Thursday, April 30, 2009

The Plug


This is the "inlet" plug for the electrical supply for my trailer.

I'm trying to find an adapter or a cord, and so I'm posting this so that people in this forum I've been asking in can see what I'm talking about.

I don't know why it's so hard to find an adapter or a cord for this, but apparently it is.

An alternative would be to run a big orange power cord out the window and hook it up at the power post in a campground, and just get electricity that way.

Oh, well, whatever it takes!

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Finding the Trailer

One week ago today I bought the trailer.

Finding it was a long, involved process.

I had a line on a really nice vintage Shasta (I forget the year), but that fell through. I never even got a photo.

Next I got a tip on a rare, 1952 Tini-Home, but the guy's mother was sick, and I couldn't get him to tell me where to go to look at it.


Then there was a 1972 Bee Line, but someone had "modernized" the interior and decorated it in a mauve and powder blue print. It reminded me of the stuff they sell at Cracker Barrel. Just not my style.


And then, I saw the ad: 1965 Bee Line, 16', restored, reasonable price.

My heart leapt.

And here it is: