Where's the Serial Number - '46 - '48 Modernaire Kit

[gorgerider]

I'm having trouble finding the serial number and searches on the site don't yield results. The tongue doesn't seem to have one - the only number I find is one associated with the hitch receiver itself. It doesn't look like it would apply to the trailer as a whole. Any clues as to where to look? I need to have it inspected and titled in order to put it on the road.

Thanks.

[Redneck Teepee]

You may not find one, back in the days of old serial numbers were not as critical as today's world and vanished with a simple tongue replacement or extension.

I have an old 1947 Spen Jeep trailer that I'll be damn'd if I can find the serial number on it anywhere, I have looked all over the thing and it just is not there and I do not believe that anything has been changed or if it was they did a mighty fine job of making it look factory.

[grant whipp]

To the best of my knowledge, National Trailer Stores - NTS (the source for all Cubs, Modernistics, & Modernaires, whether in kit form or finished) never stamped serial numbers anywhere on their products. A few of the small companies that built & marketed their kits, like Marvel/Dwyer, have been known to stamp their own serial numbers, but I have no idea as to where to tell you to look. In states like California, the DMV will assign and affix their own serial/registration numbers if there are none already on the trailer, and depending on the locale of the particular office (rural or urban), that could be a real PITA or easy-peasy ... ...!

Good Luck, and as always ...

CHEERS!

[gorgerider]

Thanks, Guys. I'll be getting my stamp set out today and heading to the DMV for the too expensive paperwork portion of our program.

GR

[nrody]

http://www.dmv.ca.gov/portal/dmv/?1dmy& ... h14/ch14_2

Search the DMV website for the definitionof a "camp trailer". I pasted the link but don't know if it will work.
Section 14.005 Trailer Definitions