60’s Sears Allstate “Luggage” / Off Road Trailer?

As am I. I’m going to go a different route body wise but fame work very similar. Got a daughter coming in 2 months. It’ll basically be her camp trailer. Solo camping I don’t plan on bringing it.

Just scored a set of FJ Cruiser 17” wheels. Wrapping them in my first set of 225 Maxx that are sitting in the attic.

 

2 months? It’s going fast. Although, I’m sure your Wife would disagree. AND, she’s already going to have her very own camp trailer? Lucky kid

 

Don’t let her talk to Chux’s daughter. You’ll have to build her a trailer too

 

Dude this things coming out so well! Any reason you went the bolt route to put the roof on and not simply rivet them?

 

Thank you Mike. A couple actually.

Where it’s bolted it’s a couple of layers thick with a space in between. Rivets just wouldn’t have worked.

I also wanted to fit it before painting it. Now I can take it back off easily to paint the pieces where they meet before putting it back together.

Also, if the roof is ever damaged, I can change it much more easily.

 

Roof rack

I found this 36” piece of 1/8” angle. So, I made four 9” feet. The feet sit over 1/4” side reinforcements that the original owner of the trailer added. (Last pic)

I bolted the feet on through the holes that I made to attach the roof skin.




I bought these oval light boxes off eBay. I was planning to hang them off the rear frame, but I realized that the hitch carrier will block them. If I’m towing this trailer, chances are, I’ll have my cooler.


Best part? The rack is even Fat Guy Rated

 

So what’s your though process on the box lights?

I would think a couple of LED strip lights under that bottom lip would work great!

 

The light boxes hold standard oval truck / trailer lights, and have 2” round marker light cut outs on the side.

I bought oval LED truck lights that are stop, signal, & parking lights. They are also dual color and have white reverse lights.

That’s why I bought a 7 pin harness. So I can have reverse lights.

 

Sounds good to me, strong work

 

Thank you

 

These are the lights


Dual Function Oval Red Stop, Turn & Tail and White Back-up LED Light

$43 Dual Function Oval Red Stop, Turn & Tail and White Back-up LED Light

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01E7VK09S/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apip_yifi85SqpgSay

 

lookin badass, you keeping the patina?

 

Thanks Jim. I’m not. It’s all scaley and needs to be ground down. That kills the look anyway.

 

Looking great

Lmao

 

This is so flippin’ cool. Sub’d.

 

Lol. Thanks man.

 

Looks like the suspension needs to be beefed up

 

FU?

 

Sweet build!

 

Oh ok I see where you are going with em