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Car hauler trailer.

https://i.imgur.com/V8VqI52h.jpg

Just don't get behind me on a hill

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Thought the interior still wasn't quite right.

https://i.imgur.com/2EoywIyh.jpg

That's getting closer.

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The bus looks great!

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I agree the Bus look great...

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Thank you both! I really appriceate that.

I hit up ruralking and happened to run across a "treehouse kids" Canoe and Kayak set with paddles, a guy, some fish, a fishing pole, and net.

I just knocked the mold lettering off, and scuffed the bottoms of the boats (real ones get beached each use). Now i've just got to figure out a way to rack these to the bus.

https://i.imgur.com/eT96URTh.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/Z6t8401h.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/odwQtLfh.jpg

This is why i kept the roof rack stock, now we've just gotta make something modular.

Kayak may only need a pair of tiedowns to keep it locked in 1 roof section. Canoe needs both roof sections, so probably some plates or something to locate it and hold tiedowns.

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If i'm going to make tie-downs i'll need hardpoints, so i took a 1/16" drill to the roof racks.
I added fwd/aft holes in the top of triangles at the gutter, inboard/outboard holes in the same area, and an angled vertical hole in the center of the rack. All of these holes are pretty well hidden by keeping them toward center of wheelbase.

https://i.imgur.com/2oyi10ih.jpg

New straps were of course needed, so i knocked these together with some yellow nomex lacing tape about 0.080" (2mm) wide, some 0.032" (0.6mm) brass wire, and some CA glue. Making the hooks and buckles wasn't terribly fun.

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I don't have enough patience to make the fiddley bits for the straps. I had to buy mine.

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I definately understand that, i mostly wanted to see if i could make the straps. If it were load binders, i'd be ordering

I just learned there are 2 versions of this van. I originally thought i'd just gotten like a "Friday/Monday" car. The green one was made in Germany. The red one was made in China. The casting on the bottom of the transaxle well says where its from. Also the box mentions country of origin in the tiny print on either back or bottom.

The paint isn't as good. There's more flashing left on parts. The doors don't fit and open as nicely. The headlights don't have the texture sheet. The taillight lenses are solid red instead of clear with the colored texture sheet. The transaxle had the flywheel installed wrong so it dragged and didn't want to coast down at all. The steering wheels are looser on the knuckle pins. It's still pretty nice, there just wasn't the same attention to detail.

If anyone got a china made VW Type 2 due to this thread and is unhappy with it, my bad.

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Sometimes an idea comes up in conversation

https://i.imgur.com/PaKvsDLh.jpg

If anybody followed along with this, a guy might have some stock Dickie hard plastic wheels sitting around after doing the swap for Italeri semi-trailer tires. Eventually ya wonder what can ya do with them?

https://i.imgur.com/vF2f8Jvh.jpg

I'm just using a magnet on this, but if you pop off the vw logo it's got a perfect location hole for permanent tire mount.

If we hang a tire off the nose, it's usually to free up some interior space for something. So might as well yank the middle seat and start on making a galley.

https://i.imgur.com/5U4IRrPh.jpg

Doesn't look too bad in there, even with leaving the full back seat so we'll say it's a Kombi and not a full time Camper.

https://i.imgur.com/P25HKgMh.jpg

This might work. Although it would quickly turn a van build into a 'dollhouse truck'

Lots of pictures with measurements from VW Campers
https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/vi...c.php?t=414383

Vw camper ads
https://www.doityourselfrv.com/vinta...dvertisements/

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That spare tire looks good there!

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Thanks! I think the Red bus is getting a permanent mounted tire with a grey cover. Green bus is probably getting magnet mounted green covered tire.

Red is apparently now kind of a test bed to see what else i can do with these? I've had some interest in the Bay-window at many of the meets. Think i might be missing my initial goal of just set it up as a ready-for-radio car. Darn.

How about an Allstate 1-wheel trailer for some light weight Old-school cargo capacity.
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3377243
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3440426
...and broken shins. Can't forget to break your shins *completely off* if you remove the trailer and ever walk behind the car. Those bumper mounts weren't kidding.

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Yes, please make whatever that is! I've never seen a one wheeled trailer before!

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Heh. Ok, I'll see what i can do.

A 'one wheel trailer' is a light-duty thing, usually for cars. (1/4 ton or less payload) They had 2 bolt-on bumper brackets that were different depending on application. Those brackets came up to a standard height where they had an eye for pivot bolts that connect to they 2 tow eyes at the front of trailer. The trailer can pivot up/down, but is solid on all other axis. The wheel is on a 360 degree caster, so it always wants to rotate and trail your movement. To prevent wheel wobble it all sits a little nose down from level with the right setup of car ride height, bumper brackets, trailer.

Backing it up was their best feature, in use it's just bumper overhang. There's none of that 'turn opposite to move the back end' thing. None of the hand at bottom of wheel. It's closer to a "Continental wheel kit" for your spare tire than like a normal trailer.

They were pretty much extinct by the 1970s due to impact absorbing bumpers, and molded bumper covers coming in. Except for some sitting static at a car show, I've only ever seen some parts of one, not one outfitted to a moving car.

https://www.curbsideclassic.com/blog...wheel-trailer/

http://www.singlewheel.com

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Might have something else cooking too...
http://john-perry.com/vw/plaid.html

1968-73 interior
http://john-perry.com/vw/gallery.html

Just be glad i don't like Harvest Gold, Avacado Green, or the rest of those colors!!!
https://www.retrospace.org/2010/03/i...-vehicles.html 1
https://www.retrospace.org/2012/12/v...70s-motor.html 2

https://www.retrospace.org/2012/12/v...70s-motor.html 3
https://www.retrospace.org/2013/01/v...70s-motor.html 4

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That's a neat trailer design. I've never seen, or knew this was a real thing, until now!

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I might have mentioned that i came from Rock Crawlers and thought steering servos should be able to swing the chassis around... Anyway, we're going to bring it down to 'more reasonable' and better match driving around with a CD Drawer motor. It's still enough servo for the 1/16 scale WPL 4x4s playing on rocks and trails, On-road light weight vw that goes pucka-pucka-pucka will be fine.

Let's build up the Camper bus front a bit easier than Mean Green who started the thread. We'll be using a mg90s micro servo

Punch a square hole through the pan so your servo fits, these 90s take a little mount ear filing to slide in between the frames. One mount ear fits on the 'walkthrough' between the seats, make a pad for the onter and bond to frame wall. Top load the servo and screw down.
https://i.imgur.com/febB053h.jpg

Then i punched a couple holes through the wheelwell and cabin bulkhead, and routed the lead back through the cabin and under the seat. It's still not sexy, but i did it that way on Green because the lead was short, and for a Camper it works because Galley.
https://i.imgur.com/oNlaZXOh.jpg

The front seat needs 'very little' trimming of the inboard trailing edge to clear the servo body. I also like to knock off the hook at lower front of seat so i can remove it without splitting the pan. Then i shaved the Tierod, notched the frame where the knuckles would hit, and just made a brass Z-bar to connect servo and tierod.

(Check out Red 2, it's got a better routing method, if you've got the wire length.)

I also figured we should make a trailerhitch drawbar a little better and stronger. 2 screws in shear weren't going anywhere, but it should help by putting a stiffening bend and wrapping the rear step on chassis.
https://i.imgur.com/eMumEMwh.jpg

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Red 2 does the same hole, extra mounting block, top load mounting, and all that. However you can soften the edges it crosses, route wires 'outside' the chassis so it hides between the 'sidewall panel' and 'body skin'. Then punch the servo lead through at the leading edge of the rear seat. The rear seat base even has a recessed area there to hide the wire from view through sliding door.

https://i.imgur.com/wbSKPdwh.jpg

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First attempt with a single wheel Wooden Allstate trailer. (I'm having one of the metal body ones printed once i get a frame working well)

https://i.imgur.com/PWbs86Jh.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/zjJCtH1h.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/IzvOqQSh.jpg

Where are you going with all that lumber?

https://i.imgur.com/Th7R2urh.jpg

Oh no, were you guys looking at the german rc message boards again?
Sheisse...

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I love that trailer. Is that a lego wheel?

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Thank you! Yes, that is a Lego wheel and rotation plate turned into a Caster assembly. It was easier than making the whole thing out of brass and a 1/43 car wheel to see if it kinda works. It's still a testing phase of the trailer.

Once i make a better caster, i'll be ready to: knock the trailers mounting eyes off, make the raise/drop arms, put eyes on those arms, shorten the arms on tow bumper. It works kinda ok so far, but it should be better.

In talking to people who were around when these trailers were more common, it's interesting how many didn't remember them!

https://i.imgur.com/na2JnxVh.jpg

https://i.imgur.com/cRTB5xWh.jpg

This will split into another thread soon, but which sounds better?
Assembled 'framed house' scenery
Knock-down 'framed house' that can be unloaded from trailer and raised by Crane somehow?

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Just hanging out with a couple friends working a little on the Kombi, and my UPS guy rolls up... on a forklift?

https://imgur.com/I5TVxilh.jpg

Hey, 2beers shipped this to you. Sorry about the delay on the delivery, apparently there were all kinds of logistics issues going on.
Sign here.

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But...why?

https://www.gowesty.com/product/mate...old-per-meter-
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https://scalebuildersguild.com/forum...ghlight=2beers
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Yaaaaaass.

Then we'll bring back the models who don't live in vans. Because everybody needs more "VanLife" !!!

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Wow...get that old girl off the tractor and she cleans up pretty well....LOL