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Give a listen to the story of the loving restoration of Dave and Lori Whites' 1948 Curtis Wright Model 5 Clipper. It took over five-years and multiple attempts to make it their own. The interior has been customized and the exterior features a flowing black stripe on the sides of the Model 5 that was modeled after a 1948 advertisement. Creating an authentic stripe took research, time, and perseverance to achieve. This episode was recorded at the 2019 All-American Rally in Brooks, Oregon in the Canned Ham Studios and is hosted by "The Illustrated Field Guide to Vintage Trailers" authors....

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1958 Cardinal, All-American VIntage Trailer Rally, Bob Thompson, Canned Ham, Carl Jameson, Gibbs Smith Publisher, Heintz Designs, Podcast, The Audio Field Guide to Vintage Trailers, The Illustrated Field Guide to Vintage Trailers, Vintage Trailer Field Guide, Vintage Trailer Identification, Vintage Trailer Rally, Vintage trailer restoration, Vintage trailer topics, Vintage Trailers -

The All-American Vintage Trailer Rally in Brooks, Oregon -  hosted by Jacyn & Bob Gallagher - is a highlight of the rally season for us! The annual July 4th weekend rally vibrates with life. Steam-powered vehicles wander Powerland Heritage Park, alongside explosive civil war reenactments and hundreds of vintage trailers. We brought our podcast set up to the rally in 2019 and talked with vintage trailer historian Tim Heintz about his love of trailers. The Audio Field Guide to Vintage Trailers is hosted by Bob Thompson and Carl Jameson. More podcasts with lots of great folks to come this summer...

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Festival, New Mexico, Podcast, Santa Fe, Steve Hingtgen, The Illustrated Field Guide to Vintage Trailers, Vintage trailer parts, Vintage Trailer Supply -

For years, Vintage Trailer Supply has been an online supplier of parts and products for vintage trailers and the go-to resource for those tackling restorations. In fact, our 1958 Cardinal is chock full of their products! Owner Steve Hingtgen has decided it's time for a brick and mortar showroom/travel destination and is throwing a festival to launch it September 13-15, 2019 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. In our latest podcast interview Steve talks about the event and how he started Vintage Trailer supply. The grand opening event will be a 3-day celebration with national industry leaders, live music, exclusive promotions, and Santa Fe culture....

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Canned Ham, Downriver Vintage Trailer Restoration, Lynden Washington, Mt. Baker Vintage Trailer Rally, Podcast, Rene Perret, The Audio Field Guide to Vintage Trailers, Vintage Trailer Rally -

Planning an event is tough work. When that event includes over 200 vintage trailers it gets even trickier. Rene Perret, who co-owns Downriver Vintage Trailer Restoration with her husband Jeremy, talked with us about what it's like to plan Washington state's largest vintage trailer rally and why after taking it over three years ago she still comes back for more.  Also, enjoy our first installment of Vintage Trailer Glossary Terms, where you'll learn that a canned ham is more than just what's for dinner. The Mt. Baker Vintage Trailer Rally will be held on September 3-9 in Lynden, WA and requires no pre-registration, so...

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1961, Casey Kielbasa, Chuck Pelly, Geographic, Harry & David, Holiday House, Model X, Podcast, Rare trailers, The Audio Field Guide to Vintage Trailers, Utah, Vintage Campers, Vintage Trailers -

We recently received a message from Casey Kielbasa at our oops@vintagetrailerfieldguide email. We created this account as a place for our readers to inform us of any factual errors or oversights in the Field Guide that we should correct in future printings and editions. We've received a handful of these since the launch of the book and expected the typical correction of a year or suggestion for a manufacturer we hadn't included. But to our surprise, Casey wanted to let us know that we'll need to update the Holiday House history on page 150 of the field guide. We stated there are TWO known surviving Model X Geographics,...

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