The Smith’s 1967 Trailblazer was
made in Spencer, Wisconsin
Danelle Hanna
Schure shows off
her artwork on
the door of her
GMC pickup
Participants in the Trailerfest were encouraged to dress up in
period clothing matching the era of their trailers. Prizes were
given to the best vintage-themed sites. Many were decorated
with plastic pink flamingos, authentic 1950s basket-weave tins,
vintage TV sets with rabbit ears and classic Coca-Cola coolers.
Trailers were never produced in numbers as large as the cars
and trucks that pulled them. The owner of one small Airstream
trailer made in 1963 pointed out that it was called a “Bambi”
but stressed that the name did not come from the cartoon
character. His research told him the Bambi model was produced
from 1961-1963 and only 1,100 were made. Today, Airstream
has introduced a similar new trailer model.
Many of the trailers at the show were presented next to vintage
station wagons or pickups. Parked near a trailer owned by
Danelle Hanna Schure, an artist from Ripon, Wisconsin, was
an early postwar GMC pickup that she had decorated with her
“pinup art” on the doors. Schure’s Rush Lake Studio also does
pinstriping and custom artwork.
Some owners with vintage vehicles parked near their trailers
admitted they had found that their classic cars and trucks were
not as good at pulling as a modern vehicle is. So, they displayed
the trailer near the vintage vehicle, but had towed the trailers in
with something newer.
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