dagr8tim
10-03-2011, 12:17 PM
Let's see what you lug behind your Jeep. I'll start this show:
I just picked this up last spring and have used it more than I ever thought I would use a trailer. It's a 1950's Converto Utility Trailer (4x6). During WWII, Converto made airborne trailers for the US Army. As Bantam did after the war, they started making civilian trailers. This basic design was used by atleast 10 different companies in the 1950's. Converto is still in business, but lost all of their records in a fire in the 1970's. I'm not totally sure what year the trailer is. It's somewhere between a 1946 & 1960's. It's registered as a 1953. I'm told the oddball trailers are worth more than an actual Bantam trailer.
Most likely I'm going to build it as a quasi military offroad trailer. I brought the trailer home today and here's some pics.
http://buckeyejeeps.com/albums/utiltrailer/2011_02_19_12_46_46_630_800x451.jpg
http://buckeyejeeps.com/albums/utiltrailer/2011_02_19_12_46_59_723_800x451.jpg
http://buckeyejeeps.com/albums/utiltrailer/2011_02_19_12_48_18_363_800x451.jpg
I got the "original" rims for the trailer. Don't know anything about them beyond that they are a 16x6. No clue as to the bolt pattern.
http://buckeyejeeps.com/albums/utiltrailer/2011_02_19_12_47_20_184_800x451.jpg
http://buckeyejeeps.com/albums/utiltrailer/2011_02_19_12_47_32_21_800x451.jpg
I'm considering a freshening up and making it have more of an old military trailer look. I don't know much about it. It was made by a company in Eastern In that's still in business. They had a fire in the 60's and lost all records, so there's no hope of really finding out much more. Based on my research thus far, this nearly exact trailer design was produced by atleast half a dozen companies from the late 40's to the 60's.
Here's my whole gallery of pics of the trailer.
http://buckeyejeeps.com/gallery/utiltrailer
So far the only thing I've done is add a set of used 31" BFG's. I think it really changes the stance of the trailer.
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-ckigukDQhqI/Tioi0fIppiI/AAAAAAAAAOk/4K1jIa7bwz0/s912/2011-07-22_21-04-14_7.jpg
Future plans in addition to doing a military look is to convert the axle's to a Jeep lug pattern, and put angled fenders on it.
I just picked this up last spring and have used it more than I ever thought I would use a trailer. It's a 1950's Converto Utility Trailer (4x6). During WWII, Converto made airborne trailers for the US Army. As Bantam did after the war, they started making civilian trailers. This basic design was used by atleast 10 different companies in the 1950's. Converto is still in business, but lost all of their records in a fire in the 1970's. I'm not totally sure what year the trailer is. It's somewhere between a 1946 & 1960's. It's registered as a 1953. I'm told the oddball trailers are worth more than an actual Bantam trailer.
Most likely I'm going to build it as a quasi military offroad trailer. I brought the trailer home today and here's some pics.
http://buckeyejeeps.com/albums/utiltrailer/2011_02_19_12_46_46_630_800x451.jpg
http://buckeyejeeps.com/albums/utiltrailer/2011_02_19_12_46_59_723_800x451.jpg
http://buckeyejeeps.com/albums/utiltrailer/2011_02_19_12_48_18_363_800x451.jpg
I got the "original" rims for the trailer. Don't know anything about them beyond that they are a 16x6. No clue as to the bolt pattern.
http://buckeyejeeps.com/albums/utiltrailer/2011_02_19_12_47_20_184_800x451.jpg
http://buckeyejeeps.com/albums/utiltrailer/2011_02_19_12_47_32_21_800x451.jpg
I'm considering a freshening up and making it have more of an old military trailer look. I don't know much about it. It was made by a company in Eastern In that's still in business. They had a fire in the 60's and lost all records, so there's no hope of really finding out much more. Based on my research thus far, this nearly exact trailer design was produced by atleast half a dozen companies from the late 40's to the 60's.
Here's my whole gallery of pics of the trailer.
http://buckeyejeeps.com/gallery/utiltrailer
So far the only thing I've done is add a set of used 31" BFG's. I think it really changes the stance of the trailer.
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-ckigukDQhqI/Tioi0fIppiI/AAAAAAAAAOk/4K1jIa7bwz0/s912/2011-07-22_21-04-14_7.jpg
Future plans in addition to doing a military look is to convert the axle's to a Jeep lug pattern, and put angled fenders on it.