"Pixel" (Improbcat)
06/23/2016 at 16:07 • Filed to: bell telephone trailer
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"Pixel" (Improbcat)
06/23/2016 at 16:07 • Filed to: bell telephone trailer | 0
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EDIT: FIGURED IT OUT. Someone is selling this as a “1950s Utility Trailer” on the CL. It looks like the back half of a truck with a vintage utility body. Does anyone recognize the body and/or what it was mounted to?
I wonder how much work it would be to turn this into a teardrop style camper trailer...
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Looks like it is the back half of an old Bell Systems service truck. Still don’t know what chassis it is on, but the one hubcap looks most like a Dodge(though the step doesn’t match).
Now I want the thing even more. no idea what I’d do with it though.
MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
> Pixel
06/23/2016 at 16:13 |
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That would make an awesome off-road camper.
Urambo Tauro
> Pixel
06/23/2016 at 16:14 |
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I cheated; I clicked on the ad to check it out. There it says:
1950 Gmc
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Pixel
> Urambo Tauro
06/23/2016 at 16:15 |
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Not a factory GMC body though ,so that may have just been put there to fill the boxes.
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Urambo Tauro
> Pixel
06/23/2016 at 16:17 |
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You’re right. The fenders aren’t even a match. The only thing that’s GMC anymore is probably the axle and (chopped) frame. Not much left to recognize.
Berang
> Pixel
06/23/2016 at 16:30 |
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I saw ford and GMC with similar beds - probably made by an outside supplier, so who knows what the frame came from.
Wacko
> MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
06/23/2016 at 16:34 |
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for midgets, or little people, or.... I don’t know how they want to be called anymore.
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Urambo Tauro
> Pixel
06/23/2016 at 16:36 |
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As for filling the boxes, “GMC” sounds oddly specific (and is therefore probably accurate).
I know from personal experience that when referring to my 1995 GMC Sierra, “’95 Chevy truck” just rolls off the tongue so much easier when I go to the parts store. But I would absolutely use the proper nomenclature if I was trying to sell it.
shop-teacher
> Pixel
06/23/2016 at 16:54 |
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That’s pretty cool, but I think it would be way more work to turn it into a teardrop camper than it would be worth.
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MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
> Wacko
06/23/2016 at 16:57 |
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no, just like a tear drop style camper where inside is literally only a bed
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Pixel
> shop-teacher
06/23/2016 at 16:58 |
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Probably. At the moment I mostly want it because it is a neat thing. The camper was just rationalizing that it isn’t a terrible idea.
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shop-teacher
> Pixel
06/23/2016 at 17:05 |
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It is a cool little trailer. I’d want it too.
ranwhenparked
> shop-teacher
06/23/2016 at 22:26 |
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Yeah, if this is the look you wanted, you’d be better off fabricating a new teardrop from scratch that copies the general exterior appearance.
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Wacko
> MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
06/23/2016 at 22:47 |
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But it doesn't look long enough
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shop-teacher
> ranwhenparked
06/24/2016 at 00:00 |
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I’m currently researching camper conversions. I just sold my hybrid camper, and I was so disgusted with the build quality of factory made campers, that I’m going to convert a big cargo trailer for my next one. In the process of all that research I’ve read about several home built teardrop campers. It’s ludicrously easy to build those from scratch.
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MasterMario - Keeper of the V8s
> Wacko
06/24/2016 at 07:43 |
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Maybe. I thought it looked looking enough for me, definitely wouldn’t work for really tall people
jahsun
> Pixel
07/25/2016 at 13:34 |
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hi all. I just picked up the same model service body at beginning of this year . from what ive came across they date from 1948-1952. theres an original bell customer service video ,circa 1950, on youtube, that starts out with a technician working out of the back of one of these service trucks. Im building an overland expedition camper out of mine. Forget sleeping in it... sleep on top, im a big fan of roof top tents. I just linex'ed my trailer in desert tan. cheers all
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Pixel
> jahsun
07/25/2016 at 14:07 |
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I bought this one, and it a mystery model. The tag inside says 1960, but from my research York-Hoover sold of the service body division in 1958.
I also still don’t know what chassis it is on, as I can’t ID this rearend:
