Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers

by **Classic Finn** » Sat Feb 12, 2011 1:34 pm

Classic Finn wrote:ok here it be. I love the car too.

I may possibly have found another pic of this article but maybe Im wrong.. here it is anyway.

Again if Im wrong the profile is still to my liking as the previous,

by **Classic Finn** » Sat Feb 12, 2011 1:40 pm

H@nk

Greetings. Do you by chance have some websites of the Oldtimer Wohnwagens for sale list from Belgium or Holland? I remember seing some the other night but cant remember where they are at..

The were some real nice Tab like oldies there as well.

by **grant whipp** » Sat Feb 12, 2011 2:39 pm

Classic Finn wrote:

It really looks like an earlier smaller, more compact predecessor to the T@B (the T@B's actual predecessor being from the 1960s, again, in Germany).

If you want to know what it would look like with a rear galley area, take a look at the Streamline Midget plans from the 1940 Modern Mechanics magazine ... pretty darn close ... :thumbsup:

Cool trailer, BTW, Finn!

CHEERS!

Grant

by **Classic Finn** » Sun Feb 13, 2011 7:36 am

grant whipp wrote:
Classic Finn wrote:

It really looks like an earlier smaller, more compact predecessor to the T@B (the T@B's actual predecessor being from the 1960s, again, in Germany).

If you want to know what it would look like with a rear galley area, take a look at the Streamline Midget plans from the 1940 Modern Mechanics magazine ... pretty darn close ...

Cool trailer, BTW, Finn!

CHEERS!

Grant

Hey there Grant. Id be interested in looking at that. Where do I find this info

by **chorizon** » Sun Feb 13, 2011 8:02 am

I believe he's talking about the ones in the vintage plans section up above.

Nice design...

http://www.mikenchell.com/VintagePlans/pln_midgettrailer.pdf

by **Classic Finn** » Sun Feb 13, 2011 8:05 am

chorizon wrote:I believe he's talking about the ones in the vintage plans section up above.

Nice design...

http://www.mikenchell.com/VintagePlans/pln_midgettrailer.pdf

Thank You kind sire. Right in front of me eyeballs.. :lol:

Now that is sweet.. :thumbsup:

by **CliffinGA** » Sun Feb 13, 2011 8:05 am

I like both of the campers and the car which looks like an early Morgan??

Cliff

by **chorizon** » Sun Feb 13, 2011 8:08 am

CliffinGA wrote:I like both of the campers and the car which looks like an early Morgan??

Cliff

I'll betcha its a 20s-era Mercedes...

...maybe... :thinking:

...or a 30-something Ford! :lol:

'doh!

by **H@nk** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 2:45 am

hi Heikki,

Tonight I'm gonna look and surf if I can find anything for you. I have some Dutch sites in mind. Hold on and keep patient.

by **H@nk** » Thu Feb 17, 2011 1:40 pm

http://www.tante.nl/zijtoponder/
http://www.rccf.net/club/what/what_gb.php
And this last link, these RV's are not for sale, but there is lots of information about them.
http://www.mijneigenfavorieten.nl/oldtimercaravans/
And this one is special for our American members/readers
http://www.vintage-vacations.com/trailerlinks.html

by **JuneBug** » Fri Feb 18, 2011 12:29 pm

The minute I saw this picture, I thought that it may have been the general inspiration for the look of the (late) Airstream Base Camp. Or were there other design inspirations that spawned both the Base Camp and the Condor?

chorizon wrote:1972 Constructam Condor...

by **teardrop_focus** » Fri Feb 18, 2011 1:58 pm

Classic Finn

Hey, Capn!

Wonderful lil trailer! Great profile...

If you look at the second trailer in the B/W pic you can see the trailer frame exposed, although painted whereas the first trailer in the color pic is a cleaner build which partially hides the trailer chassis.

The car, an English Ford, is a Model Y and was produced in the early 1930s... Our North American 1933 and 1934 Fords were scaled-up versions of this very Model Y.

:SG

by **mezmo** » Fri Feb 18, 2011 11:52 pm

Hi Junebug,

Just some Airstream trivia:

Wally Byam, the Airstream founder, drew up and sold trailer plans as
a business before he started Airstream. It seems there were various
designs - 'tho' I haven't seen any examples -, But one was built from
supposedly 1935 plans, by a Doc Holman. If you search around
Airstream sites on the web you'll run across info on it I'm sure.

I just surprised myself and came across this:

http://www.airforums.com/forums/f417/19 ... s-3326.htm

It is supposedly the only example built. I would speculate that would
be the Base Camps inspiration for shape.

Cheers,
Norm/mezmo

by **mezmo** » Fri Feb 18, 2011 11:53 pm

Hi Junebug,

Just some Airstream trivia:

Wally Byam, the Airstream founder, drew up and sold trailer plans as
a business before he started Airstream. It seems there were various
designs - 'tho' I haven't seen any examples -, But one was built from
supposedly 1935 plans, by a Doc Holman. If you search around
Airstream sites on the web you'll run across info on it I'm sure.

I just surprised myself and came across this:

http://www.airforums.com/forums/f417/19 ... s-3326.htm

It is supposedly the only example built. I would speculate that would
be the Base Camps inspiration for shape.

Cheers,
Norm/mezmo

by **angib** » Sat Feb 19, 2011 2:01 pm

Here are three more examples of that 'one-off' trailer from plans:

I hope no-one is shocked by the legs of the hussies in the first photo, but that's the internet for you - nothing but porn wherever you look.... :oops:

Teardrops n Tiny Travel Trailers

Nice profile from Germany - What is it?

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