Vintage Travel Trailers

[greasemonkeyman]

Since all of us here are into Vintage/Classic cars,what are your thoughts on Vintage travel trailers? Anyone own one,tow one with their old car,or just plain have some old photos that your willing to share? I thought this would be something interesting to some of us that are into exploring with our cars.

 

[greasemonkeyman]

Here's a neat little video of some travel trailers from the past....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evDUYjtTY3s

 

[mr. fix it]

My brother had a 63 1/2 Galaxie wagon with a vintage AirStream trailer he had restored about 15 years ago.
He traveled from Niagara Ontario area to the east coast.

He didn't make it back without having accepted what he thought was an offer he couldn't refuse from a local classic collector in the east coast...
He did finish his vacation then drove it straight back to the east coast to collect his biggest payday for selling a classic car.. & trailer..

 

[greasemonkeyman]

Some classic travel trailer pics....

 

[Marian]

Since all of us here are into Vintage/Classic cars,what are your thoughts on Vintage travel trailers? Anyone own one,tow one with their old car,or just plain have some old photos that your willing to share? I thought this would be something interesting to some of us that are into exploring with our cars.View attachment 25252View attachment 25253

We've been looking for a 65 airstream. One we can work on. So cool!!!

 

[greasemonkeyman]

Don't know why this never caught on?http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56XL0TysIn0

 

[greasemonkeyman]

Some Vintage Airstreams

 

[greasemonkeyman]

Marian,try searching these websites,first is the craigslist national site www.craigs-list-search.com .You can also search by state by clicking on the column on the right,then just put whatever your searching for in the heading,you can list airstream,or even 1965 airstream or whatever.Great for search for a particular car.Then there is www.cars-on-line.com .Another great site with searches by make,and specialty categories like station wagons,travel trailers,fire trucks,etc. Always fun to see what's out there and just about every listing has pics.Good luck,shouldn't be too much trouble finding an airstream,there were many built and many still roadworthy.I used to have a 74 Airstream Argosy myself.

 

[Jim 68cuda]

On rare occasions a couple different restored vintage camping trailer shows up at our local cruise in at Manassas, Virginia, but vintage campers are a rare sight on the east coast. One, that occasionally shows up at our local cruise in, is pulled by a blue 57 Chevy with the trailer painted to match. Theres a 55 Ford wagon that attends the Ford show at Carlisle that brings a vintage Airstream with it. I think you see more restored camping trailers out west where there are active clubs for owners that travel together with their vintage campers.
Several years ago, a friend of mine bought a 1967 vintage camping trailer to tow behind his 68 Plymouth Sport Suburban wagon. In the 60's or 70's you might have been able to go into any trailer supply shop and get a Reese hitch welded on to whatever 60's or 70's vehicle you had. My friend had less luck with getting a hitch for his 40 year old Plymouth wagon, and ended up using his modern Ram pickup for towing instead.

 

[70NPORT]

Don't have much to say since they were popular before my time however I can see how one might call them part of "Americana"........just like muscle cars, or Stuckey's down south.

 

[Marian]

Don't have much to say since they were popular before my time however I can see how one might call them part of "Americana"........just like muscle cars, or Stuckey's down south.

There use to be a Stuckey's in New Braunfels. Always use to stop there after riding horses to get an ice cold Big Red in the bottle. Thanks for the reminder.

 

[bajajoaquin]

The guy I bought my Imperial from restores and sells vintage trailers. One of the reasons he bought the car was because it had a stout hitch welded to the rear of the car. He used the car to help frame the "vintage" aspect of the business.

Generally, I'm not too into the trailers, though. For me camping is about getting somewhere remote, and probably rugged. Airstream trips to Africa notwithstanding, vintage trailers don't really fit that bill.

Edited to add:
Here's his website. You can see my car in one of the ads about half way down.

http://socalvintagetrailer.com/currently-underway---for-sale---sold.html

 

[tallhair]

Cool thread and I like all of those trailers

Was this from Speedway by chance?

 

[greasemonkeyman]

Just a random photo I found.Thought it fir the bill with all the Chrysler's involved

 

[greasemonkeyman]

 

[Jim 68cuda]

Sixty years ago this month was the release of the movie, "The Long Long Trailer". Growing up in the 60's and 70's, my family went camping every summer. My parents had seen that movie in the theatre when it came out, and memories of the movie had them convinced that they didn't want a trailer. In the 50's and early 60's that meant family camping was in a tent. In the mid 60's to early 70's, that meant a Ford Econoline van camper. It wasn't until about 1975 that "The Long Long Trailer" was a distant memory for my parents. That's when they finally bought a 23' Terry travel trailer without having nightmares from the movie.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNC5Dn0Dtnc

 

[greasemonkeyman]

I know sometimes finding a receiver hitch to fit our older cars can be a challenge.Seems alot of the books don't go back far enough,and on many of the older vehicles,the frame rails were set further apart,making it difficult to find a hitch that is even wide enough to come close.If your a person that frequents some of the salvage yards,pull-a-part,etc, then you might be in luck.You can usually find something from a truck or an suv that will bolt up or that might need a few modifications to get it to work.One of the widest hitches I've found came off a Ford Expedition.It seems they have a very wide frame rail spacing.You can probably have side brackets fabricated and it all welded together for less than the price of a new hitch.I've purchased receiver hitches for less than $20 by pulling it yourself,just don't forget to bring various large sockets,a handy pair of vice grips and a good breaker bar or heavy duty pipe for added leverage for removing those old rust bolts.

 

[70NPORT]

There use to be a Stuckey's in New Braunfels. Always use to stop there after riding horses to get an ice cold Big Red in the bottle. Thanks for the reminder.

Yup.
I live in NJ all my life (yes,I know) Anyways the rest of my family are from the south and so when I was a kid my parents would load us all up in the Polara and we'd drive deep into North Carolina, in the dead of the summer when it was hot as all hell (my dad refused to use the air in the car b/c it killed the gas mileage). So the deeper south we got the more Stuckey's we'd see along the highway until we would see quite a few in a 5 or 10 mi distance, along with places to buy fireworks and other stuff. My brother and I used to count the amount of Chrysler cars we'd pass as we drove along. Memories.

 

[greasemonkeyman]

I'm originally from Long Island,and living in Florida now,I see lots of old travel trailers for sale,some in the most remote places.Unfortunately,the sun and the heat isn't always a good thing for the interiors on these things,but once in a while you do find a diamond in the ruff.

 

[commando1]

Don't have much to say since they were popular before my time however I can see how one might call them part of "Americana"........just like muscle cars, or Stuckey's down south.

The nostalgia comes from the fact that these were pulled by the family beach wagon. Pickups back then were for the business only.

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