Louisville, KY
July 23, 2010
This mornings weather was much better, lots of sunshine! By 830 am the crowds started to gather again and at 9 am I already had a line outside my trailer. Wasn’t long before the guy with the VW camper van showed up and got set up, he was very excited to find other vintage trailer people! So excited he was already planning on getting online as soon as he got home and become a TCT Member!
He was not the only one from this weeks show that has now caught the vintage bug! There was even one guy working a booth here that has already been to my trailer 6 times. He has found a Vintage trailer about a mile from his home in OR. He was here as a member of the Chamber of Commerce of Redmond OR, he had found the trailer a few days ago, and after seeing the Vintage Trailer rigs and talked to many of the other owners he was hooked. He even called a friend to go by and take pictures and send them to his phone, he showed me a picture of the 40′ trailer and I knew just what it was…..a 1953-1954 Roycraft! It is in Mint Condition with all appliances in new looking condition and all the wood looks great and no signs of leaks! And best of all, the price is only $400. After a few more hours and 2 more visits to my trailer he had already called the owner and bought the trailer! He now can not wait to get it home, start the work and join the TCT! There were also several other people to show just as much interest in the TCT.
Just after lunch the crowds really disappeared. With the temperature around 98 everyone was staying inside and most Vintage Trailer owners were either inside or out in town sight seeing to get out of the heat. I took the chance to check out the booths inside, I couldn’t find anything I was interested in…….all for new trailers, nothing really to use with Vintage Rigs, but it was interesting seeing the whole operation of such a large rally! It was like watching every infomercial on every channel at 3 am!
After I saw everything inside I came back out to the insane heat and after a few minutes of the heat, several of us joined Al in his Air Conditioned Coach just to talk trailers in the great AC!
Everyone else went to the concert, but I stayed at the trailer and cooked dinner and took the time to rest. By around 8 pm the Concert let out and it was show time again! Everyone to leave the concert had to walk by the Vintage rigs, so it got real busy again. By 9 pm it had settled down and we all sat around and talked trailers again……as if we ever talk about anything else! Finally 11 pm came around and we finally couldn’t stay awake any more! Just one more day to go!
Tim Heintz
TCT S.E. Rep.
1950 Spartanette Tandem
