The Great Trailer of the Great West

Hubby and I have had a lot of fun this summer and we have seen a lot of pretty.  When we were in the trenches rebuilding our '57 Aloha, and by trenches I was polishing metal everyday, all day in the hottest part of the summer, I repeatedly told Hubby, I just want to see some pretty.

When we drug home the Curtis Wright Flagship in April, I had a condition that we not get so busy with the next restoration that we didn't get to enjoy our Aloha and see some pretty.  We have had a lot of great trips this summer and now we are getting busy on the next project.

It may not seem as though we have gotten very far on the CW Flagship but  I have been busy making room in the garage and carport so that we can work on it this winter.  Cleaning the garage isn't trailer restoration but it is a necessary piece of the puzzle.  The metal is off, the sleeper sofa is recovered, research is happening.

Dal Smiley sent us a treasure trove of research from the RV Hall of Fame Museum in Elkhart, Indiana.  Thank you Dal! You saved me a trip.

The slogan for Curtis Wright trailers was The Great Trailer of the Great West.  It is a similar slogan to what the Aloha trailers later had in the mid 1950's.  The Aloha slogan was Built in the Northwest for the Northwest.

There are little facts in these ads that are useful such as the mention of the metal counter tops.  I wanted to do metal in our restoration and this proves that the yellow flooring on the counter was added later.

 Now we need a Flymobil.  Not to actually be airborne but to drive around trailer parks.

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 The 16' is like a mini me of our Flagship.  Dal has secured a model one and it's being restored.  It will be nice to see these Curtis Wright trailers restored and parked together at a rally someday.

 Oh my, we were so hopeful that this photo would be an interior shot of the Flagship.  It is not.

 It's great to see the Curtis Wright logo and the fonts used so that we can have signage made.  Rene, start thinking about this one!

 The production line reminds me of our last wall building for the Aloha.

The Orchard that Grows Trailers is fitting for our CW as we found it in a field across the road from apple orchards.

 I love this one (Trailer in the Clouds) and plan to frame it with a few others for the Flagship.

The appliances are my problem.  Hubby pulled them out last night so I can get started cleaning them and coming up with a plan to get them working.

 I think the fridge and stove are in great shape because they were in a dry climate.

 Last night Hubby and I had an informal CW board meeting and came up with a winter plan for restoration without a shop.  Go us!

 I am not sure if an outlet with three plug ins is legal anymore but we have one and will keep it.  It's like the original power strip.  Of course, we are rewiring and plan to add 12 volt for dry camping.

The dining area has caused a lot of discussion, maybe some arguing and nothing has been resolved.  

 Hubby and I enjoy camping in the fall and sometimes need to have dinner inside when it's cold.  We play a lot of cribbage and gin rummy while camping.  The dining area needs to be comfortable.  It needs to be built around the existing floor plan and the wheel well.  We want to keep the CW as original as possible but we want to be comfortable as we plan to use it.  That is the whole point, right?  Curtis Wright and Aloha had slogans and I do too.  Have fun and see some pretty!  
Not that I consider getting beat at gin rummy fun.

In the meantime, I'll be carefully removing window trim this week.