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07-31-2014, 05:42 PM | #1 |
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Montana trip trailer update
Trailer is just about done for sept trip to MT, should add some fenders and rear corner braces, but have been working on the car also, rebuilt the water pump, 2 distributers, steering column, carburetor and replaced the radiator. Now I have to dive into the timing gear which reared it's ugly head this week. Well I guess its better now then on the road a thousand miles from home
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07-31-2014, 05:50 PM | #2 |
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Re: Montana trip trailer update
Very cool! Makes me want to build one for my P/U!
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07-31-2014, 07:50 PM | #3 |
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Very nice and yes if you have time install fenders at some point ! Nice job
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07-31-2014, 08:24 PM | #4 |
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Nice trailer!!!!
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08-01-2014, 01:17 AM | #5 |
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Looks like a square axle under it with front springs. Nice work. Enjoy the trip. Bob
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08-01-2014, 05:57 AM | #6 |
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08-01-2014, 08:17 AM | #7 |
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Re: Montana trip trailer update
Nice trailer...What great fun you should have in recreating the trip...Did your Grandfather leave a diary of the trip?
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08-01-2014, 09:01 AM | #8 |
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Good luck on the trip. Very nice job on the trailer.
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08-01-2014, 09:23 AM | #9 |
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hopefully your family will appreciate your efforts and enjoy a trip of a lifetime !
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08-08-2014, 03:46 PM | #10 |
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Thanks every body. Steve no diary from the trip, but I do have the 1929 Rand McNally road atlas they used with gas stops and camping marked in it, so we will follow it as best we can. when he told me the story of the trip I didn't fully appreciate the commitment he made until I started this project. Now I see what a endeavor this was even though he started with a three year old car rather then a 85 year old car, but I'm sure the roads and services weren't the same as now and he had 7 kids between the ages of 4 and 17 on a 2000 mile journey . Bless his soul.
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08-08-2014, 04:39 PM | #11 |
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A Model A Trip with the kids towing a trailer....how well I remember those days! Great looking trailer have a great time! I used a little Mullins trailer behind my Model A. Have towed it through the child raising time, but still use it today.
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08-08-2014, 04:52 PM | #12 |
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Nice job on the trailer.
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08-08-2014, 06:32 PM | #13 |
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Awesome looking trailer. Enjoy y'all's trip. Looks like it will be fun.
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08-08-2014, 06:48 PM | #14 |
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any of those original kids still around ? have a good trip!!
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08-08-2014, 07:12 PM | #15 |
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OK, super super trip to do a re-creation; you should consider a diary and hand it down.....
knew an old timer who went from RI to CA in 1927 for the Olympics in a '22 T with his college roommate...some unbelievable stories....and a diary that I got to read only to have his older hare-brained daughter loose later on....
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I agree with you though about the diary. I have several books about those early cross country trips, great reads. Very cool trailer old woodsman! |
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08-08-2014, 10:59 PM | #17 |
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John, you made the kids tow the trailer?
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08-09-2014, 04:05 PM | #18 |
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That is one nice trailer. Where did you get the plans or did you build from scratch?
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08-09-2014, 04:37 PM | #19 |
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