Vintage Caravan Magazine Issue 34 | Page 31

condition. It really does look amazing against the shining honey-colored new birch wood paneling of the interior; a combination that Amy describes as “fresh and happy”. The name “Ngaire” (pronounced ‘Ny-Ree’) is a native New Zealand Maori girl’s name and is proudly displayed across the rear of the trailer along with two kiwi birds and was chosen by Amy to reflect her New Zealand roots. Once the restoration was complete, came the fun part of decorating her. Having acquired a candy-colored assortment of vintage trailers over the past few years, Amy already had a garage full of totes full of decorative items and finishes for a variety of color schemes before the trailer had even been finished. Now she has been having fun buying the necessary final finishing touches such as the striped awning by Tin Can Awnings and a folding table and chairs set for the outside along with a yellow chenille bedspread and a cute set of yellow canisters for the inside. With very few such shining examples of Scotsman trailer rebuilds out and about at Rallies Ngaire certainly does stand out from the crowd. Ngaire’s first outing was to the Rollin’ Oldies Vintage Trailer Rally in Rogue River vintagetrailermagazine | 29