Feature Trailer
TEARDROP
traveller
WORDS LISA MORA
PHOTOS TOM & SARAH DIETRICH & MARY CORRINGTON
Tom and Sarah Dietrich live
in Eugene, Oregon where
Tom has been restoring
antique steam and gas
engines for thirty-eight years. During this
time he has undertaken several custom
vehicle restorations.
“Spending years in that community of
people has fostered an appreciation
for antiques as well as road travel”, Tom
explains.
“My wife’s hobbies include several
different art forms and she has helped
in the more artistic aspects of our
restorations. She especially enjoys the
design forms of the 1920s to 50s era
pieces”.
Tom had been working on their 1939
Chevrolet hot rod truck complete with
two Oldsmobile Toronado engines and
transaxles, tilt front end, and a lift bed
exposing dual nitrous systems in the
hope of taking it on a classic Route 66
road trip when it was done. Tom’s wife
Sarah tells us that all he really wanted
to do was spend a night or two in the
Wigwam hotel in southern California, so
they weren’t really looking for a vintage
trailer per se. Then one day, while taking
a Sunday drive, Tom’s good buddy Bill
Cummings spotted the classic telltale
lines of a teardrop in a field in nearby
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