Mass enthusiasm for classic car trailers is yet to be a thing, apart from here at OCC HQ. Anything old, with wheels and/or an engine, is welcome here, and for many years car trailers from the 1920s through to the 1950s - ideally on spoked wheels for extra visual appeal - have been regular companions to our classic cars and associated things. Is a vintage trailer the ultimate accessory for an old car?
My first aged car trailer was, I think, a nifty little number from the 1930s sat on spoked wheels with a simple timber body designed to carry livestock. This was rescued in Staffordshire from an uncertain fate many years ago. A few others have come along over the years since.
This video looks at the two small car trailers we have here today, one a magnificent vintage Eccles trailer from the 1920s, the other an equally dashing "Pratt" trailer built in Yorkshire which could date from anywhere in the 1930s right through into the early 1950s. The former was saved from imminent destruction a few years back, while the latter trailer has been with us for 15-20 years or so now.
Incredibly both also have the original sales catalogues with them, and feature alongside the trailers themselves as this video rolls along. I also talk a little about trailer hitches, and period trailer accessories ...
Other fascinating content in this Old Classic Car video includes a fine 1940s battery charger that was recently donated to the garage, ponderings over an assortment of Jerry cans, and a neat bit of memorabilia with links to Morgan cars that has been stored in the vintage Eccles trailer for years.
While talking about classic trailers is not perhaps the most sought-out content on RU-vid, I like to feature things that interest me - hence the short video some time ago about the (admittedly very niche) hobby of collecting car spark plugs.
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15 сен 2024
