Our Classified Ad system is free and gets a lot of activity. We are constantly getting emails thanking us for helping sell their vintage trailer and we love that we… Continue reading Classified Ad System – Marking a Vintage Trailer as “SOLD”
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Florida Centennial visit to DeSoto Park
I took a chance and booked a third 55 passenger bus for the trip from Sertoma to DeSoto Park. I hope you rethink this opportunity to visit the park that… Continue reading Florida Centennial visit to DeSoto Park
Get Your Dinner and Entertainment Tickets for the Florida Centennial Celebration
Get Your Dinner and Entertainment Tickets for the Florida Centennial Celebration Absolutely NO Tickets will be available at the event. Catering counts must be in advance. Ticket forms must be… Continue reading Get Your Dinner and Entertainment Tickets for the Florida Centennial Celebration
What is an Open House at a Vintage Camper Rally?
Vintage Trailer Open Houses At trailer rallies there are often an open house of the Vintage Travel Trailers. This is a chance for the public to see how these vintage… Continue reading What is an Open House at a Vintage Camper Rally?
Preview of Campground for the Florida Centennial
Here is a nice video taken at the Tin Can Tourists Winter Convention of Vintage Campers in 2017. This can give you a good idea of what to expect at… Continue reading Preview of Campground for the Florida Centennial
1936 “The Traveler” Vintage Trailer plans
Here are the plans for this beautiful vintage trailer from 1936 Popular Homecraft magazine. It’s 17.5 feet long and was framed using spruce. Lightweight and designed to use aircraft construction… Continue reading 1936 “The Traveler” Vintage Trailer plans
Michigan Centennial Celebration
Registration forms (extended stay and short stay) are available for the Michigan Centennial – https://tincantourists.com/event/michigan-tct-centennial-celebration/
Happy 100th Anniversary
2019 marks the 100 year anniversary of the Tin Can Tourists and we are excited to celebrate this amazing milestone with our 2300 members! A little background of how and when… Continue reading Happy 100th Anniversary
Vintage Cars and Trailers -Tin Can Tourists Rally, Mission BC, June 2013
Construct this 1935 Pullman 23 Foot Trailer
Here are the plans for the 1935 Pullman trailer from Popular Home Craft magazine. This looks very similar to the Curtiss Aerocar
Coffee Time
Christmas is over and it’s time to recover. What size coffee do you need? Order these mugs here: https://tincantourists.com/product/mug/
Vintage Trailers Decorated for the Holidays – 2018 Edition
Love to see vintage trailers decorated for the holidays. Every year we are amazed at the creativity of our members with their holiday camper decorating! with Music from Spotify –… Continue reading Vintage Trailers Decorated for the Holidays – 2018 Edition
What’s the difference between a vintage trailer, vintage camper, vintage motorhome and a vintage RV?
These terms can be confusing when people get started in the hobby because they can overlap and are often misunderstood. Let’s try to define these and clarify. Let’s start with… Continue reading What’s the difference between a vintage trailer, vintage camper, vintage motorhome and a vintage RV?
Merry Christmas
As we head into the Centennial Anniversary year of the Tin Can Tourists club, we wish you all the joys of the Christmas season! We had a great 2018 and… Continue reading Merry Christmas
Vintage Trailer related classes will be held at the Florida Centennial
The Tin Can Tourists Centennial Rally at the end of February in Brooksville Florida is right around the corner. (yes, we are the oldest camping club in the world celebrating… Continue reading Vintage Trailer related classes will be held at the Florida Centennial
2015 TCT Winter Convention video – “We Speak Vintage” Edition!
Build your own vintage trailer at half the cost…
That’s what they promised in this article of how to build an 18ft Roamabout Family Vacation Trailer (got to love these names). They even give plans for smaller versions of… Continue reading Build your own vintage trailer at half the cost…
Our website is now 3 times faster!
We put our website on a diet and removed lots of plugins and distractions for a cleaner, faster and easier to use website. We implemented caching of the static pages… Continue reading Our website is now 3 times faster!
Ed Moore’s walkabout at the Northeast Rally in 2016
Florida Centennial Celebration is drawing vintage trailers from across the country
We have trailers coming from all over the country – here is a current list: Virginia 4 Texas 8 Louisiana 1 Pennsylvania 3 Illinois 4 Michigan 14 Georgia 13 Indiana… Continue reading Florida Centennial Celebration is drawing vintage trailers from across the country
17ft Caravan Plans from Popular Homecraft
Short Stay option added for the Florida Centennial Celebration
Now that we’ve received the majority of extended stay registrations, we’ve added a short stay option for the Florida Centennial Celebration – this is an option to camp Thursday thru… Continue reading Short Stay option added for the Florida Centennial Celebration
Big News for the 2019 Northeast Rally
The changes will allow the rally to be twice as big in 2019. More vintage trailers, more fun!
15 CRAZY VINTAGE INSPIRED CAMPERS WE’RE SURE YOU’D LOVE TO TRY
John Truitt at the TCT Wyandotte Fall Fest
John talks about the Tin Can Tourists at an event he hosts every year!
One 1 week left before the price goes up!
Only 1 more week left before the $20 price hike on registrations postmarked after 12/12! Very limited number of sites remaining! https://tincantourists.com/event/florida-tct-centennial-celebration/
14 Year Old Bought This Old Camper For $200 And Transformed It With A Little Help from her Family
A young, crafty Tin Can Tourist https://youtu.be/vY-MMcZyfVM
Plans for 15 ft Honorbilt Trailer
Here is how the Honorbilt 15 Foot Canned Ham was built.
Tools for the Vintage Camper Road Trip
Our facebook community recently debated and shared the tools that are needed while you’re on the road with your vintage trailer or RV. Here are the highlights: One of the… Continue reading Tools for the Vintage Camper Road Trip
Plans for the 1940 Terra Cruiser
Here are the plans and instructions to build the 14 foot, 1940 Cabin Trailer called the “Terra Cruiser”. The magazine, Science and Mechanics, published in the plans and Hammer Blow… Continue reading Plans for the 1940 Terra Cruiser