Springfield and told Tom about it.
“I had to check it out”, says Tom.
“I thought it would be perfect behind the
‘39 for our road trip. Next thing I knew
my wife and I were doing a teardrop
restoration!”
The trailer was in a fair amount of disrepair
when they got it, but they were able to
pick it up for only $500. The trailer is not
branded but, based on the antique wheel
bearings and the Masonite and hard
board roof construction on a sheet of 4
x 8 plywood base, it looks to have been
originally pre-war constructed, probably
around the late 1930s. The previous
owner had used it for trips between the
West coat and Michigan.
When they first got it, Tom says that the
tiny trailer had a rather “utilitarian” look
about it, being not much more than a box
with a divider between the hatch and the
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