V out the lower side rail angle to make corner turns. Get a piece of sheet metal and make a template to check these turns, as they must be exact. Do not use galvanized pipe or angle.

Fumes from the zinc are dangerous and you can get a better weld on black steel. Drill axle end plates before welding. After aligning plates carefully weld them in place.

The spindles are Chevrolet '29 to '32. All work necessary on spindles is to ream out bolt holes to
1/2 inch and saw off the boss from upper side so spindle can fit flat against axle end plate. Braze Chevrolet rear spring saddle to axle as they are malleable castings.

Assemble wheels "Chevrole '29 to '33 and springs "Chevrolet '29 to '33 eight-leaf rear.

Use old style or '29 spring shackles and bolts. After assembling the chassis block up all four corners and level the frame carefully, for you will find this a great help later on.

You are now ready for the body. (See Fig. 3.) Have your mill supply straight grained white oak post and side rails in net sizes. They are all of one and one-fourth by two-inch stock. Cut 18 posts 57 3/4 inches long and one post 311/4 inches to go under rear window. Cut four side rails 9 feet 11 1/2 inches long. Also have mill cut 8 oak 1 1/4 x 2-inch corners. Use your 12-inch radius template to lay out.

Mortise post and rails as shown in detail B, but do not fit the mortise too tight as it will have a tendency to spring the post and rail out of alignment.

Assemble post and side rails, glue all joints and check for squareness and alignment before glue sets. Bolt post to frame with 5/16 inch flat-head stove bolts. 

Countersink the bolt head in the frame rail.

Now square up and align end and side assemblies and firmly brace in place.

Build in wardrobe and right wheel housing as in plates 1, 2, 3, 4. The top of the wheel housing makes the dressing table. Left housing is made from a '25 or '26 Chevrolet rear fender cut off and bolted between lower side rail arch bar and side panel. Use half circle of body metal left when you cut out wheel clearance from side panel to side up inside of left wheel housing.

The next step is the painting. I painted all inside a dark green except door panels which were 1 stained and varnished. Paint outside lower panels to match tow car.

After painting comes the top and side covers. You will find it makes a much better job to first cover top and upper sides with tan awning material, and then stretch auto top material over that.

When cutting be sure grain in material runs lengthwise with the car. I would advise having an auto top man cut and fit the top, as an ordinary sewing machine will hardly handle the job.

For the top use two pieces of 54-inch double texture auto top material, stretched over top of trailer with seam in center. Fold under 3/4 inch and lap over the other side to make center seam and temporarily tack in place, but leave both ends loose for about 30 inches. Pull down and temporarily tack sides.

Now pull in end centers, lap over and temporarily tack. Cut corners as in the drawing. Pull out most of the wrinkles, lap over and tack.

Chalk mark all seams, allowing 3/4 inch for turn-under. Pull tacks, remove cover, and sew with heavy waxed thread. Then put cover back on top.

Starting with a tack in center of each end, pulling out all wrinkles as you go, next tack center of each corner and so on. It may be necessary to dampen the underside of material at corners. It also makes a smoother job to pad corners and end.

Use 3/4-inch aluminum running board molding to bind sides of windows and doors. To bind bottom edge of upper side panel, use 5/8-inch aluminum crown molding. For edge of top and side panel use aluminum drip molding. The top material and moldings can be purchased from any auto trimmers supply company or from your Chevrolet dealer.

For water supply use a galvanized tank 10 inches in diameter and 24 inches high, installed in left front corner under sink, with a radiator filler cap on outside of body. The discharge pipe comes in at the bottom of tank, and a tire pump is valved in at top of the tank.

Fill tank 2/3 full of water, give pump a few strokes and there you are.

Installing the Bunks

For the bunks I use a standard 3/4 bed spring. Weld on short angle legs and bolt to floor. For upper berth use single or double canvas cot hooked to brackets screwed to side posts over lower berth. To support outer edge use two folding legs to rest on floor. When not in use you can swing whole assembly up and hook to roof bows.

Use a four-wire, rubber-covered cable from trailer to plug-in on car. Install storage battery (6v) in trailer, ground the negative terminal to the frame and to ground wire in cable. Then connect positive wire in cable which continues to battery side of generator.

Use Chevrolet '31 or '32 stop and tail lights, bolting one on each side of lower back panel. As lights and panel are grounded through frame and cable to car, all we have to do is continue tail and stop light wires from the car through the cable and then to their respective terminals on trailer lights.

Install an auto dome light on the forward side of the wardrobe, and another in bottom of forward upper cabinet directly over icebox.

This trailer gives the constructor an unlimited opportunity for making those little fittings and cabinets and gadgets that so delight the builder.