Your Airstream’s Got Nothing on This Fifties Vickers Journey Trailer

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Camper trailers at present are a sight to behold, with the business’s largest fashions operating triple axles and a few even that includes a again porch. A choose few supply extra sq. footage than a typical New York studio condo. But whereas fashionable rolling domiciles could have the scale benefit, I’m unsure any of them can compete with the flamboyance of this Fifties Vickers Morecambe Caravan that’s up for public sale proper now.

The wild type of this trailer makes extra sense when you study that its creator, Harry Vickers, was a trapeze artist who would later promote himself because the world’s strongest man. He obtained into chrome work for some time after World War II, which is when he started constructing caravans and trailers within the UK the place this one resides. (This is all in line with the listing on Car and Classic, by the best way, as I’d by no means heard of Harry Vickers or this trailer earlier than at present.)

Unsurprisingly, it’s one among only some ever constructed. The public sale home provides that it’s in remarkably unique situation. If you just like the reflective theme of the outside, you then’ll love the mirror-finish inside as effectively, with all of its etched glasswork. It looks as if each piece was deliberately formed and crafted to match the RV’s over-the-top theme, proper all the way down to the countertop trimwork and built-in fire.

I’m at all times impressed by what coachbuilders may do with these trailers within the mid-Twentieth century. The confinements they needed to work with weren’t insignificant, as the ground plans had been fastened with none slides. What I imply by that’s, at present’s top-of-the-line trailers develop on the push of a button when parked, and the slides will be moved again in when it’s time to go down the freeway. Older fashions didn’t have that luxurious, so as an alternative, they needed to make a pleasant dwelling house with all of the facilities whereas leaving loads of room to maneuver round.

In that sense, this Vickers-built trailer is extra like a luxurious house than any new mannequin you’ll discover available on the market at present. It’s been used as a trip rental at a circus-themed property (an fascinating idea in and of itself). The itemizing says it’s been parked for whereas, and earlier than it’s towed away, it’ll seemingly require some chassis work. There’s additionally no point out of how lengthy the trailer is, nor does the for-sale advert point out how a lot it weighs. My guess is: Quite a bit.

I don’t see anyone within the United States paying to have this shipped throughout the Atlantic, however should you occur to be within the UK or have a residence there, then hey, perhaps that is for you. I’m probably not writing about it as a result of it’s on the market; as an alternative, I simply needed to spotlight that it exists. And in a day and age the place all people is evaluating whose camper takes up extra of their dually pickup’s absurd max tow ranking, this could begin one other dialog completely.

That stated, in case you are all for shopping for, the public sale ends on October 7. The excessive bid on the time of publication is simply £7,500 (about ,100 USD), however the reserve hasn’t but been met.

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