by mezmo » Fri Dec 24, 2010 3:17 am
Just wanted to propose a slight modification to this New Section's name.
Why not call this "Canned Hams Etc," or "Canned Hams et al." or
"Canned Hams and Restorations", or "Canned Hams, BreadLoaves and
"Aircraft Style [or Construction]" or some such combo? It seems a
lot of members have these as well as TDs and TTTs and a lot are
restoring them as well.
Not trying to be "funny" here, just more inclusive or descriptive.
The idea being: That as an extension of T&TTT, any info posted in this
section, that we can glean from the posts on other "types" of TTs,
especially vintage ones and their restoration, is directly usable for any
one who may be building a TD or TTT, even if only as inspiration.
Besides, I find any such info just interesting enough in itself.
My understanding of the main TT types are:
Canned Hams: Flat side walls, 'curved' ends, especially some kind of
ovoid or rounded shape to the side profile, more representative of the
50s styles; but can include the more flattened/designed ["Modern"]
ends from the 60s-70s-80s on as a subcategory, since the
emphasis is on flat sidewalls and non-flat end walls primarily.
Modern: It could be argued that a "True" Canned Ham is the curved/ovoid
ends profile and the flatter/designed ended profiles could be designated
as the "Modern" profile.
Bread Loaves: More typically from 30s, 40s and early 50s styles. The
main qualifier for this category would be a radius-ed roof edge or joining
of the side walls and roof, using, especially, a larger radius on all four
walls. [A 3-4 inch radius wouldn't be included as that's more of a joining
method as opposed to being part of the Bread Loaf style.]
Aircraft Style/Construction: Simply the TT body is built like or using
aircraft type construction techniques, especially if the aluminum skin
is part of a riveted monocoque structure/body. [Airstream, Avion, Boles
Aero, Curtis-Wright etc.]
"Sub Types": I'd include here 5th Wheels, Toy-Haulers, Living Quarters
Horse Trailers, Telescoping hard walled TTs, Expanding TTs, Molded
Fiberglass TTs etc..
TDs & TTTs are already their own defacto category
or sub type by virtue of being the main focus of the forum/site.
And of course there will be "Hybrids" of any or all of these types:
e.g., Boles Areo are Canned Ham/Modern/Aircraft, Streamline could be a
Bread Loaf/Aircraft, Shastas can be Canned Ham and Modern both etc..
I Just thought that slightly modifying the name to include the other
main types could be more useful for posters and users and not expand
the category/divisions of the forum too much. -Or- Keep 'Canned Hams'
alone and add another category for all the rest if you want to keep to a
stricter Canned Hams only.
Norm/mezmo
If you have a house - you have a hobby.
You know a man is on the level if his bubble is in the middle.
This is the family size canned ham portion. 
LOL
