Seth
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We picked up this trailer from freecycle a year or so ago. Seemed silly to let it get thrown away. Borrowed the wheels of the trailer tent to get it home - Katie got it on the way home from work swapping wheels on some dark driveway before hitching it up to the Saab with a trailer board bungeed on the back! An inspection next day showed it to be pretty knackered so I took it to pieces and its sat up the side of the house until a month or so ago. One of the wheel bearings was shot and the wooden sides totally rotten but it was worth saving as the "floor" is steel so it will take a fair load - GR8 4 LUGGING TAT   I picked up some free mini 10" steels with usable tyres a while back and put new wheel bearings on one side. Painted the frame with some shed-find black hammerite and got new ply in B&Q, transfering the ally strip from the old boards.  I've done the boards such that the rear one slides in and am including a plug/socket at the rear so the wiring can be disconnected and the board removed to allow storage on its end and easier loading. I'm trying to make it all "old fashined" so the old broken plastic mudguards have been binned and new metal ones from Towsure fitted. Also found an old Lucas trailer board that I've cleaned and painted and will be fitting it with some old lights once I've decided what to use. So here's how it stands at the moment.   and playing with layouts for the rear end  |
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Pretty cool! I got a lil' trailer paid for it's self a million times over boy has it done some miles and lugged some tat about! I've started modding it now getting silly! lol
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ive got one stashed at work made out of a german trailer tent... its got suspension like a fiat at the back with a single leaf spring across the middle and shockers all mounted on a monotube chassis.
moved from eastbourne to morton with it behind a 1300 astra. (4 trips)
then from morton to pershore then again to where we are now..
needs a rebuild now as the floors have finally began to sag but then again that was 9 years ago and I only used 4mm marine ply (no it never got varnished either)
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bazzateer
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Nice work Seth  You going to paint the wheels to match the tent/Minx? |
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1968 Singer Chamois Sport
1972 Sunbeam Imp Sport
1976 Datsun 260Z 2+2
1998 Peugeot Boxer Pilote motorhome
2003 Rover 75 1.8 Club SE (daily)
2006 MG ZT 190+ (another daily)
2007 BMW 530d Touring M Sport (tow car)
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Cool recycling there Seth, I guess the trick is to make sure you do not overspend..... My trailer, I had traded for a pair of axle stands and a Mars Bar, but it actually ended up costing me around £150.00, but still worth it, as I had fun doing it, and it has worked a fair amount the last year. This one: retrorides.proboards86.com/index.cgi?board=othrmod&action=display&thread=37965May well be picking up a Ford Cross Flow engine and ancilliaries this weekend. Trailers are always worth their weight in gold.... Fetched this  This  And the shed from B&Q   Towbars and trailers Roolzzz |
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Last Edit: Jan 8, 2009 8:46:31 GMT by grizz
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Nice one Seth. Brings back fond memories...  these little trailers are worth their weight in gold   |
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Seth
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Cheers guys. I think it stands me at about £50. First task is probbaly going to be taking the Honda for its MOT! Got some engines/metal to wiegh in too. Should have sorted it out six months ago  Bazz, not sure I can be bothered to go through all the green flake process again on these wheels. I'm half keeping my eye out for some cheap alloys though some home cobbled together moon discs might be cool too. |
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thet rear layout puts me in mind of a moke!!! trailers rock !
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yes ,it started badly ,petered off in the middle and the least said about the end the better!!!
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Warning! Pinto Engines dent alloy trailer floors! Gotta make a wooden floor now for mine lol  |
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Ray
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Nice looking trailers there Seth, couldn't help noticing something interesting to the right of this picture, with my obsession for Lowrider bikes and all ;D Any other pics??? |
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Seth
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Thats my gold flake folding shopper. I'm sure you must have seen it!
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I am sure there is a thread on his bike as well, search this forum, and click on the top where the titles and authors are..... click on author, that puts it in alphabetic order, then skip pages to the "S's" and get to Seth. Nice looking trailers there Seth, couldn't help noticing something interesting to the right of this picture, with my obsession for Lowrider bikes and all ;D Any other pics??? |
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Seth
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Here's a quick photo as I can't find the thread myself...  |
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Ray
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Very nice Seth. yes, I have seen it before come to think of it, like shoppers, certainly looks cool on the roofrack Sorry for hijacking your thread ;D |
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Last Edit: Jan 8, 2009 22:57:16 GMT by Ray
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Jan 10, 2009 15:27:33 GMT
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small hijack   went out in this - to get rid of tat with this -  think its not young - old fart had a mk2 granny knocking on 20 years ago and remember it then  these arent land rover are they?? the 2000 leaks a wee bit and a puddle gathers here - went to shift the sponge and it was frozen to it ;D ;D ;D  |
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Last Edit: Jan 10, 2009 15:29:37 GMT by hairnet
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Seth
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Finally got this finished! It was just needing lights really but I was hanging around until I found something that would look right. A combination of bits from Kevfromwales and other parts found at the NSRA swap meet yesterday meant I finally had a full set of little Lucas round lights. Fitted them to some mesh and wired all up together to a plug so that the rear board can be unplugged and removed from the trailer to aid loading. I checked all was working by plugging it straight in to the back of the Hillman. Ta da!   The wood's all bleached, probably due to painting the water based treatment on in freezing temperatures so I'll probably give it another coat once it warms up properly. Anyhow, at least I can finally haul tat |
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sweet tat hauler! The back of it reminds me of the front of a Mini Moke! |
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Very cool trailer!
I need to get mine repaired. What type of wood is best to use for the floor? The Metal floor as had it. I was thinking ply but how thick is best? THen i was gonna treat it with summut
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bazzateer
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Try marine ply, it should last longer.
Seth,
That's a great bit of work there!
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1968 Singer Chamois Sport
1972 Sunbeam Imp Sport
1976 Datsun 260Z 2+2
1998 Peugeot Boxer Pilote motorhome
2003 Rover 75 1.8 Club SE (daily)
2006 MG ZT 190+ (another daily)
2007 BMW 530d Touring M Sport (tow car)
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You going to paint the wheels to match the tent/Minx?
