Anyone know about Travette trailers?

[martha24]

A co-worker of my sister-in-law gave her this trailer. The co-worker's uncle was going to fix it up and had started tearing out the inside but became ill. Her husband wanted the trailer gone as it had sitting in their driveway for 5 years.
We helped tow it to my brother/sister-law's house and David (my husband) will be helping his brother fix up the trailer. The only info we have on the trailer is the tag on the side that says Travette Mfg, Bakersfield, CA. The trailer is 7ft long at longest point.
So if anyone has any information on this trailer, I would love to know as I searched the internet and came up empty.
There are a few pictures and there are a couple more in my album.
The inside will need to be totally redone and the outside made water tight.
Thanks!

[Spadinator]

I did some research and found NOTHING!!!!

Cool looking trailer though.

[Lynn Coleman]

There's precious little on the web regarding this manufacturer and their trailers but I did find a couple references to two

http://www.everymilesamemory.com/gallery/v/assortedrvs/Travette+on+Route+66+-+Arizona+_2_.jpg.html

http://www.solsearch.us/About-Cindy.htm

I don't know if this helps any but the second one has some pics of their interior.

Both are RV's rather than a trailer but that's all I could find.

Lynn

[Gage]

Oops, I owe you a reply. Sorry about that, been busy on the KIT and forgot about it. I don't know anything about the trailer. It's a cutie but sits to high. Is the axle above or below the springs?

[looped]

:o Oops, I owe you a reply. Sorry about that, been busy on the KIT and forgot about it. I don't know anything about the trailer. It's a cutie but sits to high. Is the axle above or below the springs?

Looking at how the spring goes behind the tire i would almost put money on that the axle is below the spring

[mikeschn]

Got any pictures of the inside as it exists right now?

If the trailer is 7' long then it's a tight fit in there. I'm just guessing, a 48" bed in the rear, and a tiny table in the front?

If the bed is 48", and the door is 21", that only leaves 15" for the table.

Mike...

[rainjer]

My bet is a counter in the front & the bed/table is in the rear

[martha24]

Gage: David doesn't know if the axle is above or below the springs.

The day we got the trailer, it was already above 100 degrees by 10am in Vista, CA. Fortunately the trailer was located closer to the coast, so it wasn't quite as hot. They had to make a run to HF to get temporary back lights as the trailer's lights didn't seem to be working and put the spare tire on as one of the tires they couldn't get air into. In that heat it was enough work just to get the trailer towable. The co-worker giving my sister-in-law the trailer couldn't have been nicer, first giving her the trailer for free, then bringing out cold sodas & giving us some lunch too. She was sorry to see the trailer go, but was happy that her husband was going to be thrilled to see an empty driveway.
Once we got back to David's brother's house I snapped a couple of quick photos before they parked it.

Mike: Sorry no inside photos yet. Yes it will be tight inside. Where the windows are in the back, is the table/bed space. That part is all torn out and just an empty space. The little front space is where what's left of the kitchen and a little closet. The kitchen has a small cooler-refrigerator, sink & stove top with poor quality cabinets. The whole inside has a musty mildrewy smell.
If two people are to sleep in the trailer, the bed will need some sort of fold out extension into the "door area" going up to the kitchen cabinets, because the way the space is right now there isn't even 48" for the bed, more like 41". Going to the cabinets would give it about a 5ft. wide bed.

[samnerove]

Hello!
I absolutely love your teardrop Travette trailer! Do you still have it? My family owned and operated Travette until it closed in the late 70's and I'd love to find one to buy. Are you interested in selling it I checked out your pics and I'm impressed with all the restoration you do. Outstanding.
Happy miles,
Sam

[Kathy53]

http://lindathompson.blogspot.com/2013/ ... erior.html

Here is another link for the interior not your model though but still a small one. But still no info.