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Can you tell us about how you got into the vintage trailer hobby? First, I do not consider it a hobby to restore vintage campers. The restoration process is very… Continue reading New Member Interview with Mitchell McDaniel

Can you tell us about how you got into the vintage trailer hobby?  We actually purchased a Vintage Cruiser bout 5 years ago which is a new trailer that is… Continue reading New Member Interview with Matthew Hodgman

Can you tell us about how you got into the vintage trailer hobby?I was born into camping, my parents had an late 50’s truck camper when I was born and… Continue reading New Member Interview with Janine Bailey

We collect Tin Can Tourists historical documents and photos in order to preserve and understand our past. Here are a few programs from Tin Can Tourists conventions held in Tampa… Continue reading TCT Convention Material from the 1930’s and 40’s

Can you tell us about how you got into the vintage trailer hobby? We are very new to the vintage trailer hobby, but have a few friends with vintage trailers… Continue reading New Member Interview with Don & Kathy Brown

Can you tell us about how you got into the vintage trailer hobby? My Wife and I always planned on traveling in a Vintage RV after retirement.  I am an… Continue reading New Member Interview with John Roberts

Can you tell us about how you got into the vintage trailer hobby? My grandparents purchased a camper new in 1970, in the 90s my dad inherited it and our… Continue reading New Member Interview with Philip Ross

Can you tell us about how you got into the vintage trailer hobby? We got into the vintage trailer hobby when Gary came home with yet another antique tractor. I… Continue reading New Member Interview with Gary & Carrie Powell

Can you tell us about how you got into the vintage trailer hobby? I got covid in 2020 and subsequently had a couple scares where I was exposed to people… Continue reading New Member Interview with Alex Dulude

Can you tell us about how you got into the vintage trailer hobby? When I was in my early 20’s (1980’s) in L.A. I used to go to place (Iowa… Continue reading New Member Interview with Ingall Bull

Patrick and Pam Rediker’s 1963 Go-Lite Can you tell us about how you got into the vintage trailer hobby? We have an appreciation of all things vintage. Pam and I… Continue reading New Member Interview with Patrick and Pam Rediker

What could be better than having a Tin Can Tourists membership? Combining it with a Harvest Hosts membership! Harvest Hosts can be used as an ideal in-between stop or even… Continue reading Harvest Hosts, the Perfect Co-Pilot

About 15 years ago, we purchased a very sad 1958 Oasis.  She had missing windows and water damage. She was purchased with no other purpose than to have a place… Continue reading New Member Interview with Layne & Linda Anderson

Can you tell us about how you got into the vintage trailer hobby? I can’t say that it’s a hobby with us yet, but more of a bucket-list dream. Both… Continue reading New Member Interview with Merrill Walters

About two years ago we were contacted by an author named Andrew Woodmansey who wanted to talk about the Tin Can Tourists for a book that he was working on… Continue reading Rewriting RV History

Can you tell us about how you got into the vintage trailer hobby? When my father passed away suddenly, I decided to take what I called an almost 2 week… Continue reading New Member Interview with Amy Lea Raglin

Can you tell us about how you got into the vintage trailer hobby? I completely stumbled upon it really. I bought an old trailer for 500 bucks a few years… Continue reading New Member interview with Carrie Schmidt 

Can you tell us about how you got into the vintage trailer hobby? I work at Old Fort Parker Historic Site and I needed a trailer from time to time… Continue reading Not so New Member Interview with Sarah McReynolds

Can you tell us about how you got into the vintage trailer hobby? I had restored/renovated a few campers and RVs with my wife, only for her to eventually sell. … Continue reading New Member Interview with Brigitte Dutil

Can you tell us about how you got into the vintage trailer hobby?  I have always had an interest in vintage vehicles.  I have owned my 1957 Chevy truck for… Continue reading New Member Interview with Paula Reny

My vintage 1952 Franklin trailer was just stolen from my place in Michigan. It’s just east of Three Rivers in St. Joseph County. It had a huge gray tarp on… Continue reading TCT Member Stolen Trailer Alert

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Freezing cold temperatures (25 degrees in the morning!) but having a blast at the Tin Can Tourists’s DeFuniak Springs FL Urban Camping Photos courtesy of Tim Heintz

Can you tell us about how you got into the vintage trailer hobby? We had a 1956 aloha when we first got married in the early 1980’s. we really loved… Continue reading New Member Interview with Dusty Moffit

Can you tell us about how you got into the vintage trailer hobby? I am British and have been in the US for 20+ years after marrying an awesome American… Continue reading New Member Interview with Malcolm Gregory

Can you tell us about how you got into the vintage trailer hobby? I have a true love for vintage anything, I was driving somewhere in Florida and spotted this… Continue reading New Member Interview with Ellen Adams

One of the original goals of the Tin Can Tourists was to help educate our members on the importance of be a responsible camper. In the early years of camping,… Continue reading TCT’s Environmental Impact

Posted in the TCT Facebook group by Michigan Representative Brandon Morrison: I’m going to do a post on each of the 5 vintage trailers we have on display this year… Continue reading Tin Can Tourists Display at the Grand Rapids RV Show

Can you tell us about how you got into the vintage trailer hobby? I have always been fascinated by Airstreams.  As a child I would notice them on the road… Continue reading New Member Interview with Jim & James Schaal Jr

Can you tell us about how you got into the vintage trailer hobby? A friend had our 64 Yellowstone on a plot of land and he wanted it off the… Continue reading New Member Interview with Bill Legler