doug hodder wrote:What a wonderful trailer!...my thing is, and I'm no expert by any means but do have to work with colors on a day to day basis...I just don't see black red and white as typical of '38 design in a trailer. Deco design did use those colors, but not on something like a trailer. Trailers weren't that flashy/trendy at that period, they were more conservative to appeal to a larger audience.
Only the real wild model/upscale show homes etc...had that color combo on an interior. Show me any correct period vehicle with that paint/ interior/fabric combo in it! The fabric patterns/colors aren't period correct, but what do I know, I'm probably all wrong. I'm betting red Naugahyde wasn't available in '38.
Just my opinion, but if you're going to do up a trailer like that in that kind of dollar value....get a designer to help you out on the color/ interior decor/ stitching techniques/period fabrics etc... and document their participation.
It's a great trailer, but I think they cut some corners on some of the period correct decor. Just my opinion...others may argue it. Doug
Probably a lot of truth in the statement above. However:
Naugahyde Company. Its name, first used as a trademark in 1936.
Source for above statement:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naugahyde
History of Naugahyde:
http://www.naugahyde.com/history.html
Since the above historical document reports that Naugas first arrived on the American continent in 1778, it is entirely possible and probably very likely that Red Naugahyde was availble prior to the material being trademarked nearly a century and a half later. Still Naugahyde was trademarked nearly two years before 1938, the date in question in this current pendantic debate.
I may be wrong but my facts and sources are irrefutable.
More pendantic debate later!
Cheers,
Gus