Help finding vintage teardrop info

[Willowbilly3]

I found the gondola body for a small cargo trailer today. About 5' long x 2' high x about 30 inches wide. It is sort of a flattened teardrop. The cool thing is that it's all aluminum and rivet like a WW@ airplane. Rivets are real close together. It has a small access lid at the rear, full width by about 18". The sides were probably stamped because they have a nice compound curve to them. No running gear, no fenders. It had side marker lights toward the rear and one is still there. It is teardrop shaped and a clear glass lens.
Sooo.. I am looking for some links to sites or forums where I can research it out. Internet search hasn't turned up much yet. thanks

 

[donsrods]

I love teardrop trailers. Have you tried this site:

http://www.teardrops.net/links01.html

Don

 

[Snake Farm]

Yeah, lots of info on 'Tear Jerkers'

 

[RustyNCA]

I found the gondola body for a small cargo trailer today. About 5' long x 2' high x about 30 inches wide. It is sort of a flattened teardrop. The cool thing is that it's all aluminum and rivet like a WW@ airplane. Rivets are real close together. It has a small access lid at the rear, full width by about 18". The sides were probably stamped because they have a nice compound curve to them. No running gear, no fenders. It had side marker lights toward the rear and one is still there. It is teardrop shaped and a clear glass lens.
Sooo.. I am looking for some links to sites or forums where I can research it out. Internet search hasn't turned up much yet. thanks

Do you have a picture of it, kind of sounds like an old uhaul trailer that sits inside a local uhaul shop. I drool over that thing all the time, it's just cool...

 

[Willowbilly3]

I love teardrop trailers. Have you tried this site:

http://www.teardrops.net/links01.html

Don

I spent a couple hours on there and didn't come up with anything made strictly for cargo, not sleeping in, except the Mullins, a few sites dedicated to the repops.

 

[earthman]

What brand is it?

 

[Sam_Fear]

Is it a cargo trailer for a motorcycle?

 

[Willowbilly3]

Is it a cargo trailer for a motorcycle?

I went back out today and they were closed. Yes it is about the right size to pull with a large bike but I never saw any vintage motorcycle trailers. First ones I ever saw were in the 70s and darn few then.
I've decided I am going to go ahead and get it.

 

[Sam_Fear]

If it's 50's or 60's, there's a good chance it was home made.

 

[Blue Eyed Devil]

It sounds kind of like an old 50's J.C. Higgins camp trailer I have. It is entirely costructed out of aluminum on the bottom with storage compartments, and has a canvas tent that folds out on top and to the sides.

 

[Willowbilly3]

Well, I guess it will have to remain a mystery. I went back out to buy it and the old guy says his son looked at it and wants to keep it.