Getting Started

We purchased "Shorty" in April, 2011 from some friends in Northern CA.  The body is pretty darn straight and the interior is in good shape.  The exterior needs paint, windows need cleaning up and sealing, and there is some framing replacement to be done...not that bad, if you consider we did a ground up restore last year on a '63 Lil Loafer.  This will be a piece of cake in contrast.  So I purchased some good 13" trailer tires here locally.  They were a real bi___ to get on.  Not much room in the wheel wells to put those suckers on.  A new jack will be in order and new regulator.  We've also been working on our '54 Boles Aero, so the Shorty project will progress a bit slower.  Shorty will be my trailer primarily, to take on camping trips with my "Trailerettes" Women's Camping Group here in Northern CA.   Also plan on taking the trailer along with our '65 Rambler station wagon to car shows (not the Concours type tho).  I named it Shorty after my Dad's best friend from the late 1940's who he talked of often and I never met, and also because the trailer is so darned "squatty" looking.  I love it and can't wait to clean her up and put a new "dress" of paint on her!

Here's a few more photos...