July 2012 newsletter - Rollin` Oldies Vintage Trailers

Rollin’ Oldies
Vintage Trailers
2007-2012
Bi-Monthly E-Newsletter
Founder/Publisher: Jerry Kwiatkowski
Dallas, Oregon 97338
503-831-4991
Issue #39
July.2012
Web address: www.rovt.org
Past rally pictures:
http://picasaweb.google.com/trailerguy2
See us on Face Book @ “Rollin Oldies
Vintage Trailers”
REMINDER - if you've made
reservations at South Beach for the
September ROVT rally, PLEASE make
sure to message me or email me at
diana@rovt.org with your site number
so I can make sure you are on the list.
There are more sites reserved than I have
on the list. Obviously non-ROVT
members can make reservations there
too so we may have others mixed in.
Thanks! Diana Lindsey
ROVT Feature
members
This e-letter is published for the benefit of
Rollin’ Oldies Vintage Trailer subscribers via
email to update them of upcoming
trailer rallies and the annual rallies held in
Oregon.
Everyone on our current email list will be
receiving an email letter or snail letter
from Rollin’ Oldies Vintage Trailers and
become a member of our social
organization. We will be charging
a nominal fee ($5) for those that we need
to mail hard copies of the newsletter or
send me some stamps for a year.
If you DO NOT want to belong to Rollin’
Oldies Vintage Trailer Group and receive
a bi-monthly newsletter, please send me
A note stating that you do not want to
receive the letter via email or mail.
To see more pictures of previous ROVT
rallies follow my link to:
http://picasaweb.google.com/trailerguy2
Preserving a part of the Past
Do you have something to sell or want to
buy for your vintage trailer? If so, let me
know and I will list it in our newsletter!
This Month we feature Bruce & Wanda Buxton.
Bruce & Wanda have been married for 38 yrs
and have a daughter (Ashley Buxton who is 29
yrs of age. Bruce and Wanda enjoy camping,
motorcycles and old cars.
You will see Wanda & Bruce’s 1977 Argosy at
rallies they participate in. With Wanda’s
decorating ability, they get high five’s for their
display at rallies! Being members of ROVT,
Wanda has helped Cece with the Tea social at
our River Bend rally the past couple of years
while Bruce makes his rounds visiting with
people and welcoming them to our event.
Please email me jerry@rovt.org a brief story
about yourself and your trailer, I would be
happy to email you a “outline” for our new
“Feature Member” section in our newsletter!
I will turn it into a feature story context and
also pass it along to Diana to publish on our
web site. I thank you in advance! Jerry
ROVT still has two more rallies before
the weather turns wet! See below!
In the woods
Two story Motor Home?
They became interested in vintage trailer
camping after Wanda wanted a little trailer to go
camping. They bought a 1967 Aristocrat lo-Liner
and Wanda decorated it in pink! They eventually
purchased the Argosy since they wanted
something with more room and more self
contained.
One of their ambitions is to join the local and
national Airstreams group here in the Northwest.
As far as future finds, they would like to find
something a little older, maybe a little bigger,
like a Spartan, Spartanette, Westcraft, etc.
I thank Wanda & Bruce for sharing their story
with us in this issue of the ROVT newsletter!
2012 ROVT Scheduled
Rallies
NEXT ROVT RALLY
Sept 14-16, 2012
2nd South Beach Rally
Newport OR. Brunch Potluck Saturday late
morning in the meeting Yurt. Coffee / water /
tea /juice! Relaxed event at South Beach
State Park. Night glow Saturday night.
Contact:
www.reserveamerica.com to make your
reservations or contact= Diana & Terry
Lindsley, wagon masters diana@rovt.org
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October, 5-6-7, 2012 Culver KOA
We reserved 32 campsites for our fall ROVT
rally at Culver KOA located between
Redmond & Madras in Central Oregon! All
sites are w/e, some with sewer hookups. At
this writing we have 10 campsites spoken for
and 2 cabins rented.
The fee is $35 for Friday & $35 Saturday
night. Friday night is payable to hold your
site, included is a free breakfast for two
Saturday morning, free Ice cream social plus
more! If interested please email
jerry@rovt.org for registration form and
more info!
Mt. Baker Rally!
The Lynden, WA vintage trailer rally is
Sept.6th - 9th. This is right after Labor Day!
Contact : Pat Ewing
@ pre47airstream@aol.com
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August 10 - 12, 2012 Summer
Daze, (Chehalis, WA)
Great friends, food and fellowship
Rod & Trudy Glassett 360-293-1108
glassettgang@juno.com
*Rovt is NOT responsible for cancelled or time
changes for non-rovt rallies!
August 17-19, 2012
Restroom/ Showers @ Culver KOA
Stockton Delta Koa at Tower Park
Marina
14900 West Highway 12, Lodi CA.
95242
Rally Hosts: Paul & Caroline
Lacitinola
Contact: (916) 572-8554
vintagecampertrailers@gmail.com
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Alpine RV Park
Little store @ Culver KOA, Oct. 2012 rally
Wanted for 1959 SHASTA Airflyte
One SHASTA hubcap
Three 82” galvanized bunk poles
Wall clip to hold canvas bed
Dometic fridge gas valve knob
Two PRINCESS stove burner top pieces Cast
Non-ROVT scheduled Rallies!
Second time event, invitation to Alpine
RV Park 60751 State Route 20
Marblemount, WA 98267 (Located
between Mile post 107 and 108 outside
of Marblemount). Camp out from June
29th thru July 8th.
What to expect, a campground nestled
among the foothills of the Cascades, it is
about an hour drive over the North
Cascade Pass to the wonderful tourist
town of Winthrop. If anyone is interested
in car pooling over the pass, information
will be available.
Camp Hosts: Cherri and Mike Aiken
(360) 595-2611, Park Number (360)
873-9002
KenSkill
2012 Silent auction items
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“Tiger Town Vintage Trailer
Rally”
July 14th & 15th, 2012. 20 sites available,
BBQ, entertainment, Wares, Awards,
Swimming, fishing, fossil & rock hounding.
To register please send $9.99 per trailer.
Also your name, address, phone, vehicle
type and length to: T.Davis, PO Box 102,
Mitchell, Oregon 97750
Sponsored by Mitchell Business Chamber
email :onemorefortheroad@aol.com .
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Attend a Vintage Trailer Rally this summer!
Got a receipt you
want to share? If so, email it to
jerry@rovt.org!
Alien at our 2012 River Bend Rally?
Need a ROVT decal for your
vintage trailer? Send me a self addressed,
stamped envelope and I will send you one.
Max. 2 decals per family!
Special Thank You
To all our ROVT members for
reading this months newsletter!
newsletter!
A Non-ROVT planned rally
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August 17-19, 2012
Stockton Delta Koa at Tower Park
Marina
14900 West Highway 12, Lodi CA.
95242
Rally Hosts: Paul & Caroline
Lacitinola Contact: 916) 572-8554
vintagecampertrailers@gmail.com
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Your next ROVT Newsletter will
be sent out in September
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Remember, only You can save
a vintage trailer from becoming
a utility trailer!
The building of a Vintage
Trailer
By: Larry Boehme
Some progress has been made. As you
can see I have completed the frame and
most of the parts under the floor. The
floor is 1/2" Plywood, and while it is
thin it has no give in it because of the
framing, also this is what the
commercially made units use.
This trailer is a low rider and I included
a low entry with the step into it that will
not require much if any outside step.
Since I do not have the room to
construct one complete side, I can only
build the sides in 4 pieces. Standing up
in the side of the shop is the left rear 12
feet showing the framing, and on the
shop table is the right side getting ready
to cut the port holes and putting in the
framing. The walls will be insulated
with one inch of rigid insulation with a R
rating of 6, which is the highest I can
get. The inside wall covering will be
1/8" birch plywood which I got with a
saving of 5$ per sheet which is a saving
of 75$ as I needed 15 sheets.
On the table you can see the wheel
skirt which will be removable to get the
tires off. Since this trailer has two axles
it requires a long skirt and I wanted its
cut out to follow the opening to give it
the look of an old stile trailer. The old
trailers used only one axle. When
completed, you will see less than half of
the rear wheel.
The walls are the heaviest part of
the trailer as I am having to construct
them using ½ “ plywood. To use
anything thinner would leave me open
to having a side that may not be straight.
I cannot build using the modern
laminated sides the new (box on
wheels) trailers use.
All ROVT Rallies: policy & Rules: No
banners or group/club displays for other
organizations you may belong too are
permitted during any of Rot’s rallies! If
you violate this rule, you will be asked to
remove the display item and possibly be
banned from future ROVT rallies. Pet
rules mentioned above also apply.
* Please note that if you fill out a
registration form or request a site to be held
for a future ROVT rally @ River Bend and
fail to pay the fees within 30 days , we will
void your form/request and it will be
available for another member to reserve.
Effective : January 2012
After the foam insulation in installed,
you can see the ribs and backing wood
on the wall. The insulation is one inch
poly-iso with a rating of R-6. With the
wood the completed wall will have an R
rating between 8 and 9.
The work is slow now as it is spring and
I have much outside work to do.
More later,
Larry Boehme
Remember, if you
change your email
address and do not
notify me, your enewsletter will be
undeliverable!
Thanks Larry for sharing your project.
We will await more pictures and
progress on the building of your
AIRFLOE .
Awning for Sale
I have an awning for a 72 boles aero non
Parell.
Would like $150 or best offer, I have a
picture on Face book of the awning!
Jeanne Hartzell .j55j62@gmail.com
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Camping @South Beach 2011
River Bend 2012
pictures below!
Happy 4th of July!
2013 registration at the 2012 rally
Trolley top
Sweet Home silent auction sponsors
Yes, it rained!
Flyte Camp restoration
Why Oregon is green, rain!
Garage for the bikes in the rain
Great Pot luck, rain held off!
Burton’s Teardrop & VW
customers shopping for materials for their
vintage trailers. I stock 5 profiles of countertop
edge metals that have been popular and I show
samples and have stock specials on Forbo
Marmoleum flooring.
Could I place a notice in your newsletter about
the products I have? The metals are really hard to
find.
Thanks
Kathleen Lansing
Lansing Linoleum Co., Inc.
503-777-3333 FAX: 503-777-0671
kathleen@lansinglinoleuum.com
By Special to The Oregonian
Portland freelance writer Elisabeth
Dunham: Author of article
My hub cap display
River Bend 2012
Even the rain did not dampen the
enthusiasm of the people who attended our
rally this year. Out of 70 sites reserved, we
only had five no-shows. It was wet, but with
the two covered shelters and a few sun
breaks on Saturday we all had a great time!
We are currently about 75% booked for our
2013 rally June 21-22-23.linda and I want to
thank our helpers, Woody, Ada, Frank, Jen
for helping at the registration table. Thanks
to Cece & Wanda for doing the tea social,
Don, George, Justin, Butch, Wendy for the
tech question & answer session. Big thanks
to Patrick for the pot luck, Sherry & Ralph for
hosting the 50‘s quiz. I also thank Linda for
carrying a lot of the load this year, as some
of you know, we are back together after
being apart for two years. I know Linda was
very excited to meet old and new vintage
trailer owners.
But I want to thank YOU all that braved the
elements and attended, you made our silent
auction a success again by bidding on items
and funding our 2013 rallies, .You are the
greatest!
As I have told many, you guys are #1 at our
rallies, the trailers are #2.
Jerry
Letter of Interest
Hi Jerry,
I have noticed that I have had a number of
The Rollin' Oldies, a vintage trailer club of
Oregon, Washington, Idaho and California, is
hosting a vintage RV rally this weekend (June
23-25, 2012) at the River Bend County Park in
Sweet Home. About 70 vintage trailers will be on
hand. Other events this year will be a rally in
Newport in September and one in Culver City in
October. For more information, call 503-8314991 or visit the group's website: rovt.org
FLYTE CAMP CONTACT INFO
Anna, Justin & Sullivan (3yrs old) Scribner
Address (by appointment only)
170 SE 9th St., Bend, OR 97702
Phone: 541-639-6141
Email: contact@flytecamp.com
Website: flytecamp.com
http://www.oregonlive.com/hg/index.ssf
/2012/06/vintage_trailer
See the full article, interesting!