Tom,
As a young teen I remember seeing them being sold on a corner car lot in
Westwood, CA. My dad actually stopped and we spent a short while looking it
over. As I recall it was a pretty cool looking affair with round 1953-4
Ford tail lights on on mini-fins or pods on the back, just like the Fords of
the time.
Time passes, those trailers are long gone, even the car lot is gone,
replaced by a Hollywood Video store the last time I drove by. What with the
video and DVD rental business taking a nose dive, I wonder if that video
store is long gone and the building up for rent?
I just tried a Google search for that trailer and came up with zip. Do
you or anyone else reading this know where to find out more about them and
possibly some photos?
Thanks for kindling the memory of days long gone but fond thoughts of
time spent with my long gone dad,
Glyn Judson
1969 Caravel #508
Santa Monica, CA (living about 2-3 miles from that corner car lot)
> Hello all,
> Here are a couple of photos of something I spotted in Maryhill Washington a
> couple of weeks ago. If you look closely you'll notice that the top is a
> boat. The unit is made out of fiberglass and is called "Trailerboat". It was
> manufactured in San Rafael CA. It reminded me of a Red Green episode where
> Red builds a travel trailer with a roof made out of an upside-down aluminum
> boat and, of course, plenty of duct tape. In any case, I knocked on the door
> and was informed by a gruff voice that the Trailerboat was not for sale, and
> that the owner had turned down an offer of $4k. Oh well, one less endless
> project.
> Tom Dolan
> Portland OR
> 73 Land Yacht