for the love of Vintage Trailers [Archive]

apretty

05-02-2010, 10:13 PM

http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/IMPO/ST3300~Retro-Shady-Oaks-Trailer-Park-Posters.jpg

Does your heart beat a little faster at the thought of jalousie windows???

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_SpCZ7hANJB4/ShbdbTuIMsI/AAAAAAAAAOU/1YLM6GuESp0/s320/4.jpg

If so, you're in the right spot. Welcome to the *vintage trailer* thread, for tear drops to airstreams and everything in between!

Do you have a travel trailer? Please post, we want to see! Even if you don't, please post your dream-trailer! Links are welcome as are all vintage-trailer accoutrements, campsites, and all things that make you want to get up and go in fabulous style!

Happy Trails!

apretty

05-02-2010, 10:19 PM

*
i'm going to get a vintage trailer, like this: http://draftechdesigncolorado.com/app/Files/MicAcersSki-Ee6BZf57/image/ARTWORK/RZ%20Camper%20EDIT.jpg

or this:

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QbM4MZLIDNs/Rsoi3jq4jnI/AAAAAAAAAEc/6RwbYnQIgmU/s320/IMG_2999.JPG

and then i'm going to join these ladies, my future trailer sisters:

http://www.sistersonthefly.com/

(i hope they allow boy-dogs!)

*i moved it on over from another thread.

SassyLeo

05-02-2010, 10:19 PM

apretty

05-02-2010, 10:21 PM

...i need something with a little reflection ;)

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3161/2918776623_c73555ab55.jpg?v=0

Queerasfck

05-02-2010, 10:23 PM

thug life

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_NgH-mlTcwHE/Sb2jiPwYZYI/AAAAAAAACeY/JWq5HbWCMWk/s576/airstream+camping+9.jpg

apretty

05-02-2010, 10:25 PM

My honey and I are taking a road trip:

PDX --> Vegas --> Moab/Arches/Canyonlands --> Grand Canyon

I tried to fit Shady Oaks in...but we just don't have enough time

Have you been?

Also: This is for sale near me... :stillheart:

awesome! love that red and white... *sigh*

the vintage trailer park? we mean to go and it's about 2 hours from us, but we haven't been...

that's a great trip! you'll have to stop by, you'll be so near--depending on the time of year, you'll need some iced tea!! and 4 dogs because *june* said she'd be interested in watching them for the summer!

no, really she did!

T D

05-02-2010, 10:34 PM

http://www.birchwoodbeauties.com/media/55dbl-ender_bklft_9x6_72.jpg

I'd love one kind of like this. The old ones are full of beautiful wood, etc. I'd park it somehere and stay in it for vacations :)

SassyLeo

05-02-2010, 10:41 PM

awesome! love that red and white... *sigh*

the vintage trailer park? we mean to go and it's about 2 hours from us, but we haven't been...

that's a great trip! you'll have to stop by, you'll be so near--depending on the time of year, you'll need some iced tea!! and 4 dogs because *june* said she'd be interested in watching them for the summer!

no, really she did!

Yes, I've been wanting to go to Shady Oaks for years...but it's so far south. It's so close to you! You could make it a weekend trip!

We are leaving July 2nd. The heat may kill me. And yes!

7 dogs in June and Kat's house sounds like a circus. Wilbur might burn out his vocal chords :|

SassyLeo

05-02-2010, 10:46 PM

http://www.birchwoodbeauties.com/media/55dbl-ender_bklft_9x6_72.jpg

I'd love one kind of like this. The old ones are full of beautiful wood, etc. I'd park it somehere and stay in it for vacations :)

Or you could make it a food joint! ;)

http://lh3.ggpht.com/_tfBmKYqH1bw/Sm3ipI7tMJI/AAAAAAAADQI/3BjVztHA04c/s512/photo%289%29.jpg

betenoire

05-02-2010, 11:40 PM

I would just about murder to have this one:

http://rrvintagetrailers.com/images/DSCN1642.JPG

http://rrvintagetrailers.com/images/DSCN1649.JPG

I used to always say that I would get one of these, so that I could live pretty much anywhere in Canada that I wanted and if I got bored of an area I could move on with little difficulty. I recently told Nick about that old dream of mine and he was a little bit mortified. :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :( :(

apretty

05-03-2010, 12:00 AM

i share you're dream--you're not alone!

LOVE that old wood framed screen door.

...hold it right there, missy.

ummmm, i thought you said that was a dream of yours, not your shady trailer past...?

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3263/2509700199_db182db137.jpg?v=0

Enchantress

05-03-2010, 12:04 AM

I have to say I hadn't even thought of such things before this evening. But truth be told I am now enamoured of the pretty tin trailers!

I want one with vintage pink or blue and a martini bar!

Here's a great link!

http://vintagetrailercrazy.com/

betenoire

05-03-2010, 12:10 AM

ummmm, i thought you said that was a dream of yours, not your shady trailer past...?

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3263/2509700199_db182db137.jpg?v=0

Who told you???

SassyLeo

05-03-2010, 11:30 AM

The_Lady_Snow

05-03-2010, 11:51 AM

NASCAR here we come!!!

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/blogs/themoment/posts/1028hellokitty2.jpg

Medusa

05-03-2010, 12:06 PM

http://www.tips-for-camping.com/images/622sundanceteardroptrailer.jpg

theoddz

05-03-2010, 12:28 PM

NASCAR here we come!!!

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/blogs/themoment/posts/1028hellokitty2.jpg

Come......come to Vegas with that. :ballerina:

I triple dawg double dare you. :|

~Theo~ :bouquet:

apretty

05-03-2010, 01:09 PM

UofMfan

05-03-2010, 01:23 PM

just now, jesus said i'm supposed to have this!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110508452393&viewitem=#ht_954wt_915

:unicorn: <- it comes with a magical butchfemmeplanet-dating site-unicorn..!

Ha! Then you shall have it! I will chip in with the monies collected for my compensation pay :)

Enchantress

05-03-2010, 01:34 PM

just now, jesus said i'm supposed to have this!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110508452393&viewitem=#ht_954wt_915

:unicorn: <- it comes with a magical butchfemmeplanet-dating site-unicorn..!

You can buy it with low monthly payments (it says so and an ad would never lie)!

All that you'd need to do is replace the white appliances with blue.

Perfection.

WolfyOne

05-03-2010, 01:34 PM

http://www.birchwoodbeauties.com/media/55dbl-ender_bklft_9x6_72.jpg

I'd love one kind of like this. The old ones are full of beautiful wood, etc. I'd park it somehere and stay in it for vacations :)

Heck TD that's as big as some of the one bedroom apartments I've lived in.
If you park it, someone may just be moved in when you go back to vacation in it.

Enchantress

05-03-2010, 01:37 PM

http://i637.photobucket.com/albums/uu100/mjloverr4ever_07/Jacketaspx-1.jpg

Waldo

05-03-2010, 01:40 PM

OH My GAWD :stillheart:

http://ny-image3.etsy.com/il_430xN.141487971.jpg

It is a >BIRDHOUSE (http://www.etsy.com/listing/46035634/vintage-teardrop-camper-birdhouse?ref=sr_gallery_8&ga_search_query=trailer&ga_search_type=handmade&ga_page=&includes%5B0%5D=tags&includes%5B1%5D=title)<

I received something very similar to this for my birthday last month. It's wooden and red/white, but it's a birdhouse, just the same. I love it.

SassyLeo

05-03-2010, 01:52 PM

I received something very similar to this for my birthday last month. It's wooden and red/white, but it's a birdhouse, just the same. I love it.

Give it to me :flowers:

betenoire

05-03-2010, 01:54 PM

just now, jesus said i'm supposed to have this!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110508452393&viewitem=#ht_954wt_915

:unicorn: <- it comes with a magical butchfemmeplanet-dating site-unicorn..!

BLECH! Jesus -never- tells me stuff like that. It's always "stop being such a bitch to people you don't know" "you should probably pay rent before you buy lindt chocolate" "call your mother back before she thinks you're dead in a ditch somewhere". He totally likes you better.

SassyLeo

05-03-2010, 01:58 PM

The vintage table cart! It's turquoise too!

http://assets.designspongeonline.com.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/trailer.jpg

This one has Bauer ware dishes :eyebat:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/201/496564617_c1011d8937.jpg

cinderella

05-03-2010, 02:07 PM

I recently saw a show on the History Channel dedicated to trailers -with emphasis on the Teardrops. They are so darn cute and adorable! Now that I'm retired, buying a minivan or small trailer has been entering my thoughts. I would really like that, but seeing I am alone, I'm too chicken to travel by myself. Had I a 'partner-in-crime' with an adventuresome spirit, I'd be on the road like a shot!!

Happy trail(er)s, everyone! Enjoy the ride, and share your adventures on this thread. I'm sure those of us who can only dream of such things, would love to hear your stories.

moxie

05-03-2010, 05:00 PM

You don't need a truck to haul it! :)

http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/17/mini-and-airstream-celebrate-surf/

Spirit Dancer

05-03-2010, 07:40 PM

So we can travel across this land
I want one like this
http://i645.photobucket.com/albums/uu171/Custom_Airstream_VV/IMG_0460.jpg

Toughy

05-03-2010, 07:55 PM

Lucille Ball and Desi Arnez..........what was the name of their movie about 'mobile homes'?

I want one of those little bitty ones..........you ought to check out the new versions they are making..........

Mister Bent

05-03-2010, 09:08 PM

My retirement home.

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a293/mrbent/pola180_121608_congresscamper.jpg

Glenn

05-03-2010, 09:18 PM

Wow! There's been an abandoned little vintage teardrop trailer on my neighbor's land. It sort of looks like the one in the first pic. I think I'll go over there and ask to buy it. Thanks folks!

Cowboi

05-04-2010, 03:57 AM

http://www.tips-for-camping.com/images/622sundanceteardroptrailer.jpg

I want one of these so bad!!!!!

Cowboi

05-04-2010, 03:57 AM

SassyLeo

05-05-2010, 10:34 AM

WANT :winky:

http://ny-image3.etsy.com/il_fullxfull.137798511.jpg

apretty

05-05-2010, 10:57 AM

Wow! There's been an abandoned little vintage teardrop trailer on my neighbor's land. It sort of looks like the one in the first pic. I think I'll go over there and ask to buy it. Thanks folks!

do that and send it to me!!

apretty

05-07-2010, 05:45 PM

http://corvallis.craigslist.org/rvs/1728537079.html

always2late

05-07-2010, 05:56 PM

I am madly in LOVE with Teardrop trailers!!
http://www.vintagetraveltrailerart.com/SugarShack.gif

Dude

05-09-2010, 05:29 PM

I had a 69 alladin 16 footer. I paid $600 for her. I named her Wilma before
I bought her due to her very ample protruding hind end region.(storage for days)
I gazed at her longinly for frickin months.
Her interior was original and damn near perfect. The paneling had intricate
little alladin lamp shapes carved into it in.
It had an avocado fridge and stove,white old school formica counters and
table.Dark greenish upholstery and some kinda grandma curtains.
She could sleep 6,3 comfortably.
Zero toilet was her only defect. In fact, there was no bathroom at all.

She was a big boneded girl and quite heavy however and we burnt up
my ex's blazer's transmission with her on the first trip.
I had to get a serious running start down many a long hill to be able to limp
into the campground.

Loved her
and miss her dearly!

Cant find a picture of that year sadly.
She was similar to 65 only with a big curvy front
and back.
http://www.tininntraveltrailers.com/page/page/2698528.htm

love them
hope you find a good deal

oops posted wrong link
the 65 is on this page
http://for-sale.yakaz.com/vintage-travel-trailer-photos

SassyLeo

05-09-2010, 09:15 PM

http://corvallis.craigslist.org/rvs/1728537079.html

It's gone! It must have sold...

SassyLeo

05-10-2010, 06:42 PM

Arizona trailer group (http://www.azroundup.net/index.html) :bandana:

Mister Bent

06-06-2010, 02:26 PM

the original RV

http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a293/mrbent/bfd/bigcoveredwagon.jpg

Hack

06-06-2010, 04:57 PM

....but I appreciate the vintage factor:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1949-Main-Line-Silver-Lodger-vintage-travel-trailer-/180516607311?cmd=ViewItem&pt=RVs_Campers&hash=item2a07a0d54f

atomiczombie

06-06-2010, 05:55 PM

Oh, to have the money to afford such cool stuff! *sigh* I really like some vintage stuff from that era. Furniture, for sure. I had a lot of classic 50s furniture and decor inherited from my grandparents, but when my apartment burned down in Dec 2007, it was all destroyed. I feel grief to this day when I think about that. Anyhow, those airstreams look like they would be such a cool thing to own!