I'm building now is set up with parallel springs but I have added a pair of the air bag assists to keep the rear stable when towing
This trailer was at Billetproof last year. An amazing restoration. 1947 Aero Flite originally purchased from a dealer in Bend, Oregon.
I'm getting Married at the Shady Dell in October. I'm pretty excited. We stayed in the Royal Mansion over xmas
Not a camp ground, but a "drive-in" about 3 miles from where we camp in northern Michigan. It's a time warp. Everything is early 60's and completely restored down to the last detail. It'd be cool to get a caravan of vintage tin there this summer.
Thanks! The photos of the interior are in progress shots, here's a couple of it actually done and being used. Yup, we travel with it set up this way. It's hard to keep from accumulating so much cool old stuff, like Lucy and Desi in "The Long, long Trailer", we have to try to control our selves or risk not being able to pull it!
OMG! That is beautiful! How cool is that man...to chill in there? Nice work. Where did you get your undercabinet lights? Those are sweet. I am working on the cabinets for my trailer now, and have not decided on a light set up. Peace
Awesome thread!!! Uncle has a Corvette trailer that been gutted but it will cost a arm and a leg to restore!
Falconizer 62, those are just Xenon hockey puck lights from Lowes or Home depot. I also used halogen undercounter lights in the ceiling in the galley, the long bar type. These trailers originally had fluorcents in the ceilings, but mine is a very early '46, and lacked these fixtures. They get warm, so we don't leave those on and the trailer unattended.
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