Mayflower Moving Van Trailer

[DRIPTROIT 71]

I bought this kit at a good price as a sealed kit, but it had been resealed. I knew the box looked odd in that it was bulging. To make  long story short, the parts had been just crammed in the box and everything was VERY warped. The floor, the sides, the doors, and the top were all warped badly. I've never seen anything like it. Here's the finished product. It turned out okay.

[Jim B]

Nicely done.  I like your White Aerodyne, too.

[Warren D]

Looks good, I'd like to know how you straightened the trailer parts, I have one from 30 years ago and the panels were warped when new.  BTW, you need to look after that White, looks like she's runnin' a bit rich!

[Ben]

Nice job on it!

[Safire6]

Turned out OK? I think it turned out great! I too would like to know how you straightened the warped trailer parts. 

[DrKerry]

Wow looks good from here!! I think it turned out really nice. Love the total look with the White rig too!

[Sam I Am]

Looks great !

[DRIPTROIT 71]

13 hours ago, Jim B said:

Nicely done.  I like your White Aerodyne, too.

Thanks Jim!!

2 hours ago, Ben said:

Nice job on it!

Thanks Ben!

41 minutes ago, DrKerry said:

Wow looks good from here!! I think it turned out really nice. Love the total look with the White rig too!

Thanks Kerry!!

31 minutes ago, Sam I Am said:

Looks great !

Thanks Sam!

 

[DRIPTROIT 71]

3 hours ago, Warren D said:

Looks good, I'd like to know how you straightened the trailer parts, I have one from 30 years ago and the panels were warped when new.  BTW, you need to look after that White, looks like she's runnin' a bit rich!

 

2 hours ago, Safire6 said:

Turned out OK? I think it turned out great! I too would like to know how you straightened the warped trailer parts. 

Thanks guys!!

Let me say first of all that there is still some warpage. I've never had a lot of luck with hot water, but have had decent success with heat. However this one was terrible. I decided the best thing to do was to make this one curbside. I took and glued bracing on the inside and clamped it until it was dry. I used styrene rectangle stock for the bracing. It took several sections to be strong enough to hold it. Once the body started coming together I glued a section at a time to get it as square as possible. I glued the doors shut too after straightening them the best I could by hand, the body sides held the rest. It is by far not perfect.

Warren I think he let the air filter go too long.

Thanks again everyone!!

Edited May 11, 2019 by DRIPTROIT 71

[CRUSADER2]

Looks great, love the exhaust weathering, the whole outfit looks like a real top job!!!

[redneckrigger]

Nice work................and also love that White COE!

[redneckrigger]

Where did you get the White? Don't recall seeing one of those before! NICE!

[DRIPTROIT 71]

2 hours ago, CRUSADER2 said:

Looks great, love the exhaust weathering, the whole outfit looks like a real top job!!!

Thanks!

59 minutes ago, redneckrigger said:

Nice work................and also love that White COE!

 

58 minutes ago, redneckrigger said:

Where did you get the White? Don't recall seeing one of those before! NICE!

Thanks Tom! I got the cab from Spaulding Trading and Shipping. I think it was made by Jaymar. The cab is fiberglass. I added the aerodyne roof. Back Yard Shed made the same cab but in resin. I don't know where it originated.

[Hmann68]

Outstanding stuff, great weather job on that trailer!

[Nacho Z]

Wow, Brian, this is fantastic!!  I absolutely love this.  You did an outstanding job on it!

[Rusty92]

Very nice job, Brian. Your work is terrific like always!

[signguy2108]

Good looking old trailer. Judging by the smoked up side, looks like it was pulled by an old 318 at one time. I like the old white too!

[DRIPTROIT 71]

On 5/12/2019 at 12:49 AM, Hmann68 said:

Outstanding stuff, great weather job on that trailer!

Thanks!

On 5/12/2019 at 10:26 AM, Nacho Z said:

Wow, Brian, this is fantastic!!  I absolutely love this.  You did an outstanding job on it!

Thanks!

On 5/12/2019 at 11:01 AM, Rusty92 said:

Very nice job, Brian. Your work is terrific like always!

Thanks for the kind words! I do wish my work was always terrific though.

4 hours ago, signguy2108 said:

Good looking old trailer. Judging by the smoked up side, looks like it was pulled by an old 318 at one time. I like the old white too!

Thanks! It's a 318 that had a turbo added later in life. Maybe it just hasn't had a good bath since then.

[TECHMAN]

Really like all the detail work, especially the "smoked up"  side of the rig!!!!

DJ

[Ken Gilkeson]

what a great build, as usual 

[vincen47]

One of the best examples of this trailer I’ve seen.

[OldTrucker]

On 5/10/2019 at 7:06 PM, Warren D said:

Looks good, I'd like to know how you straightened the trailer parts, I have one from 30 years ago and the panels were warped when new.  BTW, you need to look after that White, looks like she's runnin' a bit rich!

In the immortal words of Dave Dudley "she's got a flame from her stack and she's blowin' black as coal!"

[ChrisR]

Very nice!!

[shoopdog]

Great looking builds!

[DRIPTROIT 71]

On 5/22/2019 at 3:38 PM, TECHMAN said:

Really like all the detail work, especially the "smoked up"  side of the rig!!!!

DJ

Thanks!!

On 5/28/2019 at 7:07 PM, Ken Gilkeson said:

what a great build, as usual 

Thanks Ken!!

 

On 5/28/2019 at 7:18 PM, vincen47 said:

One of the best examples of this trailer I’ve seen.

Thanks for the kind words! It definitely started out rough.

On 5/28/2019 at 11:26 PM, OldTrucker said:

In the immortal words of Dave Dudley "she's got a flame from her stack and she's blowin' black as coal!"

I like those old truck drivin' songs myself!

On 5/29/2019 at 6:04 AM, ChrisR said:

Very nice!!

Thanks!

On 5/29/2019 at 7:34 AM, shoopdog said:

Great looking builds!

Thanks!!