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Amanda Cole Richardson’s 1964 Sunliner

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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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n putting together this issue, I spent a lot of time rummaging back over all of the photos, newspaper clippings, journals I’d written and the magazine articles and interviews I had done and given over the past seven years in a sentimental journey down Memory Lane. It was really quite inspiring to remember all the people I had met, the crazy road tripping adventures I have been on and the variety and uniqueness of so many trailers I have seen reflecting so many different owner’s personalities. I can’t believe it’s been 7 years already!

As challenging as it can be to run an entire magazine pretty much single-handedly, I can’t imagine life any other way. This magazine is my reason for living, my pride and joy, my baby.

What I created here is the life of my dreams and I hope that it inspires others to pursue their dreams too. I love the freedom to travel and I love that I get to meet so many interesting people. Even though it does get lonely sometimes when the road trips and fun-filled events come to an end, I kind of like the contrast of the solitude I then get to ‘create’. I love that I can work from on the road or anywhere. My best work is often done from inside the trailer once everyone else’s lights go out and there is no Netflix, or household chores, to distract me. The very best part of my job is that I get to make people smile; whether it is by featuring them in the magazine or by chatting to the ‘dreamers’ at the events I attend or hearing those “Oh wow!”

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moments when people step inside my little 12-foot rolling office abode “Rosie” for the first time. Whenever I get that kind of feedback it brightens my whole day. This is my custom made life and I am forever grateful that so many of you appreciate what I do and the effort I have put into this for the past 7 years. Thank you!

In keeping with the ‘retrospective’ theme of this 7th Birthday issue it seemed appropriate to feature the little pink caravan that started this all back in May 2011. Our cover star “Betty the Sunliner” used to be mine. Teamed up with a matching pink 1963 Vauxhall Cresta these two became my magazine logo.

Although my Hudson and Rosie duo reflect a completely different aspect of my personality with their vibrant primary colors of blue, red and yellow, I will always be a pink girl at heart and Betty will be fondly remembered every time I look at that logo. As sad as it was to part with her, I am thrilled to see how much she is loved and appreciated by her new owner Amanda and what an amazing job she has done in making her uniquely hers.

A few of the other trailers featured in this special 7th birthday issue are some of my favorites; the ones that have really stood out and made an impact on me over the past 7 years. I hope you enjoy these “Oh wow!” trailers as much as I did.

See you on the road!

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Letters to the Editor

Hi Lisa,

I just picked up your magazine at Barnes and Noble. Loved it. I have been looking for a vintage trailer for over 2 years gone to several rallies and only stayed in a cabin at the campground but still had a great time. It’s hard to find 60 year old trailers in New England because of our harsh climate but I’ll keep looking.

LINDA WESTON – NEW TOWN, CT

Hi Lisa,

I found your Vintage Trailer Magazine site this evening and have to say ‘very well done’ and you have great taste in automobiles. That ’53 Hudson Hornet is perfect for towing your vintage trailer!

I still have the ’51 Hudson Super 6 my parents bought new… they are great cars to tour cross country with. Hope we cross paths one day.

JIM STEINBERG – MN

Hello Lisa,

My name is Danny Barnett and I live in Las Vegas. I was in the bookstore and just happened to see your Issue 37 of Vintage Trailer Magazine. I was delighted to read the article and see the pictures of your journey to the hot air balloons in New Mexico, driving your 1953 Hudson Hornet hauling a travel trailer.

Take care, DANNY BARNETT – LAS VEGAS, NV

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Hi Lisa!

Love your magazine!

I live in Northern California and travelled to Canon City Colorado to pick up my newly renovated 1956 Catolac DeVille “GiGi”. My Granddaughter and I camped in her all week long on the way home through snow, ice, hail, wind, rain and one day of sunshine in Barstow on Valentines Day where we BBQ’d steak and had chocolate cake this last week.

This pic was in Santa Fe New Mexico (above left).

Hope your winter is short and your camping season long.

CHERYL SHAFFER – KELSEYVILLE, CA

Good Morning Lisa!

We’ve been away from home for several weeks and just returned. W hat a pleasant find to get the VTM Winter Issue in our stack of mail! Thank you so much for including such a nice write up and the photos of my trailer art.

I hope all is well with you and that you are off on some fun adventure as you are so keen on meeting interesting travelers, finding entertaining stories and capturing fun happenings along the way on your road trips.

Happy Trails, LINDA STRATTON – GARDNERVILLE, NV

Hi Lisa,

My Dad has just recently rescued a 1960s Carapark caravan that was used for many family holidays when he was growing up.

It had been sitting on my Granny’s farm in country Victoria for about 30 years and was unmovable, as they had basically built a shed around it. A few months ago he flew, knocked down the shed and rescued the old girl! It has since been repaired to a livable condition and is now happily sitting in our back garden. My Granny came to visit a few weeks ago and was simply amazed that it was being used again. To say she was over the moon was an understatement! I found your magazine and showed Granny some images, we are all very inspired to do up the inside. I have attached some photos of our caravan, with Granny and my dad (above right).

SALINA RASH – PERTH, WA

Lisa,

Thank you so much for including our Jellybean in Vintage Trailer Magazine #37! It was so exciting to see our trailer in your great magazine. I can’t wait to show it to my mother. I know my grandparents would be SO proud!

Thanks again. Hope you have great travels in 2018!

LORENDA SPAIN – DUMAS, TX

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Formerly the Vintage Caravan Rolling OďŹƒce, Betty the 1964 Sunliner has found a new home in Cambewarra, New South Wales where she provides happy celebrations with a little something extra at the scenic Cambewarra Estate.

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manda Cole Richardson had been hunting for a Sunliner for quite some time when she heard about Betty going up for sale, after a little convincing husband Brett Richardson agreed to let her buy her and put her to work as a mobile photo booth on their popular wedding location; Camberrawa Estate.

Having grown up on a vineyard on the South Coast of New South Wales, Amanda admits that she doesn’t actually

drink wine herself but together with her husband now runs a restaurant and events center for weddings in their very own vineyard.

“I have always had an appreciation for retro and vintage treasures, with hours spent scouring antique stores and repurposing old furniture. It was about two years ago when my husband Brett and I took over the family vineyard and launched our high tea business, when I thought it would be lovely to have a vintage caravan to serve high tea from

I loved the subtle curves of the Sunliners and have been a devoted fan ever since seeing my first one.

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and to use at weddings as a bar and a photo backdrop. I initially looked at a Bondwood trailer that needed so much help that it was out of my league. I then got introduced to a man who had a Sunliner and I fell in love with the fibreglass beauties. I joined a forum with the one simple objective; to own my very own Sunliner”.

Having searched for about a month, Amanda says that she had looked at another few Sunliners before “Betty” came along, but she says she “only

had eyes for Betty and the timing was perfect”.

“I had also looked into the modern custom-built ones but being a lover of vintage and renovating and crafting, I wanted something older and more unique. I loved the subtle curves of the Sunliners and have been a devoted fan ever since seeing my first one.”

For her new role as a wedding backdrop and photo booth Betty the 1964 Sunliner’s former rockabilly inspired interior needed a bit of alterations!

Amanda starting by taking out the bed frame and all of the cupboards before redoing all of the cupboards in a more wedding-appropriate white primer and laminate paint. She repainted all of the seats and walls around the bed white and used white vinyl paint to respray Betty’s original but rather yellowed quilted interior ceilings. vintagetrailermagazine

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“This was done over the course of three days and I think I gave myself a bit of chemical pneumonia in the process!”

Amanda jokes.

The black and white checkered flooring was replaced with a new timberlook vinyl using a template made of newspapers to make the vinyl was just right, a process that Amanda says she highly recommends.

Modifications made to Betty included adding a custom built beautiful wooden serving shelf that hangs out of the back window that she painted pink to match Betty’s exterior.

They also installed a new wooden cover over the seating and table area with a large foam seat for the photo booth posing area and Amanda crafted up a few sparkly photo booth backgrounds with the help of curtain wire and hooks. A few pops of color such as lavender, icing pink and mint were added with cushions and

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throws inside the mainly white interior to create a space that now oozes charm and tranquility.

Betty has since become the star of several weddings, photo shoots, wedding receptions and hen’s parties but still has time to take Amanda, her husband, daughter and Cavalier King Charles Spaniel “Ninja” on the occasional family beach side adventures.

“Every time we hitch Betty up and head out on the road for an adventure, we know we will have fun. It is also great fun to meet so many new people who are drawn to Betty when we put her legs down. Now that she is a photo booth caravan used for weddings and hen’s parties, I love seeing the guest’s happy expressions when they see her (and realize they can play in her too!)”

Amanda tells me that apart from her cute shape and “marshmallow pink” color, she

I love seeing the guest’s happy expressions when they see her loves the history of Betty and the story of how I came to rescue her and turn her into the Vintage Caravan Magazine star that she was for several years.

“Betty is so unique in her color and style”, she says, “Inside Betty I simply adore the window and their little latches, she is so well made, and her design is flawless”.

When Betty arrived at her new home, one of the first things they did was tow her to a nearby friend’s Alpaca farm so they could practice hitching and unhitching and get some photos of Betty for their website. As anyone will attest, you only ever make mistakes with this once, right?

Sure enough when they came to leave, they hitched up and took off across the grassy hill and Betty came right off the car.

“We hadn’t got the tow ball attached properly but thankfully the shackles

saved the day! It would have been a disaster had we been on the road instead of the grassy field!” Amanda recalls.

A few more set ups since and they are now old hats at the hook up and set up process and Betty has become quite the photographic superstar. On a recent editorial photo shoot called “Ice Cream Dreaming” by the beach Betty was all set up to look like an Ice-cream van with her serving window and yummy ice-creams.

“We had so many people approach us with their wallets out wanting to buy ice-cream! It was hilarious that we had a queue of beach goers next to Betty” Amanda laughs.

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very once in a while a trailer comes along that just stays in your memory forever.

Blue’s “Schwing (Serial No.1)” teardrop truly is such a work of art that when I first saw it hooked up to its very special tow car it was one of those “Oh WOW” moments I will never forget.

Built as a labour of love by a guy that insisted on being called just “Blue” and his good friend Larry Stills, the teardrop was four years in the making with Blue admitting he had never even seen a photograph of any other teardrop trailers until he was halfway through the project!

Creating the trailer entirely from the figments of his own imagination led to some quirky features such as the rounded door and curved rear with recessed licence plate.

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The idea for building the teardrop initially arose out of a practical need to transport merchandise for his Custom T-shirts & Trophies business. “I specialise in car shows so I decided to build something to transport the stock – the fact that I can sleep in it is just a bonus!” Blue told me.

But this eye-catching trailer is so much more than a mere delivery vehicle; with its adjustable suspension - up to two and a half inches to suit the tow car – moulded fenders and shining roof racks this little trailer is about as “hot rod” as they come.

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interior of the teardrop with its carpeted floor and patterned plywood walls. The trailer doesn’t have the kitchen in the back so often seen in other teardrops, but it does sport an awning made from a late 1970s “Sandman” panel van. At only eight feet by four feet it is a compact space but as one wry fan apparently pointed out to Blue: “It only needs to be one butt wide and two butts high.”

On the road since 1997, “Schwing”, as Blue has named the teardrop, made its biggest trip in 2001 when it carried the engine of the first plane to cross the English Channel to Tasmania so it could be placed into a replica of Louis Bleriot’s 1909 aircraft that is now housed in Launceston’s Queen Victoria Museum in Tasmania.

The very impressive tow car is another one of Blue’s unique creations. His incredible silver “Airborne Eight” is the result of eight and a half years of work and is made from the pieces of more than sixty cars. Dedicated to the memory of Blue’s “Uncle” Billy Swillborne, it was constructed using parts from cars made between 1933 and 1967 – the length of Billy’s lifetime. Built using all of Blue’s “favourite bits” from a variety of cars, something like the Cadillac in the Johnny cash song, the cars components range in age from parts built in the 1930s right up to the 1960s. Billy jokingly called himself “The Scar: The greatest crime fighter the world has ever seen” and keeneyed observers can see a tribute to this superhero in the form of a scar, complete with stitches, on the roof of the car. But the fun doesn’t stop there as the Airborne Eight also has three backs and two fronts – making it both a hot rod and a concept car, and a real life “Transformer”.

Blue says that he “wanted to create something different, as if someone in the 1930s had imagined what the future of automotives might look like”.

There can be no doubt that this incredible car and tiny trailer truly are the stuff of every boy’s comic book hero dreams.

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n the year 2000 my husband, Dennis and I moved from Phoenix, Arizona where we both had lived our whole lives, to a cattle ranch out in Kirkland, Arizona when my husband accepted a job as foreman on the Hozoni Ranch. Our nearest neighbor was eight miles away and I felt like we were in the middle of nowhere. It was a pretty big shock for me moving from a big city, but we loved it!

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have more fun than anyone. My husband encouraged me to join... although he didn’t have to push too hard. I had missed being with girlfriends since we had left the city.

A friend and neighbor sold me my first trailer - the “Hanky Panky” - a 1969 10foot Playmor. I had so much fun fixing it up with a cowboy theme. As cute as the Hanky Panky was, it was pretty small, especially when Dennis and I went camping together. A wonderful friend whom I had met through Sisters on the Fly told me that she had a 1958 17-foot Oasis just sitting at her business. Her husband had never liked the trailer as he

thought it just needed too much work. I just don’t think he appreciated ‘Vintage’, so, he built her a brand new trailer from the ground up with the same floor plan as the Oasis, but a foot wider and a foot longer. In the process of building this new trailer he had removed a lot from the Oasis including the windows, the refrigerator, all of the cushions and the light fixtures.

When I found out that she no longer needed it, I got in touch with my friend and asked if I could buy the Oasis from her. The next morning she called me back and said that her husband and her just wanted me to have it! She said that they didn’t really have plans for it and it was just sitting there without windows. I was so excited! I just couldn’t wait to get started on fixing it up, but first I needed

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to get some windows from somewhere.

The way all of this ended up working out, I know without a doubt that God’s hand was in all that happened to help me get the trailer of my dreams. When I was on a Sisters on the Fly campout I met a new “sister” that had been so excited about joining the group that she had mistakenly bought the very first vintage trailer she found. It was a fifty-something Fireball that needed a lot of work done to it. When she took it to have it restored she was told it would cost thousands of dollars to get it road worthy, so she ended up signing the title over to this guy who only wanted the trailer’s base so he could make a flatbed. My sister friend let me know about the fate of her fifties Fireball, so we went and got the trailer, took it home and my husband totally tore it down to the frame. We then kept all the parts and returned the trailer base and frame back to the repair guy.

The most wonderful part of this was that it had all the windows we needed for the Oasis! I’m so thankful my husband is handy as some of the windows were a bit smaller and some were larger, but he made them all work. There was quite a bit of rot in the Oasis that needed fixing and we had to replace a lot of the ceiling that had rotted too. Dennis fixed it all and built a new nightstand and put in new

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siding around the bed where it had also rotted. He also totally rebuilt the front end of the trailer and rebuilt the closet side. We then installed a fridge that we had rescued out of a 1977 Roadrunner that we already had that was in pretty bad shape. We were able to re-use light fittings and the hot water heater from the Roadrunner as well. So, my 1958 Oasis is actually made and put together with the love from my husband and from my sweet friends’ generosity and a mix match of three different trailers!

Once the restoration was all done I loved decorating it with things I had been

picking up for years at thrift stores. I had bought the material I ended up using for the curtains probably twenty years ago at a thrift store. I wanted to keep the look of a 1950s trailer. My favorite part of this trailer, which I named “The Desert Rose”, is the beautiful wood and the rounded corners. Some of the wood where the rounded edges are had water damage also, so Dennis just put in new siding up over the damage.

Most people who see my trailer love it.

Yes, it’s maybe a little girly, but, it’s so homey and comfortable it puts a smile on people’s faces. vintagetrailermagazine

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here’s nothing quite as appealing to me as a matching vintage trailer and classic tow car or hot rod combination. When I was parked across from Ken and Hazie Stollmeyer of Morro Bay, California at last year’s Pismo Beach Vintage Trailer Rally I just had to take a closer look. What made this particular combination even more inviting was the absolute abundance of vintage items they had on display bursting out from inside the trailer and out under the awning. Most of it was in the same shades of green color scheme 20

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nebago as the car and trailer and I wondered how they had brought all of that stuff with them!

Ken and Hazie travel everywhere with their two Maltese Poodle mix dogs; a black one named Panda bear and a white one called “Winnie Poo” in the trailer they have named “The Original Minnie Winnie”.

Ken is the third generation of his family to work in the lighting fixtures business and recalls many a family camping trip in trailers that were not known as “vintage” back then.

“I grew up camping with my parents and grandparents in a 1940 teardrop trailer, a Shasta, and an Airstream trailer. We still have the original camp cupboard my dad made in the 1950’s, so I am not new to camping”.

Ken goes on to tell me that the reason they got into vintage trailers was because they went to a lot of car shows with their 1956 Chevrolet 210 wagon and enjoyed the camaraderie of folks who also like to restore and show cars.

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Ford Bread truck. It was a hit at car shows and because we are competitive with each other I decided to jump in and do something similar and one better him.

Since then we have totally enjoyed doing trailer rallies as well. The biggest advantage of trailer rallies and shows is that once you park up, you are there for the whole weekend making for a laidback and fun-filled weekend.

After being inspired to buy a Winnebago after seeing a 1969 one a friend had bought, Ken found the twelve-foot 1959 “Minnie Winnie” located in Chicago for sale on eBay. He asked the owner to send him as many photos of the interior and undercarriage as he could, and when he was satisfied with the condition of the trailer, he placed his bids and bought it sight unseen for $2,000. The next challenge was how to get it back to California. Ken ended up having to pay another $1,000 to have the trailer transported to Pomona, California where the restoration as to take place.

“I paid for the shipper’s insurance for the total amount just in case it got destroyed on the tow here! I also told the driver if it fails or falls apart to just drop it and run!”

Ken laughs.

Thankfully the trailer made the 2,500mile journey in one piece, a fact that Ken figured was a testament to its travel worthiness even despite its age and condition.

From the photos, Ken could see that it appeared to have very few water stains on the interior panels but says they could not tell how much dry rot was in the framing until they opened it up.

“I was told you buy a vintage trailer from the inside out, seeing if the wood panels show any water damage, as opposed to a vintage car where you want the outside to be perfect knowing you can repair the inside”, Ken says.

They took the trailer to professional restorers ‘Vintage Trailer Store’ in Ontario who peeled back the lower skins around the trailer. Taking care not to disturb the paneling, once inside they found a lot of rot on the joist surrounding windows and wheel wells requiring them to replace the outer skin to get to the bad joist. Once repairs were done, they stripped, sanded and re-varnished the entire interior to 22

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Stripped out to repair the

rot

I was told you buy a vintage trailer from the inside out, seeing if the wood panels show any water damage, as opposed to a vintage car where you want the outside to be perfect knowing you can repair the inside keep the original look of the timber and replaced all of the wiring, plumbing and insulation. They repainted the original stove an ice box white, and tried to keep the linoleum flooring as original looking as possible.

“We also upholstered the seats exactly as they were in the Winnebagos of the day and added a pink chandelier ‘cause that’s what we do at Stollmeyer Lighting!

Hazie found all the curtains and other materials and decorative interior finishes from second hand stores, rummage sales, estate sales and the like to get the 50’s

look in the trailer that she remembered as a child. We even found an upholsterer to remake the cot bed in burlap to look old. We still have the original gas light but have not reinstalled it. I was going to add all the new RGB LED color changing lights but I ended up refurbishing the old funnel bullet lights instead which look real rich at night when they are shining on the old wood. Three luxuries we added were a custom 8” memory foam mattress to sleep comfortably, a new refrigerator hidden in closet and an air conditioner hidden under the bed”. vintagetrailermagazine

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Ken & Hazie Stollmeyer’s 1959 Winnebago “Minnie Winnie” at Pismo Beach

Photo by Lisa Mora

“Our goal was to keep the trailer as original as possible, but I wanted it to match our 1956 Chevy tow vehicle, so the graphics on the outside are Winnebago original except for the change in color to teal and natural aluminum. We painted the trailer’s graphics Laurel Green with burgundy pin striping to match the upholstery and the rest of the trailer in Crocus Yellow. These are all original Chevrolet colors. I still would like to match wheels to the car but that would take a big piece of that ‘original look’ away, so it’s Baby Moons for now!”

By a stroke of sheer luck, the Stollmeyers found out that their little “Minnie Winnie” was more valuable than they had initially realized.

“When I first found it on eBay I didn’t know that I had found a jewel, says Ken. “It wasn’t until later when we scratched

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the tongue of trailer to find the original serial numbers, that we found out it was one of the first Winnebagos ever built!”

When they were lucky enough to meet legendary trailer builder Jim Hanson’s son at a vintage trailer rally they attended, the Stollmeyers found out that their model of Winnebago had originally been inspired by the Hanson “Love Bugs” built in the 1950s. This is before they found out that the trailer was one of the first trailers in the first run of Winnebagos ever built!

The 1956 Chevrolet B210 Station Wagon tow car is very special to the Stollmeyers as it was built to honor the oldest son who passed away in 1996.

“His legacy was his desire to build the baddest tri 5 era vehicle 1 (1955-1957) around. So we built this car in his honor.

It has a new crate 350 motor, 700r4 transmission, 370 rear-end (for towing).

When I first found it on eBay I didn’t know that I had found a jewel... we found out it was one of the first Winnebagos ever built!

We also installed 1969 Cadillac seats inside along with an air-conditioner and electric windows, just to name a few of the things we did. As I said earlier we wanted custom and I built the Chevy as custom as I could with the original paint scheme, and likewise we wanted the trailer kept as authentic as possible but with the custom paint job to match our car. The plates on the car are: 4EVRWES. Whenever this classic combo hits the road Ken says they feel like celebrities with all of the attention they get.

“We stop traffic everywhere! People will actually stop us because they want to take pictures and ask us questions.

Once when we were coming back from Newport Dunes last year, there were pictures posted to Facebook by people we didn’t even know, that however the information highway works, got back to us when we got home!

We love seeing what the trailer does for so many people. Their eyes light up when they tell us their stories about camping trips and adventures they had with their families growing up.

When we pulled out from the Pismo Vintage Trailer Rally we were following a couple of other vintage trailers. We had three rigs altogether in our group and were following a 40-foot trailer loaded with show trailers on top, and a couple of other setups, so there were about seven rigs in a convoy. We virtually stopped traffic on Highway 101! People were driving by us slowly honking giving us the thumbs up and taking pictures. I was in the lead and when I looked back traffic was snarled for a mile back, it was hilarious!” vintagetrailermagazine

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How to

of an a touch v a r a c s s la g give a ďŹ bre

attitude...

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John as the chauffeur of “Lisa’s Limo”

This story was originally featured in Issue 9 back in 2012. John Coombe has sadly since passed away but I will always remember him fondly as both an Aussie “larrikin” and a great friend. My fantastic trip to a vintage caravan event in South Australia was made even more memorable when John arrived at the airport with his black Mustang decked out with pink ribbons and the words “Lisa’s Limo” emablazoned on the rear window in pink vinyl lettering. He was also dressed head to toe in a pink suit and a hat, which when he took it off revealed a head of dyed pink hair! Talk about making an impression! When we got back to the campground and I saw his black matching set-up it was truly one of those “WOW” moments that I will never forget.

RIP John…

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very vintage caravan that we see makes us look twice, since they all have their own unique character.

But some make us look more than twice, because they raise so many tantalising questions. This black fibreglass caravan was in the latter group.

We saw the striking caravan in the South Australian town of Tanunda, at the vintage caravan get-together earlier this year. The reason for the choice of colour was obvious enough – the tow car was a black Mustang, so the caravan had been painted to match. But what brand was the caravan? And what were those strange wheels at the front? And what was the streamlined object on the roof at the rear?

To find out more about their unique rig, we went over and had a chat with the owners, John and Gwenda Coombe. They explained that the car is a 1965 Mustang coupe with a 289 cubic inch V8 engine, and the van is a 14ft Franklin Futura of about 1965 vintage. These fibreglass Franklins look somewhat like Sunliners, but have distinctive “eyebrows” jutting out at the front and rear.

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originally produced wooden vans and then switched to aluminium. In the mid1960s they produced a small number of fibreglass caravans, so they are quite rare. They were a luxury caravan with a strong chassis and the stronger general construction, which is inherent to fibreglass.

A Keith Winser publication from 1964 mentions a Franklin 14ft fibreglass caravan that retailed for 785 pounds.

That was a high price tag by 1964 standards and may have been the reason that so few were built. However the history of fibreglass caravans made in Victoria is still being debated, since they

were marketed under a variety of brand names such as Wayfarer, Skyline, Clipper and Kennedy, as well as Franklin.

The extra wheels on the front of John and Gwenda’s Franklin are a Hutchinson Caravan Dolly.

“I found it in Victoria and restored it because it is a piece of caravanning history. It was meant to take weight off the tow ball when towing the van. But I don’t use it when towing, since the experts say that it makes towing difficult.” John told us. The raised section at the rear of the roof houses an air conditioner. It was on the roof when they bought the van, but John says that it is not very efficient.

On the road

Diner up front

The characteristic lines of a fibreglass Franklin

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John and Gwenda found the Franklin behind a shed in Nuriootpa, not far from where they live in South Australia. The van was in fairly poor condition when they acquired it and needed quite a lot of restoration.

They had the fibreglass repaired by a tradesman and then spent many hours sanding it back themselves. The van was then sent to a paint shop for a coat of

primer, and they again spent many hours sanding, before it went back to workshop for the final paint job.

Maybe the most striking thing about the caravan is its black colour scheme, which is uncommon among vintage caravans.

But John already had the black 1965 Mustang coupe and wanted the Franklin to go with it, so the colour simply had to

be black. They also painted the roof with heat reflective paint, which was applied with a roller and cleverly matches the texture of the vinyl roof on the Mustang.

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The 1965 Mustang makes an enviable

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a combination of grey, pink and mauve for the interior colour scheme. Gwenda did the interior painting herself. The vinyl seating was reupholstered and the same company made the vinyl covered stone guard for the front of the caravan. The restoration was completed in late 2011, in time for Rock and Roll Rendezvous at Victor Harbor.

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are here around 11 o’clock on Friday morning. John has something special up his sleeve”.

The “something special” turned out to be John in a pink suit, driving the rig bedecked with pink ribbons, and acting as chauffeur to bring our editor Lisa from the airport. Lisa is the Lady in Pink, so John dropped his usual Man in Black image for the occasion.

John and Gwenda have never owned a new caravan, but have a small stable

of classic cars and vintage caravans.

Gwenda has a bronze 1966 Mustang and a14ft fibreglass Olympic Debonair. They also have several Chevrolet trucks, a Chev pickup and a 10ft Predom fibreglass van, which was built in Belgium and found in South Australia.

Susan and Keith Hall are freelance writer/ photographers specialising in travel and vintage caravans. Follow their travels at www.somewhereelse.com.au

Happy Place Cushion on display in the Riverside Retro at the Portland RV Show

Cool LED flame look lamps $15 from Curtis Trailers at the Portland RV show

Light fitting

from an antique shop in Missouri

Trailer

Treasure

on a 1960s Winnebago

Cute teapot

Art deco plates

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”.

Lunchbox $25

from the gift shop at Merimac Caverns, Missouri

Clayre & Eef Teapots from www.clayre-eef.com

Melamine Salad Bowl Set $20 from Curtis Trailers

$18 at Hobby Lobby Teapot, spotted by Mary Corrington

Teardrop Lights

from Vintage Trailer Supply

Birdhouse

$40 from Happy Trails RV Park Albequerque, New Mexico

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illie O’Neel and her husband Dave from Little Rock, Arkansas are avid antique collectors and together they have restored several homes over the years.

Billie tells me that they had always loved vintage things and old movies but when one of her clients told her that she was going to a Sisters on the Fly Roundup and shared a photo of her vintage trailer with her, she says it was “love at first sight”.

Billie knew right then and there that she had to have one of her own so this same client who had showed her the photo of her own trailer put the word out to someone who was only known to Billie as “The Trailer Whisperer” and after about three months of searching and attending their first ever vintage trailer rally “Open House”, a little 1963 Shasta Compact from California became part of the O’Neel family.

“The thing that I was drawn to the most about vintage trailers was definitely the ‘cute factor’ and their vintage appeal”, Billie tells me. “We had renovated several homes so, we looked at this as a cottage on wheels”.

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They picked the Shasta up for $5,500 but quite a lot of work had to be done to it.

Over the course of the next six months the Shasta was torn right down to the deck and completely rebuilt back so that it was even better than it had been when it was first made. A large part of the project was done at John Watkins shop in Basalt, Colorado where it spent the first three months and then Billie and Dave spent the next three months finishing it off in their garage at home in what tuned out to be a but of a mad rush to get it ready for the spring camping season.

When it came to choosing the interior color scheme, Billie used a wallpaper that she had found and fallen in love with as her inspiration. Describing its style as

I love the freedom we have to just pick up and go anywhere in style

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“Jetsons Atomic Modern”, it got the tick of approval from Dave and the rest of the vibrant teal, green yellow and blue interior was based around that.

Once John Watkins had finished doing the main part of the restoration, they set off to Colorado, hooked up the Shasta for the first time and, over the course of a Thanksgiving weekend they towed her home.

“We were chased by a blizzard over the Rocky Mountains and all the way home!” says Billie who wrote a Blog post called “Running From The Storm” all about that crazy trip.

Now the Shasta that they named “Sprocket” is used for slightly more relaxing camping trips and vacations.

“I love the freedom we have to just pick up and go anywhere in style”, says Billie.

“Whenever we go anywhere we get so many reactions of all kinds; honks, waves, people videoing us driving

down the highway, people trying to buy it from us at gas stations, you name it, it’s happened! Whilst on the road we have sprung leaks while in bed with the flu, been locked out and had to take a window out to get back in, dealt with a poop pyramid, had the refrigerator fly open and dump it’s contents, had people knock on our door early in the morning wanting to see inside. Once a dust devil hit us at a rally and tore our whole display to smitherines… It’s all in the blog!”

Billie has written all about her trailer tales in a hilarious blog that I highly recommend to any vintage trailerite out there who will be able to relate to many of the trials and tribulations of trailer restorations and adventures!

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WILD, WILD WEST The opportunity to express a part of our personality that is uniquely ‘us’ in our restorations is something that I truly love about this passion of ours. Some vintage trailers are just so creatively unique, that they stay in your memory forever.

WORDS LISA MORA

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first saw Deborah and Glen Nichols “Annie Oakley” back in 2012. With its old canvas awning held up by tree branches adorned with Edison string lights, their 1966 Aloha looked like an old cabin that had been up and lifted straight out of a one hundred year-old gold fossicking camp.

Deborah told me that when they bought the old hunter’s trailer it had suffered quite a bit of water damage to the walls, ceiling and floor that all had to be replaced, but other than that, the basic structure of the trailer was reasonably sound.

“In the beginning we thought that we were the only ones out there trying to restore a vintage trailer. Luckily we soon found out that was not the case and we discovered that there was a whole new world out there. We went along to a couple of trailer rallies as spectators and were surprised to see that each trailer was so different and that there really weren’t any rules and you could have

anything you wanted, so we returned home and started on the restoration.”

Their first step was to choose a theme, and a trip to the local Home Depot provided the revelation they needed.

“We were walking along the aisles when we spotted some wood that looked like knotty pine and we decided then and there that our theme would be a ‘cabin’.

After that it didn’t take long to find the pine wood perfect for the floor” Deborah says. “We decided early in the process that everything would be the real deal; real wood, real leather and if we could, everything would be hand made by us.

We had bought our grandson a dresser that had hair on leather hide on the drawers and I told Glen ‘That’s what I want in the trailer’. So off we went to the leather store. It turns out that it isn’t that easy laying out huge cowhides to find just the right one. Who knew they were all so different?”

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the cabinet doors and taking care of the decorative finishes. Everywhere you look in the trailer you can see evidence of the absolute attention given to even the smallest details. To recreate that cabin in the forest feel, the new ceiling and walls have all been finished off with small tree branches that have been cut in half, varnished and used to frame the windows and doors.

When the wooden floors had been installed and stained, they painted a red border all around the edges and painted black over the top and a star under the table and when the paint dried, they sanded it back to give the floor the desired worn and aged look.

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In the bathroom Deborah says that she wanted to create a real ‘out house” look, so they boxed in the toilet and put a wooden lid covered with cowhide on it.

Glen then made a copper cut silhouette of Annie Oakley and Deborah covered the walls with fabric ticking.

The original Formica table was replaced with a trimmed down old oak table that had been given to them by friend. Having successfully done most of the work themselves, Deborah admits that they did call in the experts when it came to

the upholstery as she wasn’t confident that her machine would be up to the task of sewing through the layers of leather, but she did sew the curtains herself using burlap and a lot of old vintage lace that had been given to her by a friend. Instead of using blinds to protect from prying eyes and the heat of the sun, Deborah made clever use of an old woollen blanket by attaching it to a tree branch that they cut in half and attached to the wall above the window. The blanket can be rolled up and fastens with an old strap so that it looks like a bedroll when it is not in use. vintagetrailermagazine

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As Deborah says: “Every good western trailer needs a holster”, so she cleverly created one by cutting a Tony Loma boot in half and attaching it to the cabinet door where it holds a prop gun. She then used the other half of the boot to hold flowers on the leather and burlap adorned front door.

Glen made good use of his metal work skills and hand made all of the metal pieces in the trailer himself. He also made a unique cover for the fridge by cutting a piece of copper and hammering it for hours to achieve the desired effect.

Hammered copper is also used around the sink and the stove. Indian pennies given to them by a friend were then used to hide all the screws in the metal trim around the stove area and table cushions.

Now we have a little rolling cabin that we can take to any woods we like!

Glen and Deborah enjoyed using ‘treasures’ that they sourced from the local flea mart such as the antique lights that Glen rewired and the old faucet that they used to replace the inappropriately shiny chrome original one. To keep things cool while camping in the California summer, there is an air conditioner hidden discreetly under the bed in the back, but if it still gets too hot, they can take a dip on the old recycled dip bath outside.

The outside of “Annie Oakley” was stripped back to bare metal, polished and finished off with a rough cut timber rear bumper bar carved with the words “Annie Oakley n Me”. The final result is totally In keeping with the simple rustic charm they wanted for their “cabin” and Deborah and Glen are really happy with the results of their hard work and are already planning their next project. “We had so much fun working on this project together and it was so rewarding”, says Deborah. “We had always dreamed of a little cabin in the woods. Now we have a little rolling cabin that we can take to any woods we like!”

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! p i r T Road  EVENTS GUIDE  APRIL 19 – 22 VIVA LAS VEGAS ROCKABILLY WEEKEND The Orleans Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada Featuring some of the world’s best Rockabilly bands and performers, burlesque shows, huge vintage traders area, the legendary Tiki pool party and a car show with unique classics, kustoms, hot rods, rat rods & vintage trailers on display, Viva Las Vegas is the world’s premier rockabilly event. Hot Rodder Pass: Saturday Car Show only incl. Car Show headliners $35 if bought before April 21st.

To purchase tickets go to: www.vivalasvegas.net

MAY 18 – 20 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 vintage trailer rallies in the country! To register your interest for next year’s event email mike@ meltrailer.com.

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MAY 31 – JUNE 3: JUNE BLOOM AT ROSLAND PARK Rosland Park Campground, 16525 Burgess Rd, La Pine, Oregon This park is a forty-two acre park located a little over one mile off of Hwy 97 on Burgess Road-west. Space is very limited & we are doubling up because the spaces are huge! It is dry camping.

Water is available but not right at the sites, there are bathrooms. This park is right on the Little Deschutes River with great access. We have use of the pavilion. This is a fee free event to vintage trailers. Open house will be Saturday from 10am to 3pm. Music will be provided on Saturday at the potluck dinner.

To reserve a space contact Randy or Sue Rhoades at: hishotrodgal@gmail.com

JULY 3 – 8: ALL AMERICAN VINTAGE TRAILER RALLY Powerland Heritage Park, Brooks, Oregon Oregon’s largest vintage trailer rally: the All-American rally celebrates Independence Day, with great folks, and neat old travel trailers & motorhomes. This is an all-inclusive event not connected to any group or club, all vintage trailer enthusiasts are welcome to attend and join in the fun.

The rally is held at Powerland Heritage Park, located right off I-5 just north of Salem, Oregon. Camping is $35 per night per trailer. No reservations are required as there is plenty of room, so just turn up! The rally is open to all vintage trailers built before 1976, or those built later with the same style and spirit of the vintage classics. Homebuilt teardrops are also welcome to attend, and we love vintage motorhomes and conversion buses, bring them out. No worries if your trailer is still a “project in progress”, we’d love to see it. No “white boxes” or ugly modern trailers, we want to keep the vintage vibe for everyone’s enjoyment. If you are thinking of bringing something newer than 1976, contact us ahead of time for approval, if it isn’t ugly it shouldn’t be a problem.

For more information go to: http://all-american-rally.com/

JULY 4 – 8: GRAFFITI WEEKEND VINTAGE TRAILER SHOW 3500 NE Diamond Lake Blvd, Roseburg, OR 97470 Welcome to the First Annual Graffiti Gathering and Trailer Rally. Graffiti Weekend is the premier car show event in the Pacific Northwest. You can start arriving on Wednesday, July 4th to set up no earlier than 10am. The event runs

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. until Sunday July 8th at 2pm. The fee is $40.00 per trailer space. Entries after June 25th or payment on arrival will be $50.00. Teardrops and Vintage Type trailers will be given preferred parking.

Entry fee includes two breakfast tickets and a BBQ ticket for Thursday evening.

Breakfast is planned for Thursday, Friday and Saturday. You can purchase extra meals for $6.00. Friday night will be potluck focusing on Dutch Oven cooking. Saturday night is a Chili feed so bring a can of chili and a bag of chips to share. The fee includes your campsite, water (no hookups), garbage service and restrooms. Off-site showers are also available. Your welcome package will include your meal tickets, a dash plaque and information about all the Graffiti Weekend events. Event T-Shirts will be available for purchase. Be aware that the public will be excited to see your trailers but we are limiting the time that they have access to the area.

Any questions contact Ray Perry at Ray@RayPerry.com or phone: (541) 670 7479, or text: (707) 245-8376.

For more information on the event go to: graffitiweekend.com

JULY 27 – 29: HOOTENANNY VINTAGE TRAILER RALLY 316 NE 389th St, Woodland, WA Bring your Vintage (or Vintage in spirit) Trailer and camp on 10 acres alongside Vintage treasures at this fun-filled event. Your weekend costs include: early shopper entry, trailer night glow & live music Friday and Saturday, appetizers Friday & dinner Saturday, access to the beer and wine garden (Friday night 21 and over only), movie night, showers & bathrooms, dishwashing station, & shared power.

Rally attendees can sell their goodies outside their trailer too within a 10 x 10 space or under your awning! There will be a public trailer open house from noon – 5pm on Saturday, but opening is optional. NO PETS ALLOWED. You can arrive as early as Wednesday the 25th and stay as late as Monday the 30th at no additional charge. Trailer parking will be decided upon based on the time you are planning to arrive and the length of your trailer. SPACE IS LIMITED TO 40 TRAILERS. Public event times are: Friday 4 –7pm & Saturday 10am – 5pm.

Link to registration form: https://downrivertrailers.wufoo.com/ forms/z1txzjbw0lsthh9/ Link to Main event: https://www.facebook. com/events/167501293845039/

AUGUST 7 – 12: HOT AUGUST NIGHTS Washoe County Rancho San Rafael Regional Park, Reno, NV. 1976 and older vintage trailers of all shapes and sizes are again invited to camp at Washoe County’s Rancho San Rafael Regional Park between for the 2nd Hot August Nights Vintage Trailer Revival from Tuesday August 7th to Sunday August 12th. Trailers can also take part in a Show-n-Shine and parades.

To book go to: hotaugustnights.net/ vintage-trailer-revival

AUGUST 17 - 18: KUSTOM KULTURE FESTIVAL The Point Casino & Hotel, 7989 NE Salish Ln, Kingston, WA 98346 The Kustom Kulture Festival is dedicated to promoting and preserving public interest in the cars, music, and culture of the 1950’s and 60’s.

A charity car show and music festival, 100% of the proceeds benefit the

YWCA ALIVE shelter.

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SEPTEMBER 4 – 10: 18TH ANNUAL MT BAKER VINTAGE TRAILER RALLY The Northwest Washington Fair and Event Center, 1775 Front St , Lynden, WA 98264 18th Annual Vintage Trailer Rally held every year the weekend after Labor Day at the NW Washington Fairgrounds in Lynden, WA. 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 (+ 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.

Join the Facebook group: www.facebook. com/groups/650646165103381/

OCTOBER 11 – 18, 2018 2ND ANNUAL MONSTER MASH VINTAGE TRAILER RALLY Cottonwoods RV Park & Campground, 4170 N. Oakland Gravel Rd, Columbia, MO 65202 $30 per night all activities included.

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