vintage trailer board

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Now we all agree that modern tail light assemblies look really out of place on our vintage caravans,....... don't we



and you just wouldn't mount this shitty looking thing from Super Cheap Autos on the back of your vintage van now ....... would you





and .....we all agree that in these days of fast moving traffic, multi lane freeways/motorways, and countless busy intersections ......... that it would be ABSOLUTELY SUICIDLE to tow a caravan without trafficators and adequate brake lights .....don't we

so, the solution I've come up with is the '6volt vintage trailer board'.............

Using 1940's/50's period lights, and mounting brackets from a 1950's car roof rack, its fully adjustable and will clamp onto any caravan.

Having several 6v cars from the 1940's and 50's, and a few caravans from the same period with single tail/brake/no plate light, it was essential that I come up with something to adapt to the different vans:


When you get to your destination, the trailer board is easily removed, and the caravan is back to exactly how it would have looked in the 40's / 50's

















the only thing left to do is to replace the plastic straps with wire

[firefighter]

watch out reddo
you now have opposition over in the west
you had better put a patent on every thing you knock up
F/F ;D ;D ;D

[cobber]

Very provocative and confrontational statements here Mark.

I do admit your solution to the “tail board” problem does look very “40 / 50s vintage, old and daggy” but with ol’ 36 my dilemma was to find lamps that looked “20/30s vintage, old and daggy”...I’ll keep looking for them and maybe fit them to my existing tail board, and it would be an improvement I admit, but in the mean time I thought I could use the tail board space to advertise a “worthy cause”

My board (from “Supacheap” ) is held on by two leather straps, bolts and wing nuts and is easly removed when the van is "on show".



I also had hopes that the board would improve the stark appearance of the windowless rear of ol' 36, but that didn't happen...might get Reddo to suggest some kind of radical paint treatment

Cobber.

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Hidey ho thar board toting bare bums

Cobber.. i have given ya 6 out of 10. had to give ya 5 marks for the leather straps idea. 1 mark for the site sticker advert and nothing for the supacheap board.

Mark .. i have given ya 7 out of 10. 6 for the period lights ( one point for each campbells light) and 1 for the use of a pre 70s board rack and nothing for the attachment idea.

Dunno why you blokes have struggle along with ideas for light bars. If you had employed the talents and services we offer at


your problems would have been solved yonks ago .

Cobber.... it just so happens that i have a pair of reddo patented "1920s gravity fed kerosine tailights." which can be complimented witha pair of carbide powered indicators.
All of which can be attached to the rear of Ol '36 with a 30s style draught horse harnesses (great, great , great grandpa reddo patent No:14bc - circa 1752).... see told ya... dead set simple eh.

Mark... i offer you complete rear end ( last 4ft actually) that i chainsawed off a very rare immaculate Don caravan. It has period lights and a bath tub for outdoor bathing. All ya need to do is attach the whole shootin match to the rear of ya van like a giant bra
'eres ow it wurx........Simply attach 2 half inch thick X 4 ft diameter rubber bands to the "auxilary Don tailight and bathtub combo bra" and stretch the rubber up past the front of the van and then secure them to the rear door handles of the towcar..... again.. all too easy when ya wurk in a shed full of inventors.


Lemme know how many you blokes want of each solution.... will that be cash or plastic?

Be patient our lines are extremely busy at the "shed of Invention" ..... seems to be a few warranty claims coming back lately ..
' Hello missus Scravis.. waddya mean ya Don bra fell off on the expressway and caused a 20 car pile up??" ... "Ya wanna speak to reddo??? ...Sorry luv there is no Reddo here ..
@#%$&*^$%$##... Now now missus Scravis ya dont have to get shirty with me. I aint the boss i just work here......

"Hello Mr Strezlecki.. "!@#$%^&*&^%^&"..... Dont swear at me in Polish... speak english for gods sake man"

"Ya what???.. ya say that your gravity fed kerosine tailights "short circuited going around a round about and set fire to your one off rare as rockin horse poop fully imported 1936 vintage english van... Geez i would like ta help ya me little migrant mate but our records show that your warranty ran out 2 days ago ;D

Ya gunna havta excuse me folks . i have about 78 little red lights on our telephone switchboard thingy here at the moment. Business is brisk in the shed of invention ;D

Reddo .... from the far side ;D

[cobber]

Col,

Thanks for that very usefull suggestion..I did a "google images" search to see what they look like, very spiffy...allthough the ones I saw didn't have part yellow lenses, not a problem you reckon ?


Thanks for your suggestions too Reddo

Cobber.

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apologies Cobber for hurting your feelings with my "provocative & confrontational statements" Cobber ......I REALLY didn't
mean to

Not only have you used one of those supercheap thingies, you've stuck the website name on it

Thanks for that .......it says it all ......say no more

Mark

[cobber]

Kris,

Thanks for posting that photo, and the contact info, they are a nice looking light.......just one problem, are they Phillips head screws I see, are they size 1,2,3 or 4..or are they those "Pozidrive" things size 1,2 or 3

I've only got two screwdrivers, both slot heads, one big one and one little one..simple ;D

On second looks they look like those "multi functional keep everybody happy screws".....I'll replace them.


Cobber