Hi,
I've been restoring Cars and boats for 30 years but this is my first trailer.
I just bought this little trailer and I can't find the manufacturer.
California registration states "first sold 1951" but year of manufacture is blank. Manufacturer is listed as "spcns" generic for
"we don't know or home built" It is 10' long by 5' wide.
It is not homemade. It has very nice workmanship including overlapping
machine sealed seams. Has torsion type axle with hubs offset behind
axle, Uses a wound spring wrapped around the axle, one
spring per side , providing what must have been one of the first
independent axles. Front floor, as you enter cabin is suspended on
cables which are released thus lowering the floor to the ground for
additional standing room. Cables are tightened, raising the floor, via
cables and pullys, (floor is sealed to the rest of the cabin floor by
canvas around the edges. It has built in cabinets, a propane stove and
an ice box also enameled sink these cabinets and appliances may have
been added later. The roof is less than 6' off the ground. It has
15 inch tires with clips for hubcaps. Rear does not lift as a normal
teardrop would and kitchen is in the front. Receiver is 2” with a nut that threads down a bolt thus pulling the lock up under ball then another nut threads down on top of the first to lock the first nut down. Nobody I’ve showed this too ( lots of people on the net) know what make this is… Any ideas?
Here’s a link to an album with photos:
http://t.oherren.fotopic.net/c466285.html