Extreme trailer makeover

 Here's a project I did many years ago to my trailer that had been sitting out in the weather for years.  I decided to extend the 12 foot long bed by four feet.  After reading much on the subject I extended the front by two feet and then extended the rear by two feet with a slight angle towards the ground, much like a car hauler. 

 With its new length at 16 feet of decking I should have no problem carrying a full size 1950's junk wagon back to my shop.  I did all my calculations based on the size and weight of a 1957 Chevy. That's my father's old work jeep on the trailer.

The rotted deck removed and the framing added two feet each way.  Underneath storage for the ramps were added on each side below the deck instead of the previously built rear mounted flip down style when used as a construction trailer. 

             

                                                             painted and ready to roll

I finally got around to painting and pin stripping it a few years ago



ready for hauling!

Stripes in a box

 Old school striping has always been one of those things I wanted to learn.  When i was a kid I'd paint and stripe my stingray bikes after making choppers out of them.  About 12 years ago I bought some brushes and paint and started fooling around with them. 

Every now and then when I'm bored out of my mind I pop open the paint cans and stripe away the day.

My first stripe box

                                                               

a old ammo can 

                                                                     

my welding helmet

                                                             

an air tank

                                                                       

the reverse side

                                                                     

a snow plow pump for my Jeep

                                                               

my current strip box

                                                               

                                                                   

fooling around on some old Harley parts

the brushes of champions!

Grandpa's shop

...what I wouldn't give to go back in time to see my grandfather's old shop in West Phila during its heydays of the 1930's.   Given a chance to see his tools and watch him work would be the coolest thing I could imagine....



his shop was located on Locust street in West Phila, PA

tow truck made from a 1933 Packard touring car

I believe this to be a late 20's Indian or Ace motorcycle

judging by the make and model, I believe this was his first tow truck

one on the hook!

that's him in front

at some point he built a plane called a Curtis Wright pusher at the shop

Grandpop and his plane

inside the shop, a picture of two of his employes