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About Vintage Trailer Magazine Vintage Trailer Magazine is the world’s first magazine solely dedicated to vintage, classic, retro-styled and custom trailers and those who love them.

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intage Trailerites come from all walks of life and are drawn to vintage trailers for a variety of reasons. Some have nostalgic memories of childhood seaside holidays spent in trailer parks, some choose a retro camper because it looks good behind their prized classic car on its way to a car show campout.

Along with a sense of classic style, lovers of retro trailers take delight in life’s many wonders – they enjoy adventure, travelling to new destinations, appreciating nature’s beauty and living a life less stressful.

Vintage trailerites often also share a passion for classic cars or hot rods and will happily devote countless hours looking after their “toys”. They also have a very keen sense of aesthetic style and an eye for making small spaces look absolutely adorable.

So, Vintage Trailer Magazine is about all of these things; an eclectic collection of stories, pictures, input and ideas from sources who all share so much more than a passion for camping.

To the vintage trailerites out there living the dream, taking their rescued older trailers back out on the road, this magazine is for you! To those of you who wish you had one, or have one in restoration, I hope Vintage Trailer Magazine will inspire and motivate you to make your dreams come true and join the growing number of vintage trailer enthusiasts enjoying the wide-open spaces, dramatic scenery and fellow friendly travellers out there on the road..

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ere I sit with this; the 33rd issue of a Magazine that was first published in May 2011.

It’s hard to believe that it’s our birthday again already!

I’ve very much enjoyed watching Spring do its things outside my windows and admiring the rows of pink bursting cherry blossoms that line the entire main street of my little not-very-bustling Oregon town at the moment.

It feels like an upcoming celebration is in the air. Spring reminds me that summer is coming…

I had a very special surprise when I first got back. After a big sleep I opened my bedroom curtains on my very first morning back to the sight of snow covered Oregon Pines (that I’ve been told are more correctly known as Douglas Firs) in the forest behind my house. Big, fluffy flakes of softly were floating down in e steady flow of snow that sat thickly on the ground for the next day and night.

And this was in March! In a place that, during my previous time here, hadn’t graced me with one single fleck of snow all winter! That made me really happy. I have always loved snow!

life towing a vintage trailer behind me on wild long road trips all alone; their dinky small convenience makes them ideal for getting those vital moments of solitude, but they also are great magnets for some incredible conversations and meetings.

They can be even more fun when you’re camping in one beside other fun-loving vintage trailer enthusiasts who “get it” too. But, in the lead up to a summer ahead of all that, I’m very much enjoying “home alone time” right now as I create this sixth birthday issue. As I blow out six candles my wish at the start of the busy camping season is for all of us is this: May all of our days be filled with a happy balance of succulent solitude and joyous times sharing our cozy trailer spaces with those newfound best friends who also seem to have an awful lot of fun dressing up, behaving semi-badly (in the spirit of good old-fashioned fun) whilst enjoying the beauty of the great outdoors as much as we do.

See you out there in the woods!

Crazy road trips and camping are a big part of where my happiness lies, but it sure is nice to have a home to come back to.

I’ve had some of the best moments of my

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Pull up an Adirondack chair and pour yourself a glass of something as fifty-eight year old Grapevine, Texas resident and mother of two grown children Angela tells us of her early memories of pop-top trailer family camping holidays, how she came to be lured in by a derelict old trailer, her hands-on approach to its restoration and how this 1961 Mobile Scout with its super cute “busy bee” theme and shades of calming yellow interior came to bee aptly named: “The Hive”. vintagetrailermagazine

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y love of camping began when I was young.

I am the sixth of seven children. I grew up in Houston, and my parents introduced me to camping by packing all us children, the dog and the cat, and seeing most of the southern United States. But what really iced the cake, was our grand adventure of touring all the National Parks in the western United States and doing it camping in a small Nimrod pop-up trailer.

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The math is correct: nine humans, a dog and a cat in a small trailer originally built to sleep four. My father built canvas bunks, which he could install over each full bed to sleep us smaller kids, and a cabinet where my oldest brother, who was an invalid. slept. I remember being under the threat of “death” if we ever touched the canvas when it was wet! This trailer had no toilet, kitchen or electric.

All our cooking was done on a two burner propane Coleman stove and lit by Coleman lanterns that had to be pumped

up before lighting. Pumping the fuel was one of the jobs we were given as childern.

In fact, we all had tasks to do before we could play or explore, and all had chores like washing dishes. Even today, hanging in my trailer, is a picture of me at around five years old, washing the dinner dishes in a bucket on the picnic table. This love of camping I shared with my own children, but we camped using my husbands families old five-person canvas tent. And boy, was that a bugger to set up and take down each time we camped!

I am a mother of two. My oldest son is now married and I hava a daughter who was born with Spina Bifida. I have had many different jobs as an adult. First, as a licensed Interior Designer and currently a Flight Attendant for a charter airline and part time accounting clerk for an aricraft part supplier. However, mostly I was being a primary caregiver; first for my daughter, then later as caregiver for both my mother and father. It was while caring for my mother that I decided I needed a project that I could work on while still caring for her. A family friend had mentioned in passing, several years earlier, about a group of women who have their own trailer and camp together.

The idea appealed to me, but it wasn’t the right time in my life to pursue it. For this reason, when life presented me the opportunity to get out and camp again, I knew I didn’t want a tent, and I certainly

I wanted something with a history, with “style”, or what I could give style! She HAD to have PERSONALITY! did not want just any “old” trailer, I wanted something with a history, with “style”, or what I could give style! She HAD to have PERSONALITY! It had to be vintage, and have that “canned ham” shape.

It wasn’t until May 2014 that I first started looking on Craigslist for just the right trailer. I was looking for vintage and around ten-foot, but every one I found, I either couldn’t get to see personally because of my schedule, or I didn’t act fast enough and they had been snatched up by someone else. There was this one particular trailer that stayed out on

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Craigslist, but it had a few issues. One, it was EXPENSIVE. And two, at thirteen feet it was bigger than I had wanted. But, I always say: “God thunks you on the head lightly, then a little harder before he kicks you in the behind!”, He was thunking, so finally I listened. In June, I sent the owner a text, he sent me some interior shots, and I pretty much agreed to buy it sight unseen. He met me halfway, both by accepting my lower price offer, and by agreeing to bring it halfway to me from Conroe, Texas.

I jumped in my son’s Jeep and headed south! Upon finally seeing her, she was pretty much as I expected... full of previous leaks. But I was prepared! I had spent HOURS on my layovers watching YouTube on how to rebuild a derelict trailer! I had never done anything like this before, but heck, I got this! I handed him the cash, he hooked her up to the Jeep and off I went. An hour and a half later when I drove up to the house, I jumped out, screamed at my son to: “Park it in the driveway, I have to catch a flight from DFW!” While waiting for my flight to board, I asked my son to send me some pictures, so I could see just exactly what I had bought. Not only did he send me the pictures, but stated first: “Holy crap Mom, it sleeps five!” My response was, “no, it sleeps ONE!”. His second statement was, “You are lucky to be ALIVE!” (Because she had really bad tires, and I was driving WAY too fast on the way home). This time, my response was: “It was meant to be!”

This is how The Hive got her name! She was meant to BEE! Finally in August 2014, I began her restoration. I gave myself the “luxury” of a year to complete her re-birth, and it took every bit of it! She was held together by dirt dauber mud and spiderwebs! It truly was a miracle that we made it home in one piece. Before starting each next step, I would watch Larry’s (Mobiltec) videos on Youtube. He was my instruction manual.

As I took things off, I would photograph it so I could put it back the same way. She was a learning process, but I would do it again in a heartbeat!

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During... had so much silicon holding it in, it took over two hours alone to remove! After getting that out, removing the front window frame was a piece of cake. Layer by layer, parts came off and the rot was exposed. I opened a 4’ x 7’ hole in the front and back of the trailer and proceeded to take out everything except the upper cabinets and closet cabinet. All I stored in a PVC, tarp covered, makeshift storage “building” at the side of my house. After opening her up, and removing the insides, I started removing one piece of ceiling and then replacing it with new. I progressed through the rebuild on piece at at time. I also started her new electrical wiring placement then moved to the sides. Here I replaced rotten or missing structural wood and opposing interior

paneling (there was extensive dry rot). When all the structural was completed and the trailers electrical was laid, I added rigid insulation, house wrap and the aluminum “skin”. Then proceeded to the other side . . .”wash, rinse, repeat!” There was not so much as a screw that wasn’t removed or replaced or stripped or polished before it went back. It took at least four hours alone just for each drip cap over the windows! Everything, and I mean EVERYTHING on the outside was painted in white latex house paint. Not all went according to plan, however.

While trying to slavage the laminate top of the table (the plywood base was shot), it broke! Time for “Plan B”. Searching through Pinterest, I found where you could transfer an image to wood using vintagetrailermagazine

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your printer and wax paper. What? You guessed it. I found an image of a skep I liked from The Graphics Fairy, tweeked it adding my campers name, year she would be completed and city I lived in. I printed it and rubbed it on to the painted table base! AND BAM! Plan B worked!

Each day I worked on her, I would remove the plastic sheeting and tarp cover and then would replace the plastic sheet and tarp at the end of the day. My poor

The Hive is mostly decorated with love.

Filled with family photos, momentos, sayings, crocheted items by my daughter, a bread dough brooch made by my mother, she is like a warm hug.

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neighbors had to look at this “hot mess” every day and even a few (including my husband) were skeptical that it would really get done. They just knew she was destined for the dump! I did the majority of the work by myself, but I also had the occasional assistance of my son when I didn’t have the hand strenght, or needed lessons in packing wheel bearings, getting new tires and teaching me to weld! Finally, after getting her professional paint job, she is indeed a shadow of her former self!

After arriving at her name, the color scheme for the interior was also predestined. I had received from my mother, an appliqued quilt top (circa 1930) that had been made by my Great Aunt Joyce.

It was lovely shades of yellow, salmon, green and brown, an all over sunflower pattern designed by turn of the century quilt artist Marie D. Webster. It was a perfect fit with the original appliances in the trailer being brown. Brown, my

favorite color green, and yellow is just so darn cheerful. I taught myself to quilt, and it is the centerpiece, the star of The Hive. I knew I wanted the interior to be primarily white as I was not doing a restoral, but as I call it, a restore-a-model.

Part restoration and part remodel. I want/ needed a “Happy Place”. I know there are probably some traditionalists who would have restored her, because all her original items were there and she had never been touched inside, but I wanted something that was unique and “Me”. That first time I swathed on the first coat of primer, meant there was no turning back!

Since I now had a name for her and a color scheme, and plenty of time on layovers to scour eBay, I began looking for “Skep” shaped honey pots. Any and all I could find . . .it was skep madness! Even today, I still look for skeps everywhere.

The Hive is mostly decorated with love.

Filled with family photos, momentos, sayings, crocheted items by my daughter,

a bread dough brooch made by my mother, she is like a warm hug. However, what has been the most rewarding after finishing her and posting interior shots onto social media, has been the wonderful feedback from others. Many online “friends” have sent me gifts for her! I have treasured all of them, because they are the pieces which make The Hive so special. Some gifts, like vintage bee brooches, started me on the hunt for more! They can be found all throughout the interior clinging to the curtains.

When the weather was bad, I worked on the fun “pretties”. I made pillows from scrap, made buntings, reupholstered the cushions using drop cloths (the back bed cushions upholstered with a thrift store tablecloth), sewed curtains, searched thrift stores for “goodies” and polished hardware. Most of all, her scheme/theme

just evolved (and still is). She is made of moments, and moments are what matter.

August 2015, and registered with her vintage 1961 lisence plate, she was finally ready for her maiden voyage. I originally planned to do it closer to home, but our local campground was under water. So, it was time to put my pulling (and backing) skills to use. I knew it was going to be just a little more challenging the the parking lot I had practiced in. An hour and a half later, I set up in a sweet spot in a State Park. I picked the hottest day in August too! I think the temps reached 103 that afternoon. My son and daughter joined me after they got off work. All systems were go! The propane stove and light, the AC (thank the Lord), everything! The three of us, and two dogs slept snug as a bug and cool as could be! Even though I had told my son when we first got the trailer,

that she only “slept one”, I was glad I had them along to share in this first trip out!

Now, it is just me, rolling solo. I camp, I Glamp, I have wonderful adventures. I have met so many wonderful people.

People who were strangers, but now I count as friends. The Hive is a big hit wherever she goes. Folks are always interested in her story or want to peek inside, and I am more than happy to give them a tour and her life story. Having a vintage trailer is a magnet! It has also taught me that I can do things I have never done before. It has built self confidence and self-esteem, and it has made me feel like a kid again . . .like those early camping adventures I took as a child with my family.

What is there NOT to like about having a vintage trailer? I havent figured that one out yet. vintagetrailermagazine

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Lady Luck WORDS LISA MORA

PHOTOS AMANDA MILLER

When kool, coffee and cars combine you have Lady Luck’s Beanshine: A mustang, a caravan, a babe of a barista and winning coffee ... this ain’t your typical coffee van.

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manda Miller says that her passion for cars and all things vintage was ingrained in her, and something that, despite a few obstacles along the way, had stayed instilled in her over the years.

Hailing from Brisbane in Queensland, Australia Amanda’s early exposure to the pleasures of older cars came from early bonding sessions she recalls spending with her father.

“Since I was a little girl, I would always be found hanging with dad in the garage tinkering about, and on weekends going to car shows and walking around (what seemed like at the time) never ending swap meets! I guess this is where the love of cars and all things vintage comes from”.

Amanda’s first car was that belovedby-so-many-Aussie classic; a 1964 EH Holden sedan, and the one she had after that was an EH Ute. “Now I find myself driving a 66 Ford Mustang, and on the hunt for an early

model Chevy pickup. So, as you can see I’m not certainly not biased or picky when it comes to cars, I love them all!”

With a soft spot for cars, Amanda says she got the: “Ah ha!” moment for her custom coffee teardrop while attending a car show.

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there was absolutely no vibe! It was just another job for the barista as they showed no interest in the amazing scene and hotted up cars surrounding them. So I just thought how much better coffee would be served from a seriously kool rig and from a Barista who fits the scene and loves cars? I figured: ‘I’m already at these car shows and swap meets by the crack of dawn, so why not get involved and vintagetrailermagazine

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offer people a better service than what’s out there now?’ Plus, I’ve been working the corporate grind for over fifteen years now and I’ve never really found my place in the office... not like being out at these shows with such awesome like-minded people. So I made a plan, put it into action and here we are today.”

Where she is today is kinda a little bit in love with her latest playmate for the 66.

The two of them together are as smooth and sexy as a special coffee and cream.

Both the Mustang restoration and colour choice (It was painted almost two years ago now) were all part of the planning and overseeing of owner/driver and operator, Amanda Miller. Amanda’s firm ideas, determination and “WE CAN DO IT” attitude combined with her very 1950s style of cheerful servitude in her role as a barista. When it comes to ensuring she offers what she considers a higher level of customer service that she and so many often lament is noticed to be lacking in so many establishments.

It’s called good old-fashioned service – the way things used to be.

If 50s pinup gals with perfect curls and curvy hips, classic cars and coffee - lots of

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I figured: ‘I’m already at these car shows and swap meets by the crack of dawn, so why not get involved and offer people a better service than what’s out there now? coffee – make you feel dreamily nostalgic, then you’d probably pinch yourself if you spotted Amanda around town: Behind the wheel of her shiny black 1966 Mustang Coupe, with a classic teardrop caravan on the back, this flaming redhead could be easily mistaken for Lady Luck herself.

When we met her, Amanda had only recently completed the classically designed retro styled teardrop trailer and was bursting with pride with her dazzling black combination. Amanda had the

teardrop custom-built and equipped to sell coffee, snacks and cold drinks from out the back under the lift-up roof type kitchen area that is customary in most traditional teardrops.

Amanda told us that she had searched for a builder who could create the custom teardrop camper with the coffee setup in the back and sleeping quarters in the front that she wanted.

“I spec’d it out and had it made exactly how I wanted it”, she said. “Then the good ol’ Stangy had a tow bar fitted. The process

wasn’t as smooth sailing as that seems, but as dad would say: ‘Just a few speed bumps along the rocky road of life’”.

Inside the tiny trailer, there is still room for a queen sized bed, a television and storage, making it the ideal event “away from home and income” option.

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shows where her rockabilly styling, cheeky personality and retro-styled service-with-a-smile ways mean she fits right in!

“This is not your typical mobile coffee van”, say Amanda about her “Lady Luck’s Beanshine” business. “This is a sleek and ultra cool teardrop custom designed by me! I have yet to see a mobile coffee van as kool as mine”, she adds.

And she may well be right. The combination of the striking black duo certainly scores highly in the “Check that out!” factor. It most certainly wins points for its small size; bringing a whole new meaning to the term “micro business”.

Amanda told us that her teardrop camper was designed so she could sleep in it ready to sell coffees at the event location for early morning swap meets.

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“It’s decked out with a dual fuel coffee machine (gas and battery powered, so no noisy generators!), electric grinder and of course all the tasty syrups and milk to suit all dietary requirements. AND to top it off, the teardrop is towed behind its stunning black 66 Mustang. Tell me that’s not better than a boring old coffee van?”

Lady Luck’s is proving popular with the attendees at the car shows, having turned heads at the Fine Iron Car Club & Custom show, the Eliminators Hot Rod Show, the All American Car Show, the Vintage Speedcar Association morning tea, Chrome & Clutter, Bimonthly Webby’s Old Skool Cruiz’s, 4x4 Show & Swap, and so many more since it made its debut.

She also has attended school fetes and been used as a stunning foreground prop in the backdrops of the photos that are

traditional in wedding culture. After the ceremony everyone involved customarily gets whisked away with a professional photographer to some idyllic looking location pre-chosen by the newly wedded couple or photographer. Appealing to vintage themed weddings and events, Mustang enthusiasts or clubs looking for a stand out feature that serves an often highly desirable service: good coffee fast and hot and friendly. In commercial applications the photographer can make use of the Mustang while the guests or crew can enjoy drinks and snacks from the teardrop camper.

“My Mustang is ‘picture perfect’ for wedding photo shoots; and it comes with the teardrop setup at the reception to provide guests an endless supply of coffee and drinks as well”, she beams.

to weekend events, she was as we were talking looking to find a permanent weekday site for Lady Luck’s Beanshine.

“I’m looking for a permanent home where I can set up shop and trade Monday to Friday, still offering the same products and services, while continuing with the events on weekends,” she told us.

“The space will be ‘very chilled’ with old skool memorabilia, comfy couches, tunes, and of course all furry friends are very welcome”, Amanda, who also said that when she did open a shop she wanted to make it pooch-friendly.

“I’ll offer a space for the dogs to chill off leash, make Puppycinos and Barka-lattes (frothed lactose free milk), and will offer dog treats for our beloved fur-babies”, Amanda muses.

“Lady Luck’s is all about bringing back ‘Old Skool’: Providing great service, super friendly atmosphere and just a chillaxed environment where everyone is welcome - to sit back, relax, drink great coffee, listen to tunes and have a chat.” And if you’re wondering how good the coffee is, Amanda declares: “It’s ‘Bloody excellent’ - of course!” VTM

Amanda also tells us that her next project is already on the horizon as, not content to keep her time in the spotlight

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Tin Lizzy WORDS LISA MORA

PHOTOS RENÉ PERRET & MARIE BRECKEL

She always had a love of vintage, but when Woodland, Washington resident René Perret first saw her 13-foot 1955 Aloha it was “love at first sight”. Having since successfully turned the rotting old relic into a shining example of midcentury camping nostalgia named “Tin Lizzy”, René has since turned her restoration passion into a whole new lifestyle.

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hen she isn’t busy making, fixing, rescuing, selling or rebuilding something, René Perret works from her floating home on the Lewis River as Executive Director for North West Region of the EMS. This fortysix year-old mother of five adult kids ranging in ages from eighteen to twentythree, admits that her initial desire for a trailer was brought on by the desire to off-set the high costs of staying in hotel rooms and travelling with five kids to sporting events and holidays.

“I was on a budget and really couldn’t afford to just pull the trigger on one large purchase all at once”, says René, “so I started looking on Craigslist in 2012 and about three months later the Aloha popped up. I knew immediately I had to have it. I drove two hours to see her. It was definitely love at first sight”.

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for an already completed trailer, René paid $400 for the Aloha. The man she bought it from told her that he had found it in a field one day, had knocked on the door and paid $50 to haul it away. All he had done to the trailer was clean it up a bit before selling it on. At sixty-two years of age, the little Aloha was a little worse for wear but René was not to be deterred.

“I hooked her up and drove her home, leaving a trail of rotten wood behind me!” laughs René.

Facing the reality of a full ground up restoration once the extent of the damage was made clear, René found herself with lots of questions. She found several online groups that she says were particularly helpful in networking with other trailer restorers. Having made some great connections with other Aloha lovers and seeing a lack of resources particular to Aloha owners such as herself, she set up a Facebook group called ‘Vintage Aloha Trailers and friends’. The group now has 900 members and has become, in René’s words: “A great, positive place to share”. It was through friendships she made via online vintage trailer restoration groups that she first learned about Sisters on the Fly. She joined the group in 2013 and describes her “sisters and their Misters” as “wonderful friends and some of our favorite people”.

During the complete ground up restoration, René took everything apart, photographing every part of the process, taking a lot of measurements and blogging all about it.

“I had quite the daily routine” she says: “Go to work, come home, change into my ‘trailer workin’ clothes, start dinner, go outside to the carport and work on her, come in, shower and blog about what I had accomplished that day. The process took six months and a lot of that was based on funds to restore and how cold it was outside”.

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a guide. René had to lay the original outer skin on the ground and had to trace around it to recreate the curves and rebuild the walls. René tells us that she really loved the shape of the original interior curved cabinets that, although badly moldy, were in not-too-bad shape, albeit rather smelly.

“I tried stripping and sanding the wood cabinets, but just couldn’t get the smell out of the wood”, René remembers, “So, I made the decision to paint the cabinets.

This really gives a great contrast inside the trailer and brightens up the very cozy trailer.”

Not afraid of tackling the tough jobs, René was fortunate that all of the original hardware and light fixtures, the sink and the icebox were all still functioning and re-usable with a bit of elbow grease and a good clean up. The windows were also all in good shape, needing nothing more than a bit of a cleanup, but the dinette cushions had to be discarded due to having been obviously converted into a cozy rodent home whilst the trailer had been uninhabited. René made and covered all new cushions for the trailer and made a new table and countertop from Ikea Butcher Block herself but when it came to the wiring, a project she describes as “way outside my comfort zone”, she called in the experts. Once the wiring was all done, René then installed insulation inside the walls, cleaned up the outer skin and reattached it to the trailer, having to replace a piece of skin on the back that was beyond repair. A couple of holes under the front window were then patched up and covered with diamond plate to prevent future damage before the original lights went back on and the glass tail lights were very carefully reinstalled.

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Then it was time to finish off the inside of the Aloha and get her ready to get her registered and ready to attend rallies. René has kept all of the screws she collected from the tear down of the trailer and likes having them on display in a Mason Jar next to the ‘Before’ and ‘After’ pictures of the Aloha when she is attending rallies.

When it came to choosing the interior décor, René says that she knew exactly what she wanted from the start: “I believe I had purchased more to decorate the trailer before I even started taking her apart!” she laughs.

“I looked up Vintage 1955 colors and fell in love with the muted teal. I wanted this trailer to be my getaway and so I

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After they all went home I propped my chair up facing the trailer and just admired her with a tear in my eye.

This trailer was a labor of love and meant so much to me. made it feel very cozy and with the look and feel of home. I chose the Vintage French neutrals look and purchased a vintage Eiffel Tower print to hang along with placing a stencil in French that translates to “Life is a journey and only you hold the map”. I also have a battery-operated chandelier that hangs over the bed”.

René does not have an oven inside the

trailer as she says she does the majority of her cooking outside but does keep an induction hotplate and a griddle for when she does cook inside. Since there was not a VIN number found anywhere on the trailer, René had to take it to the Washington State Patrol for an inspection where they issued the trailer with a new VIN. The trailer was ready to hit the road again and go camping.

“When you restore a trailer you naturally want to share your pride”, admits René, “So I learned about Trailer Rallies and started to attend those immediately. For our very first outing I invited a few of my friends to the State Park just about ten miles down the road from my house on Hood Canal. I brought dinner, we had some adult beverages and I showed off my trailer. Later after they all went home I propped my chair up facing the trailer and just admired her with a tear in my eye. This trailer was a labor of love and meant so much to me. I love that I did her with my own hands; she is a huge reflection of me.

I also love the size, the ease of towing and how old she is. I wear a charm with a little trailer on it that says “who rescued who”.

That pretty much sums it all up for me”.

After having since attended several events, music festivals and rallies including being part of the Tulip Festival held in their small town recently, René’s involvement with the world of vintage trailering shows no signs of easing any time soon. This year they will be the new hosts of the 16th Annual Mt. Baker Vintage Trailer Rally; the largest rally in Washington State that showcases around two hundred vintage trailers each year.

René also has her own store on Etsy (DownRiverCo) where she makes and sells various trailer goodies and recently established a small business and hobby of purchasing rescuing and restoring vintage trailers called Down River Vintage Trailer Restoration.

“We currently have twelve trailers (including the Aloha) ranging anywhere from thirteen to twenty-five feet, from the years 1942 to 1969, in Masonite to Aluminum for our trailer restoration business. I never intended to ever go to a single rally let alone organize one, join Sisters on the Fly, or starting a whole new business, but I wouldn’t trade it for anything. It really is a lifestyle!” VTM

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René Perret’s 1955 Aloha “Tin Lizzy” at a Sisters on the Fly display at the recent Eugene, Oregon Home Show

Photo by Marie Breckel

Feature Trailer

Fairytale Fantasy T

aking the art of glamping to a whole new level, Deidrea Staneck’s 1963 Shasta Airflyte has been transformed into a coach fit for a fairytale princess with her “Cinderella Glamper”.

Complete with carousel horse at the

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ready, this magical haven allows Deidrea to indulge her favorite fairytale fantasies.

“Dreams really do come true!” she says.

With clever use of trompe l’oeil paint effects on the siding of the trailer that bring Cinderella’s carriage to life and

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plenty of princess styling added bling, the Shasta awaited for Deidrea to don ball gown, glass slippers ponder her prince!

and just the and

Inside the trailer is a decorative feast of fanciful finery for the eyes.

Along with opulent use of antique laces, almost every item has been trimmed with pearls or sparkling

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adornments. The windows are dressed with drapes of fine fabrics trimmed with tassels and the table is set with rose-covered crockery, complete with roses in a vase as the centerpiece. It truly is a glamper’s fairytale fantasy zone.

Every part of Deidrea’s trailer has been decorated inside and out.

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furniture in the outside display such as the gorgeous pink throne-like chaise lounge really adds to the dreamy historic setting and Deidrea loves dressing the part to compete the scene.

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scroll appliques and screens on the windows adding to the three-dimensional effect of the artwork. Even the Shasta’s tires (Deidrea calls them “her shoes”) have been hand painted with decorative floral gypsy styled borders.

“People get a real kick out of them!” says Deidrea. VTM

Paradise Found

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WORDS & PHOTOS STEFANIE CONRATHS

My name is Steffi. I am thirty-seven years old, and my Airstream is named after my favorite place on earth: San Diego. I am a German girl, currently living back in Germany, looking forward to finding my way back to paradise, aka: San Diego again.

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was fortunate to go from Germany to San Diego as an exchange teacher in 2013. I taught German at San Diego High School of International Studies until my visa expired in August 2016. Unfortunately, the school wasn’t

able to extend my visa beyond that and I had to return to Germany after that.

I am currently looking into options to return to the U.S. so that I can be reunited with my beloved Airstream trailer, that is located in Borrego Springs at Desert Sands Vintage Trailer Park. The park

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our heritage of dark skies through quality outdoor lighting (with the understanding that) light pollution is the result of outdoor lighting that is not properly shielded, allowing light to be directed into the eyes and the night sky.

The Desert Sands Vintage Trailer Park is located eighty-eight miles northeast of San Diego, California in Borrego Springs which, because it is surrounded by the 600,000-acre Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, is uniquely protected from urban

lights making it a haven for star gazers and host to a variety of astronomy events year-round.

When I came to the United States and saw the first vintage Airstream trailers on the road, I knew that I really wanted to own one, since there is no such thing in Germany. I was fascinated by the shape, the material and especially by the fact that you can polish the aluminum body to a mirror shine. It was the first and only

When I came to the United States and saw the first vintage Airstream trailers on the road, I knew that I really wanted to own one, since there is no such thing in Germany.

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trailer I looked at. When I saw this one on Craigslist, I knew that this was my trailer!

It’s a 1971 Airstream International Land Yacht, 27-foot with a rear bath, twin beds and a sofa bed in the front. I found it on Craigslist for $5000, and I fell in love with it at ďŹ rst sight. The outside was all dull, but I knew I could polish the aluminum to a mirror shine.

I am a huge vintage fan. I collect vintage clocks and I love to wear vintage

clothes, especially bell-bottoms! Since remodeling my Airstream, I am now addicted to vintage trailers. If I get the chance to return to the US, I would love to buy and remodel a vintage Boles Aero trailer next.

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doors to mirror sliding doors. I painted the whole cabin and exchanged all the outlets and put on chrome outlet covers.

Some things had to be outsourced. I had the stove cover professionally chrome plated, the sofa bed upholstered, but I bought new ceiling light ďŹ xtures, painted the whole cabin and polished all the window frames to a mirror shine, resealed all the windows and outside compartment

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doors, put new window screens in every window, put new blinds and curtains on, made a new bathroom countertop and put a new sink and toilet in.

I also put up mirrors in the bathroom and created a mosaic border in the shower, made new doors for the bathroom shower cabinet, put in a shower curtain, and ran a chrome look border in the

bathroom. I put two new roof skylights on, fixed the awning and put a new red and white striped fabric on, exchanged the hot water heater, fixed the broken pull-out table by putting a new hinge on it. I also bought four original hubcaps that I restored by polishing and painting them. I had ePlastics cut out a piece of plastic for me which I had made to fit in the frame of the rock guard (yes, I learned

how to use a rivet gun), I also restored and painted all the exterior emblems, and last but not least I polished the outside of the trailer to a mirror shine. I did all the polishing by hand – believe it or not – which took me six months! All in all, the whole restoration process took a little more than a year, but it was a great learning curve and such great fun!

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I could look at it all day long.

I love to look at it and see the reflection of the mountains and the sunsets in it.

outside of the trailer. I wanted it to be all shiny and elegant, but also wanted to keep it vintage. The ideas came to me in my sleep, I remember waking up being full of new ideas. I had an amazing time remodeling my trailer, and I hope I get the chance to restore another one.

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I bought a Ford Mustang convertible, since we don’t have many Mustangs in Germany, and therefore, the only time I moved the trailer was when I picked it up with a friend. I was sooooooo excited! On the way home, we managed to break the front window. I was bummed out at first, but then remembered the German saying “Scherben bringen Glueck” (“Broken glass means good luck”) and felt like the luckiest person on earth!

I originally bought the trailer in order to put it in a nice place, and rent it out to foreign students who come to visit the United States, but I had to change the plan when I learned that I had to return to Germany since my visa couldn’t get

extended. I now use my trailer as my own desert vacation home. I come and visit whenever I get some time off from teaching, which is usually around five times a year.

Whenever I am at Desert Sands, visitors stop by and compliment me on my trailer.

What I love best about my trailer is its shininess. I could look at it all day long. I love to look at it and see the reflection of the mountains and the sunsets in it.

One time a painter who was fascinated by it, asked if he could paint it. Of course I agreed, and I am glad I gave him my email address because, a few weeks later, he sent me a picture of the painting and I love it!

Looking for ideas to take to your next potluck? Here we feature treasured recipe fresh from the faded pages of grandma’s favorite old recipe book along some tried and true favourites. So pull out the Pyrex, don your aprons and hoist the eggbeater and let’s get cooking Vintage Trailer Style.

Slow Cooked Mac & Cheese

veryone’s childhood favorite.

An easy and quick one this time that you can have started just before Happy Hour and ready to serve a wine or two or three later! Serves about 6 people, or recipe can be doubled for those bigger rally potlucks.

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Ingredients • • • • • • •

Cooking oil spray 2 cups milk 1 (12 oz.) can evaporated milk 1 egg 1 tsp. salt 1/4 tsp. pepper 2 cups pre-shredded cheddar cheese (add some Parmesan for extra cheesiness!)

• 2 cups uncooked elbow macaroni

Instructions

Use a 4-quart slow cooker for the basic recipe. Spray the pot of the slow cooker or if using a liner bag, spray the bag well. In a mixing bowl whisk together the milk, evaporated milk, egg, salt and pepper. Pour milk mixture into the crock pot. Add cheese and uncooked macaroni. Stir gently to mix.

Mustard and/or paprika and chopped bacon, sundried tomatoes, chorizo or frozen or tinned peas and corn can also be added to taste. Get creative!

Turn slow cooker on LOW and cook 2 – 3 hours, or until the sauce is set and the macaroni is tender.

Warning: Do not cook more than 4 hours, or the sides will begin to dry out.

Serve at once.

Got a classic recipe you’d like to share? Send your favorite old time recipes to: editor@vintagetrailermagazine.com vintagetrailermagazine

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PALM SPRINGS MODERNISM WEEK

Vintage Trailer Show WORDS & PHOTOS JEAN BUNDSCHUH

Showcasing the midcentury styling of camping trips past, sixty smartly retro styled vintage trailers looked right at home as part of the celebration of midcentury architecture and design that is Modernism Week.

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s it the allure of the open road, a longing for yesteryear, or a sense of repurposing the old and making it new again? For me it is all three.

The love of vintage trailers hit me young. My grandparents had a 1960 Coastline trailer and I used to camp with them all the time as a youngster growing up. When chit chat during Sunday dinner got boring at grandma and grandpa’s house, I would grab the trailer keys and sit in it playing house until dinner was ready. The look, the smell, the honey glow of a ashlight on the wood, it all means home to me.

I hooked up my trailer and happily hit the road from Colorado to head out to be part of the Palm Springs Modernism Show hosted by Mona Heath. The show is a part of the Modernism Week; an annual celebration of midcentury modern design, architecture, art, fashion and culture that takes place in February in the Palm Springs area of Southern California.

This year, sixty stunning vintage trailers were set up and on display in the Hilton Hotel Car Park from 10am to 3pm on the Saturday. As always, there was a wide variety of trailers to admire with everyhing

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from the cute glamper trailers to barn ďŹ nd originals, awe inspiring rebuilds and restorations to newly-constructed retro or vintage inspired trailers. The oldest Airstream was there. I sat in that lovely trailer for minutes just being inspired by the sheer fact it is on the road and being utilized as a camper. Knowing that families before had made memories between those walls is priceless.

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basically intact. They told me how they had been told story after story of the travels the original owners had had in their Streamline. They have also been fortunate enough to have been given many pictures of their travels and of the trailer.

Alan and Holly are now friends of mine of Facebook and I look forward to meeting them again at a campsite one day!

I met three glamper Sisters on the Fly and enjoyed hearing about how they acquired their trailers, all three have now also been added as friends.

Justin and Anna from Flyte Camp were there with a restoration trailer they had done right next to them and also there

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with their Neutron, a brand new build trailer all Vintage inspired. Listening to the passion these two have for the preservation of the history of the trailers is lovely. The quality and visual nostalgia built inside of the trailer with the modern conveniences hidden, priceless.

Jayne, the owner of Relic Trailers was also there with her prototype trailer. That little trailer has such the adorable aesthetic to

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it. Molded fiberglass and made to look like the late 50’s and 60’s cars with fins.

The visual is a throwback in time. Every trailer is made to your specifications, your own custom piece of history.

The friends you make, the relationships you build, the contacts you keep, all from a common love of vintage and keeping it alive. Call it what you would like, but I call it LOVE.

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! p i r T Road « events guide« MAY 5 – 7 SISTERS BY THE SEA Anastasia State Park, St. Augustine, Florida Open day on Saturday May 6th, 10am – 1pm. Tour over 30 glampers in every shape and size including tents, motorhomes and everything in between. Meet their owners at this Sisters on the Fly event. The camper tour is free with paid admission to the park.

For more information contact: GlamperCamperVintage@gmail.com

MAY 19 – 22 PISMO BEACH VINTAGE TRAILER RALLY Pismo Coast Village RV Resort, 165 South Dolliver St, Pismo Beach, CA Selling out well in advance, this event is one of the biggest in the country!

To register your interest for next year’s event email mike@meltrailer.com. In the meantime come along to the Open House Day on Saturday May 21st between 10am and 3pm and check out the 350 gorgeous vintage trailers on display. www.pismocoastvillage.com

MAY 19 – 21 PLAY THE GAP Fullbright Park, 4508 Main St, Union Gap, Yakima, WA Vintage trailers, concerts, workshops, square dancing, Dutch oven cooking, quilt block challenge and performances

by Hardshell Harmony & Squirrel Hunter.

A spring weekend of fun! Free camping – reservations required.

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JUNE 22 – 25 APACHE / VINTAGE CAMPER GATHERING IN PARADISE Paradise Stream Family Campground, 693 Paradise Stream Road, Loysville, PA 17047 I am hosting an all makes vintage camper gathering at Paradise Stream Family Campground in Loysville Perry county Pennsylvania. All makes and all models are welcome! Call the campground at 717789-2117 to make reservations.

For more information go to: www.campparadisestream.com

JUNE 30 – JULY 5 ALL-AMERICAN VINTAGE TRAILER RALLY Powerland Heritage Park, 3995 Brooklake Rd NE, Brooks, OR 97303 Oregon’s largest vintage trailer rally. No reservations required! Held in Brooks, Oregon July 4th weekend. The site has many active museums for trains, trolleys, tractors, trucks, motorcycles, cars, dozers, logging, etc. An antique trolley runs through our camp area. Also: a huge Civil War reenactment.

Check the website for all the details at: www.all-american-rally.com

JULY 5 – 9 GRAFFITI WEEKEND RAT ROD ROUNDUP & VINTAGE TRAILER SHOW Douglas County Fairgrounds, 2110 Frear St, Roseburg, Oregon 97471 Graffiti Weekend is the premier car show event in the Pacific Northwest located in Roseburg, Oregon. There are car shows happening all over town and cruises, no

pre-registration necessary, just show up!

This year the organizers of the Rat Rod & Rat Bike show hosted by the Pacific Racing Assn. have invited vintage trailers to display as part of their show on the 8th July. Gates open 8am – 4pm followed by drag racing. For more information email Bob at: r.r.roundup@gmail.com. graffitiweekend.com

JULY 14 – 16 ROCK N RODS ON ROUTE 66 Historic Chateau Hotel, Bloomington, Illinois This year Rock N Rods on Route 66 is welcoming Vintage Campers to the event.

Featuring a Happy Camper Showcase with Camper Manufactures, Exhibitors, Vendors, etc.

This is a total Road/Retro 50s 60s LifestyleShow... Weekender.

We have the entire Historic Chateau Hotel in Bloomington, IL blocked out for the weekend. The event also features classic cars, trucks, hot rods, customs & choppers.

Vendors and exhibitors from all over the country. Music festival, fun foods and drinks.

Pink Flamingo Tiki bar. Route 66 Theatre.

Please note: this is a user-friendly event without one million rules and very fair pricing. Hope to see you there... Von Lar Go to: www.rocknrodson66.com for more info.

AUGUST 3 – 6 ON THE ROAD AGAIN VINTAGE TRAILER RALLY Renfro Valley KOA, Mt. Vernon, Kentucky This event is open to vintage trailers built from 1985 back, reissue models and tiny homes. This is a family event. Many activities planned.

Places to visit and things to see and do. Road Trip! is your essential guide to upcoming events, rallies, gatherings and campouts in the coming months.

Held near the charming, arty town of Berea, Kentucky and other local popular sight-seeing attractions. Open house on Saturday August 5.

Rally hosts: Vern Nevoraski & Kiki Alexander .

For more information email Kiki at: kiki.alexander3@gmail.com For reservations phone the KOA on: (800) 562 2475.

AUGUST 4 – 6 12TH ANNUAL VINTAGE & FIBERGLASS CAMPER MEET Abrams Village, Prince Edward Island, Canada The Family / Committee has a goal of 100 units to celebrate the 150th Birthday of Canada. Two-way hook up. Friday and Saturday Night Camping. Saturday Evening: The French Connection Buffet.

Acadian Style Buffet for Two. Your weekend package: $80.00 taxes included. $25.00 for extra camp nights. Come and enjoy the Acadian Culture in music, food and hospitality. It is such an honor and a privilege to be able to be home on PEI in order to host this event for all you wonderful people and enthusiasts.

Contact Karl at: proudecanadian@gmail.com

the drags on the dirt track. Fellas enjoy a cold PBR while their gals browse through vendors and look at attire for the pinup contest. Guys wander the swap meet in search of that illusive final piece for their current build.

From the vintage camping area comes the laughter of families cooling off in the river.

This unique setting provides the backdrop for the most anticipated annual event in the Midwest.

To book your site or for more information go to: www.symcohotrods.com or phone John Pence on: (902) 251-0920

AUGUST 26 – 28 FANTASY ISLAND VINTAGE CAMPER WEEKEND Fantasy Island Campground, 401 Park Drive, Sunbury, PA 17801 Come join us for our first ever “Vintage Camper Rally!” We welcome all vintage campers of every year, make, model, and size! There’ll be tours of those who wish to show their ‘home away from homes.’

Plus we’ll have awards for the oldest, best survivor, and best custom.

To book, email fantasyislandcampground @yahoo.com or phone: (866) 882 1307. www.fantasyislandcampground.com

AUGUST 11 – 12 SYMCO HOT ROD & KUSTOM WEEKENDER

SEPTEMBER 7 – 10 2017 17TH ANNUAL MT BAKER VINTAGE TRAILER RALLY

The Union Thresheree Grounds, Symco, Wisconsin Every second weekend in August the little town of Symco comes roaring to life in a celebration unlike any other. For years traditional hot rods & kustoms from across the Midwest have gathered together to step back in time.

Behind them they pull Shasta and Scottie campers loaded with vintage luggage. The roof racks are strapped with midcentury Rollfast and ColorFlo bicycles and the rumble of open headers and rockabilly fill the air. The smell of delicious food drifts on the breeze, past the eagar heads tuning their mini bikes for

The Northwest Washington Fair and Event Center, 1775 Front St , Lynden, WA 98264 Annual Vintage Trailer Rally held every year the weekend after Labor Day at the NW Washington Fairgrounds in Lynden, WA. The official rally is Sept 7–10, 2017 but you can arrive as early as the 5th. This is field camping with no assigned spots.

You pay and register upon arrival (cash, check or credit card). Showers, restrooms and RV dump station are on site. Power and water is abundant and available for most everyone with extension cords and water splitters. Cost is: $25 per night and one time rally fee of $15 (add 3% for credit

card payments). All are welcome to attend.

Those trailers that aren’t vintage or “in the spirit of vintage” will just be asked to park in a designated section along the perimeter.

SEPTEMBER 15 – 17 SOUTH BEACH ROLLING OLDIES VINTAGE TRAILER RALLY South Beach State Park, 5580 South Coast Highway, South Beach, Oregon 97366 South Beach ROVT Rally is BACK!! The rally is in South Beach State Park in Newport, OR. The rally will be held in Loop A, B and C which have electric and water. We are looking at getting the meeting room for having the potlucks with of course open house and “Night Glow”. We will be posting how to reserve a campsite closer to time that you can reserve them. Julie Cramer Bennett, Karen Hofmann Hansis and Ashley Morrison Roberts are co-host.

Reservations through ReserveAmerica.com For more info go to: www.rovt.org/events.htm

OCTOBER 12 – 15 GATHERING OF THE TIMES VINTAGE TRAILER RALLY 2017 Pine Mountain RV Resort, 8804 Hamilton Rd, Pine Mountain, GA 31822 Gathering of the Times is the new North Georgia Vintage Trailer Rally. We just changed the name. Please join us at the Pine Mountain RV Resort in Pine Mountain Georgia for our 5th annual Gathering Of The Times Vintage Trailer Rally. Perfectly situated next to Calloway Gardens it will certainly be a rally to remember. Only trailers 1979 and earlier can participate.

Call (706) 663-4329 to reserve a campsite.

Tell them you are with the vintage trailer group and are in the Azalea (new) section.

After you have reserved please let me know the year/make of your trailer, who will be occupying the site, and your site number so that I can keep a master list.

Contact Pete Whitley via Facebook Messenger, email pete_whitley@yahoo. com or phone 678-378-3725.

To advertise your vintage trailer friendly event here for free email details to: editor@vintagetrailermagazine.com vintagetrailermagazine

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Mini versions of your trailer

Kathy Marshbank from Southern Oregon Glamping Girls Facebook group shared these delicious looking colorful vintage camper cookies

custom made by Brent Kelly in Oregon email brentkelly64@msn.com

Vintage Retro Trailer Jigsaw Puzzle

Side table cleverly made from Repurposed old glass plates and vases

$16.95 from www.hennessypuzzles.com

$55 from an antique store in Oakland, Oregon

Egg Slicer

$6 bought from Upstate Vintage & Threads

Vintage pot holders $9 from Upstate Vintage & Threads

Keeping it Simple by Eva Stovern The Caravan Chef $12 on Amazon

Trailer

Treasure Vintage trailer lovers from all over the world love “treasure hunting”. Whether it be op shopping, garage sales or online auction sites, we love salvaging items others have discarded as trash and treasuring them once more. Many a vintage trailer has been lovingly restored from possible ruin from those less appreciative of its charm, and the same is often so of the adornments found in the retro themed interiors of vintage trailers and their owners’ homes.

Interior design ideas, homewares, brica-brac, clothing and kitsch, along with trailer trash finds, each issue we will feature items found from VTM’s “Treasure Hunters”.

Do you have a rescued treasure or retro style item for sale that you’d like to share? Or snapped a sadly rejected trailer out there somewhere? To feature here in Trailer Treasure, contact editor@vintagetrailermagazine.com with the subject line: “Trailer Treasure”.

Crochet trailer by Kate Bruning

at greedyforcolour blogspot.com

My sister has this cute trailer on her office windowsill

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Aug 25 – 27, 2016

Come join our Second Annual Vintage Camper Rally at Fantasy Island Campground!

Friday – 8:00 p.m. Bingo followed by campfires and trailer talk

Saturday – 10:30 a.m. Wine Glass/Glass Painting Party (advanced sign up required)

11:00 a.m.-­‐5:00 p.m. Wine Tasting with Olivero’s & Penn Valley Cheese 1:00 p.m. -­‐4:00 p.m. “Tour of Homes” Awards: Oldest, Furthest Traveled, & People’s Choice (1st, 2nd, & 3rd) 4:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m. Dynamic Wings Concession Stand 7:30 p.m. Winners Announced 7:30 p.m.-­‐11:00 p.m. Entertainment: “Warren Dane”

Springfield, Oregon Phone: (541) 953-2884

$42 per night for camping (entry included)

Contact: Fantasy Island Campground 401 Park Drive, Sunbury, PA (570) 286-­‐1307

Tin Can Awnings Custom designed awnings just for you!

Jean Bundschuh - Owner/Operator Parker, Colorado, USA Phone: 719-TCA-1TCA / 719-822-1822 Email: nenenudesigns@gmail.com Find us on Facebook

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Tin Can Tourists is an all make and model vintage trailer and motor coach club.

Rallies, trailer information, thousands of pictures, Facebook group and free classified ads

www.tincantourists.com

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