1966 Westwind seen at a rally in Georgia, but nobody was around to find out who owns it, nor was any information posted on the trailer.
1975 Homebuilt owned by Hannah Price from Melrose, FL. Although Hannah doesn’t know anything about the history of her trailer, she uses it extensively as a traveling art museum.
1969 Sprite owned by Gary and Angela Forbus from Lineville, AL. The Forbus’ were new to this hobby when they purchased their 91/2-foot British-designed trailer in January 2017. In fact, they had never owned any trailer, let alone a vintage unit that needed a total restoration, which they completed in 5 months prior to embarking on a 4,300-mile trip to the American West from their home in Alabama during the summer of 2017. An interesting aside to their round-trip adventure is that upon discovering the lug nut pattern on British wheels was different from that on American wheels, they found it too expensive to ship an extra wheel from overseas on such short notice. Hence, they journeyed forth without a spare, hoping they wouldn’t need one, which they didn’t.
1954 Aljoa Sportsman owned by Chris and Lynn Joyce from Bradenton, FL. The Joyces restored their canned ham to perfection and take it to vintage car shows as well as vintage trailer rallies. According to Chris, 1954 was the last model year of the Aljoa brand due to a lawsuit from Alcoa (small trailer manufacturer versus giant aluminum manufacturer). Hence, Aljoa became Aljo.
1963 Volkswagen Doppelkab owned by Chris and Lynn Joyce from Bradenton, FL. This extremely rare VW is the tow vehicle for the Joyce’s 1954 Aljoa. Now you see why they attend car shows as well as trailer rallies. Chris is a renowned VW guru and explained that Doppelkab in German translates to Double Cab in English, meaning two rows of seats in the vehicle. Only a few of these light trucks made it into our country due to the infamous “Chicken Tax” during the early 1960s. When the German government imposed a huge tariff on the importation of chickens from the United States, our government retaliated by imposing a $2,000 tariff on the importation of Volkswagens from Germany. With the cost of a Doppelkab being only $1,200 at that time, the stiff tax killed off any market this vehicle might have had on our side of the Atlantic. Chris did an amazing job restoring his tow vehicle. www.vintagecampertrailers.com
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